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leo0787sx

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#136289 21-Nov-2013 21:15

Posted this in the Sky forum but thought it is relevant here too. Adobe have released Flash for the cloud, Puffin browser are the first to use it. Just bought Puffin Browser for my iPad Air for $4.19 and iSky works :) Finally iSky on iPad :) whoop!

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#938685 21-Nov-2013 21:51

Good to hear you've had good results. There is also Skyfire and Photon browsers which are meant to play flash video. Hopefully Sky's upcoming official solution is decent. TV3 needs to get with the times also.

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#938712 21-Nov-2013 22:40

I see TV3 have just released "3Now" or something like that which is basically like on-demand. Only on Samsung however. Dragging the chain there a bit. I too also wish Apple would get over itself and allow flash on their devices. It hasn't gone away as a format as fast as many initially thought.

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#938715 21-Nov-2013 22:52

scuwp: I see TV3 have just released "3Now" or something like that which is basically like on-demand. Only on Samsung however. Dragging the chain there a bit. I too also wish Apple would get over itself and allow flash on their devices. It hasn't gone away as a format as fast as many initially thought.

At one stage alot of TV3 stuff was html5 so it would work on the iPad without an app?

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#938716 21-Nov-2013 22:53

Also

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

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#938841 22-Nov-2013 09:57

Yabanize:
scuwp: I see TV3 have just released "3Now" or something like that which is basically like on-demand. Only on Samsung however. Dragging the chain there a bit. I too also wish Apple would get over itself and allow flash on their devices. It hasn't gone away as a format as fast as many initially thought.

At one stage alot of TV3 stuff was html5 so it would work on the iPad without an app?

Last time I tried to use TV3 On Demand on the iPad I found that content which is otherwise available on the 3News app worked fine, but general entertainment shows displayed an error along the lines of the content not being 'licensed for mobile devices'. I suspect that's code for "we're in receivership and can't afford to provide a proper mobile solution".

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#938875 22-Nov-2013 11:21

Flash needs to DIAF

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#938881 22-Nov-2013 11:35

Trying Puffin free with flash trial and I get the "this content is unavailable" blurb when trying iSky. Any ideas? It works on my PC on the same network.

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#938894 22-Nov-2013 11:36

Found the prob :)

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#938911 22-Nov-2013 11:50

Which is? :-)

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#938915 22-Nov-2013 11:55

The puffin network was being blocked by the firewall. However now it appears that it is too slow so it won't even work. I'll try another network at some stage.

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#938932 22-Nov-2013 12:08

myopinion: The puffin network was being blocked by the firewall. However now it appears that it is too slow so it won't even work. I'll try another network at some stage.

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Could it be that iOS sees it as video, and that as its not a Apple supported, it used no hardware acceleration?

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#938939 22-Nov-2013 12:17

I've had Puffin for ages (and Skyfire).

Always found them to be very laggy and a bit hit & miss.

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#938940 22-Nov-2013 12:18

I think it is being geo blocked...iSky won't work outside NZ and the Pffin flash is being served from outside NZ.

Did you have to do anything special leoo787sx to get it working?

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#938977 22-Nov-2013 13:01

ajobbins: Flash needs to DIAF

can't agree more

leo0787sx

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#938979 22-Nov-2013 13:03

myopinion: I think it is being geo blocked...iSky won't work outside NZ and the Pffin flash is being served from outside NZ.

Did you have to do anything special leoo787sx to get it working?

Nope but I did download the pay for puffin ($4.19) rather than the free one, it is on iPad Air, not sure if that makes any difference, not tried iPhone yet.

I found general browsing to be slow but once the video was playing it wasn't too bad.

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