Vodafone TV retirement plan: September 2022

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Master Geek
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#2904024 19-Apr-2022 17:52

I have notice it has been a bit flaky the last few days with sometimes no ability to restart a live program or seek backwards. In this respect it reduces its functionality to that of when using Kodi's 'TV' mode.

The main thing I use the VTV box for is watching the evening news but I also record it with a Linux PC so I can watch the news when traveling outside NZ, something TVNZ normally blocks to save money. The main issue is I can not watch a recording while it is recording, only after the recording is complete. I suspect it is the format ffmpeg is writing as, an mp4 with codecs H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (avc1) and MEPG AAC (MP4A). I'm wondering if different output options for ffmpeg would allow watching the stream while it is being recorded?

I get the stream from http://i.mjh.nz/nz/kodi-tv.m3u8 which for TV1 is currently https://i.mjh.nz/nz/tv.9.m3u8. With this I use this ffmpeg command to do the heavy lifting:

ffmpeg -i $CHANNELURL -c copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -t $TIME $DIR/$FILE 2>&1 >> $LOGFILE

Does anyone have a suggested change to the ffmpeg options that would resolve this limitation? If I fix that then I have a viable option to the VTV box for my use case.

yitz

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#2904027 19-Apr-2022 18:01

ukoda:

Does anyone have a suggested change to the ffmpeg options that would resolve this limitation? If I fix that then I have a viable option to the VTV box for my use case.

I save to MPEG TS format but your player needs to be okay with that -f mpegts

IvanPiacun

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#2904028 19-Apr-2022 18:14

antoniosk:

I might have missed this, but has the VTV Mobile app for iphone and ipad stopped working?

Couldnt get anything to play today (error MV1821)

I get error MT1815 for Watch Counting Cars Season 4 Ep32 because I don't have sky, and very little on Freeview appears to have the play option for Ipad anymore, I could only find Caribbean Life 7 on HGTV, and the record option where available works for me on IPad.

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#2904532 20-Apr-2022 19:20

How do you cancel part of a Sky Subscription for Vodafane TV now because the package removal button reutrns the following error when a friend of mine tries to do so?: connection error: desc = "transport: Error while dialing dial tcp 172.19.71.92:6934: connect: connection refused"

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#2904545 20-Apr-2022 19:36

Call VodafoneTV support

Rushmere

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#2904551 20-Apr-2022 19:48

Has anyone had their Sky TV billing transferred from Vodafone to Sky yet?

Both Sky and Vodafone's websites suggest this should have happened last month, but I'm still being billed for Sky by Vodafone. I don't have any other services with Vodafone.

Is it just me, or has the transfer been delayed?

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Tatou

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Master Geek
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#2904554 20-Apr-2022 20:05

Rushmere:

Has anyone had their Sky TV billing transferred from Vodafone to Sky yet?

Both Sky and Vodafone's websites suggest this should have happened last month, but I'm still being billed for Sky by Vodafone. I don't have any other services with Vodafone.

Is it just me, or has the transfer been delayed?

I have. It happened a couple of months ago. I also have broadband and phone with Vodafone still.

I get two accounts ( one from Sky and one from Vodafone) that add up to the total I was previously paying Vodafone.

Rushmere

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#2904556 20-Apr-2022 20:07

Tatou:

I have. It happened a couple of months ago. I also have broadband and phone with Vodafone still.

I get two accounts ( one from Sky and one from Vodafone) that add up to the total I was previously paying Vodafone.

OK, I wonder if something's gone wrong with my transfer?

Did it all happen automatically, or did you have to do anything to facilitate the transfer?

Tatou

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Master Geek
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#2904559 20-Apr-2022 20:29

Rushmere:

Tatou:

I have. It happened a couple of months ago. I also have broadband and phone with Vodafone still.

I get two accounts ( one from Sky and one from Vodafone) that add up to the total I was previously paying Vodafone.

OK, I wonder if something's gone wrong with my transfer?

Did it all happen automatically, or did you have to do anything to facilitate the transfer?

I got contacted by Sky. This was the email. They had my new Sky account # on it.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your Sky billing has now been switched from Vodafone to Sky. That means your first Sky bill is on its way. Now that you’re a direct Sky customer, you’ll need to set up a new payment method for your monthly bills.

Your first bill covers one month from 19 March 2022. And the great news is, you’re not being charged from 1 March to the start of your new billing period, those days are on us!

The name of your Sky packages may have changed. These are just name changes, you still get all the same channels for the same price.

Some things you need to do:

Set up a new payment method to pay your Sky bill
If you currently pay your broadband and VodafoneTV via automatic payment, direct debit or recurring credit card payment, please make sure you set up a new payment to pay us directly for your Sky subscription.
Take a look at how to pay your Sky bill
An easy way to pay your Sky bill is by direct debit. The total amount due automatically comes out of your chosen account each month. Find out how to set up a direct debit and other ways to pay at sky.co.nz/waystopay.
Set up your Sky My Account
If you haven’t activated this yet, just visit sky.co.nz/myaccount and click on the ‘Register’ button. My Account is the easiest way to manage your Sky bill where you can pay your bill, check your balance, view your statements online and more.

If you have any questions, check out Sky’s FAQs and Ways to Pay or call our friendly NZ based crew on 0800 759 759.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rushmere

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Ultimate Geek
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#2904563 20-Apr-2022 20:36

I’ve had no contact at all from Sky, although I’ve been getting emails from Vodafone about the service closing down.

I do still have a very old Sky account from many years ago linked to the same email address - I’ve just tried logging in, and I can still access it, but there’s no recent information there. I wonder if that’s caused problems for my transfer?

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Master Geek
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#2904567 20-Apr-2022 20:47

Rushmere:

I’ve had no contact at all from Sky, although I’ve been getting emails from Vodafone about the service closing down.

I do still have a very old Sky account from many years ago linked to the same email address - I’ve just tried logging in, and I can still access it, but there’s no recent information there. I wonder if that’s caused problems for my transfer?

Did you get the VTV box from Vodafone? Or did you buy it from a retail store? I wonder if you are only on the month by month arrangement?

If you go to this site - VodafoneTV self-service portal - Vodafone NZ - do you have the option to remove services - although it appears broken right now (as reported above and confirmed by myself).

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Rushmere

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#2904569 20-Apr-2022 20:52

IceFragmatic:

Rushmere:

I’ve had no contact at all from Sky, although I’ve been getting emails from Vodafone about the service closing down.

I do still have a very old Sky account from many years ago linked to the same email address - I’ve just tried logging in, and I can still access it, but there’s no recent information there. I wonder if that’s caused problems for my transfer?

Did you get the VTV box from Vodafone? Or did you buy it from a retail store? I wonder if you are only on the month by month arrangement?

If you go to this site - VodafoneTV self-service portal - Vodafone NZ - do you have the option to remove services - although it appears broken right now (as reported above and confirmed by myself).

I bought it from a retail store.

Yes, I can log in there. My Sky subscriptions show, and there are buttons for cancelling the service (although I want to continue my Sky subscription).

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#2904570 20-Apr-2022 20:56

You don’t migrate to Sky. You continue to pay via credit card at vtv.nz

Migration to Sky billing was only for customers paying for Vodafone TV on their Vodafone bill (bundled)

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Rushmere

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Ultimate Geek
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#2904573 20-Apr-2022 21:14

ZollyMonsta: You don’t migrate to Sky. You continue to pay via credit card at vtv.nz

Migration to Sky billing was only for customers paying for Vodafone TV on their Vodafone bill (bundled)

Ah OK, the email I got from Vodafone said my monthly credit card billing would be taken over by Sky in March. I guess the billing management for me actually remains unchanged for now.

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Wannabe Geek
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#2904767 21-Apr-2022 10:38

ZollyMonsta: You don’t migrate to Sky. You continue to pay via credit card at vtv.nz

Migration to Sky billing was only for customers paying for Vodafone TV on their Vodafone bill (bundled)

So what does happen to us paying VTV directly by credit card? I'd been getting the emails as well, saying that the billing will be taken over by SkyTV.

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