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Title: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: kipeye on July 14, 2021, 01:03:06 PM
There's a great offer I have decided to take up for subs for Villa games. I know I am an idiot but how do you get it on the T.V. at home. Do you just search for Villa T.V. ? :o
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: Toronto Villa on July 14, 2021, 01:30:29 PM
Do you have Apple TV or a way of screen mirroring from your iPad or phone?
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: kipeye on July 14, 2021, 01:37:11 PM
I have no idea what that is. I have an I-pad. Is the service only available on mobile devices or will a Smart T.V. be able to access it? I appreciate any help. I can probably find out how to mirror from the I-pad-I don't subscribe to Apple. I don't know where to find the channel in the first place!
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: Toronto Villa on July 14, 2021, 01:55:56 PM
I have no idea what that is. I have an I-pad. Is the service only available on mobile devices or will a Smart T.V. be able to access it? I appreciate any help. I can probably find out how to mirror from the I-pad-I don't subscribe to Apple. I don't know where to find the channel in the first place!


You don’t really need Apple TV as long as your smart TV can connect to your iPad and mirror. Each TV is a little different but fundamentally for Bluetooth connectivity and mirroring works the same. For example I have an Apple TV in one room which I mirror to my iPad. But in another room I have a Sharp ROKU TV which can connect to my iPad and then mirror whatever I am watching. Apple to Apple obviously makes it a bit simpler but both work just fine.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: Toronto Villa on July 14, 2021, 01:57:52 PM
If it’s Villa TV you are looking for get the Villa app on your iPad and then in the menu at the bottom choose News & Video. One of the options at the top will be Villa TV. You have to be registered to view the content.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: TheTimVilla on July 14, 2021, 02:45:30 PM
If it’s Villa TV you are looking for get the Villa app on your iPad and then in the menu at the bottom choose News & Video. One of the options at the top will be Villa TV. You have to be registered to view the content.

But that doesn't mirror to a tv? Not for me, anyway!
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: kipeye on July 14, 2021, 03:49:55 PM
If it’s Villa TV you are looking for get the Villa app on your iPad and then in the menu at the bottom choose News & Video. One of the options at the top will be Villa TV. You have to be registered to view the content.
Thanks. You can record you helped an old git today. I will give it a go later.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: Toronto Villa on July 14, 2021, 04:25:49 PM
If it’s Villa TV you are looking for get the Villa app on your iPad and then in the menu at the bottom choose News & Video. One of the options at the top will be Villa TV. You have to be registered to view the content.

But that doesn't mirror to a tv? Not for me, anyway!


Really? This is me mirroring off my iPad to my TV via Apple TV
(https://i.ibb.co/z7HfR3n/49-DDE55-D-C53-B-4-B7-E-9-F0-E-632-FFE713720.jpg) (https://ibb.co/z7HfR3n)
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: Breezeblock on July 16, 2021, 02:06:48 PM
If you have a smart TV and an android phone you can chromecast from you phone to the TV
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: kipeye on July 16, 2021, 02:36:15 PM
Thanks all. I have not got further than downloading the app to my I-Pad at present. I will try the mirroring via Bluetooth later but have an I-phone. I expect much faffing about and both the Mrs and the dog to quietly leave the room.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: chrisw1 on July 20, 2021, 09:10:53 AM
If you have a smart TV and an android phone you can chromecast from you phone to the TV
Anybody with an opinion on the easiest way to cast to a fire stick from apple and android devices (I have one of each - doesn't need to be the same app)?  I've tried apps in the past, but never with much success.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: john e on July 21, 2021, 05:20:24 PM
I have signed up to the villa tv package

does anyone know if it can be used on more than one device
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: GordonCowansisthegreatest on July 21, 2021, 08:22:45 PM
I’m in on MacBook and iPhone no problem.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: TheMalandro on July 22, 2021, 09:28:18 AM
It was flawless last night.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: in exile on July 22, 2021, 10:57:43 AM
It was flawless last night.
Flawless? It was unwatchable from 7.15pm - 7.28pm, just kept buffering, or at least it did for me.
Gave up and watched it on my IPTV instead.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: GordonCowansisthegreatest on July 22, 2021, 11:28:26 AM
Perfect for me as well, Almost UHD quality, and Little on top!
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: chrisw1 on July 22, 2021, 11:29:10 AM
It was flawless last night.
Flawless? It was unwatchable from 7.15pm - 7.28pm, just kept buffering, or at least it did for me.
Gave up and watched it on my IPTV instead.
What channel was it on and how did you find it?  I couldn't find it on mine at all - checked all 30 IFollow channels
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: GordonCowansisthegreatest on July 22, 2021, 11:33:27 AM
AVTV via subscription.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: rjp on July 22, 2021, 12:12:22 PM
The streaming worked really well for me, the billing did not.  I got billed twice and now have 2 active subscriptions.

I clicked on pay but didn't get a success message so it looked like it'd failed.  So I checked my active subscriptions and there's nothing there.  I also checked my emails and again, nothing.  So I retried, same result except when I checked my active subscriptions 1 was present so I watched the match.  Later on I checked my email and I have 2 emails containing this helpful line which arrived too late.

Quote
Please Note: Due to exceptional demand today it may take up to 5 minutes for the access to be added to your account, please do not purchase again.

They need to show a success page if the payment is taken.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: TheMalandro on July 22, 2021, 12:35:48 PM
It was flawless last night.
Flawless? It was unwatchable from 7.15pm - 7.28pm, just kept buffering, or at least it did for me.
Gave up and watched it on my IPTV instead.
What channel was it on and how did you find it?  I couldn't find it on mine at all - checked all 30 IFollow channels

AVTV for me too. Not even one bit of buffering and I watched on my iPad outdoors.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: in exile on July 22, 2021, 12:38:15 PM
It was flawless last night.
Flawless? It was unwatchable from 7.15pm - 7.28pm, just kept buffering, or at least it did for me.
Gave up and watched it on my IPTV instead.
What channel was it on and how did you find it?  I couldn't find it on mine at all - checked all 30 IFollow channels
IFollow Group2, on mine it's listed just below IFollow.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: eamonn on July 24, 2021, 12:04:59 AM
Happy to hear Brian Little was top entertainment on the co-comms. I love the man but in his interviews, he's never overly-radiated charisma.
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: Mister E on July 24, 2021, 02:39:18 PM
If it’s Villa TV you are looking for get the Villa app on your iPad and then in the menu at the bottom choose News & Video. One of the options at the top will be Villa TV. You have to be registered to view the content.
But that doesn't mirror to a tv? Not for me, anyway!
Really? This is me mirroring off my iPad to my TV via Apple TV
(https://i.ibb.co/z7HfR3n/49-DDE55-D-C53-B-4-B7-E-9-F0-E-632-FFE713720.jpg) (https://ibb.co/z7HfR3n)
Wow, TV, you look like Emi Buendia!
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: ASHTONVILLA on July 25, 2021, 08:53:15 PM
Worked great for me for the Walsall game, but kept buffering in the Stoke game. Weirdly my dad got no buffering watching on his phone through my internet (was visiting) whilst my laptop kept glitching. Possibly just too many people in the house streaming things at the same time on our shitty rural internet.

On balance thought the coverage has stepped up a notch from previous years, and have signed up for the package that shows the youth games all season (seeing as we are signing gazillions of them can keep an eye on the young uns).
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: kipeye on July 30, 2021, 10:09:12 AM
Worked great for me for the Walsall game, but kept buffering in the Stoke game. Weirdly my dad got no buffering watching on his phone through my internet (was visiting) whilst my laptop kept glitching. Possibly just too many people in the house streaming things at the same time on our shitty rural internet.

On balance thought the coverage has stepped up a notch from previous years, and have signed up for the package that shows the youth games all season (seeing as we are signing gazillions of them can keep an eye on the young uns).
exactly my experience too Ashton. For me, I think there are two important lessons for the club: 1. They do not explain properly to potential users how it works and what the options are. they take your money and that's it. The new access guy should look into this for everyone-not just disabled people. 2. The quality is great when it works well, but there seems to be a lot of random bugs possibly more associated with the subscription than the actual broadcast.
Against Stoke it buffered and kept making me sign in until it no longer let me sign in and I gave up.
Is there any reason we cannot have a genuine T.V. channel like Manure and others?
Title: Re: Villa T.V. subscription
Post by: kipeye on July 30, 2021, 10:11:25 AM
I just realised I've posted on 3 separate threads this morning-must be a record for me. I'll go and have a lie down...
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