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How to use / setup Sky Player

28 May, 2008 21:08:00 NewsreadeR

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Want to use Sky Player? Want to know how to set it up? Everything you need to know is here....

To visit the Sky Player website, click this link Sky Player Home Page

To activate / setup Sky Player - You will need to login to your 'My Sky' Account.

http://www.sky.com/portal/site/skyco...ration&ap=saop

Login with your normal 'My Sky' details, ie Username and Password

Once logged in you will see the following:

Sky Player can only be used on one PC. You now need to decide if the PC you are using right now is the one you want to use for Sky Player.

You also need to agree to the Sky Player Terms & Conditions and choose a parental control PIN. This can be used later to control access by your children.

Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

Once you have filled out this section, by choosing the PC and then putting in a PIN code and then accepting the Terms and Conditions, we should hopefully be ready to go.

Hopefully you should then get the following message

Download the application and save somewhere easily found, ie Desktop.
Once downloaded, double left click to install
Just use the default options on installation

To launch Sky Player

Double left the Sky Player Icon on your desktop

Once you have chosen what Genre you wish to watch you should get a screen similar to this

Click on the image of the program / film etc that you wish to watch

Then click on Get This Now

On my first attempt, I had to again login to My Sky via the application and then perform a DRM upgrade, all the steps are clearly shown within the application's window. Follow these steps and you should be good to go.

To watch Sky Player from My Sky - Select Sky Player from the left hand side

Then select from the Quick Links at the top left hand side of the screen

Once you have chosen what Genre you wish to watch you should get a screen similar to this

Click on the image of the program / film etc that you wish to watch

Then click on Get This Now

Discuss the Sky Player in our Sky Player forum

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Comments (7 posted):

bigspud on 29 May, 2008 01:14:16

need help plz everytime i try to download skyplayer it asks 4 my sky username and pass when i enter it it says invalid

aknm on 01 June, 2008 23:16:33

How do you get it to work in GNU/Linux? im running Gentoo and there doesnt seem to be anything on the skyplayer website about Linux, infact it said it "noticed" im using a Mac...really? could of fooled me!

Any help will be greatfully recieved!!!

AKNM

Tryst on 03 June, 2008 12:49:54

How is your Sky Admin section in the fancy Sky backgroup. Mine is still the dull blue and grey. Do I need to upgrade?

Cheers

moaningpaula on 24 June, 2008 22:50:48

Every time i go to watch a film on sky player,it starts by buffering,t goes to 100% film starts then after bout 10mins the film stops and will no longer plaay,fairly new to this,just wondering if im doing something wrong,ive yet to download a film but at present are very disappointed with sky player,any help would be great
thanks

Tim Koder on 31 July, 2009 00:23:26

Sky Player just isn't working well enough for the Ashes, live or highlights. No problem streaming BBC iPlayer or 4od, and I don't have to hand over a credit card for those, so what's the excuse?

Joe Bloggs on 23 August, 2009 14:47:55

Yes, this seems to be a problem with the Sky Player and their methods of buffering. BBC iPlayer and other programs never have any problems on my computer yet when I load up Sky Player, it buffers on the high and medium settings. They need to look at their platform a bit more.

dennis on 21 October, 2009 16:14:34