I’ve signed up for a vpn, and set my internet exit point to uk. the vpn provider is a"top 5" according to the websites that rank them.
Ive set up my asus router with openvpn so all traffic from all devices (including smartphone) goes through the vpn connection. Browsing/messenger whatsapp all work fine.
Im using a july 18 build of osmc, which says its using kodi 17.6 running on rpi3. I use yatse on a smartphone to control osmc. 16gb on the sd card.
when I try and use the iplayer add-on in osmc i get:
lots of errors saying its for UK users only, or there has been an error.
on a couple of occasions it has started a video, but the video keeps pausing every few seconds and restarts after about half a second or so. i get sound for about two seconds and then it stops forever. picture quality is good. sound ouput is via the HDMI link
when i installed the iplayer app on my phone, still lots of errors but when it does work, the video runs smoothly with sound.
when I use chrome on my laptop, i get less errors of type “the content doesn’t seem to be working” and can watch some videos. in this case, the video is smooth with sound.
I rarely/never get UK users only messages on my laptop.
I have created an account on the b b c website
does a kind soul have ideas of what might be wrong?
fwiw the youtube add-on seems to be working ok. movies on my LAN play ok too
I didnt buy the mpg2 licence or wvc1 license. Should I?
as a bonus question, since I started using the vpn, my speedtest results show about 1 or 1.5 mbps less throughput than without the VPN.
does anybody with more experience think this is normal?
its a bit disconcerting as it means I’m down at about 3.5Mbps which Ive read is close to the limit for streaming HD video, but as I said earlier, iplayer quality on my laptop is OK, when it works.