topic Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device". in Sky Q

Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

edake1 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 09:57:25 GMT

Sky Q mini box shows error when trying to watch one particular Sky Max recording "Funny Woman".

Error says - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

I can play it OK on main Sky Q box. Other Sky Max recordings play OK on the mini box.

I have reset the modem and both the main and mini Sky boxes. Same software on both boxes which is the latest version.

Any ideas?

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

edake1 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:04:58 GMT

Problem solved. Another thrad has suggested that the recording is in UHD and appantely mini boxes do not play UHD. I would have thought that if you paid for UHD you should be able to watch on both boxes.

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

KW4675 — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:31:04 GMT

The problem of UHD programs not be played on the Sky Mini Box is easily solved, once you have selected the programme you wish to watch select All formats and then select Standard definition and the program will be downloaded in SD you can then watch the content on you Mini Box. 😄

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

CUSTOMERLOU — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:56:39 GMT

We have the same problem but ours is a regular SkyQ box. We rented that new Amy Winehouse film last night, but didn't get to finish it all. So we have tried to start watching it again, only to be faced with this error message. Also, the film still has another 24x hours before it expires.

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

Chodley — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 04:34:48 GMT

@KW4675 wrote:
The problem of UHD programs not be played on the Sky Mini Box is easily solved, once you have selected the programme you wish to watch select All formats and then select Standard definition and the program will be downloaded in SD you can then watch the content on you Mini Box. 😄

Or HD of course.

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

Chodley — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 04:35:33 GMT

@CUSTOMERLOU wrote:
We have the same problem but ours is a regular SkyQ box. We rented that new Amy Winehouse film last night, but didn't get to finish it all. So we have tried to start watching it again, only to be faced with this error message. Also, the film still has another 24x hours before it expires.

I would try deleting it and re-downloading.

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

dj_stevie_c — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:42:17 GMT

Wow.

What an absolutely dreadful way of doing things. Sorry to drag this up but a recent update seems to have reset this, have 3 TV's in my house and 2 are HD 1 is UHD was wondering why one TV was fine but suddenly the other 2 couldn't play some content. Now we know.

But it's a really un-user friendly way of doing things, if the 'error message' had explained the issue it would help.... Never had to do this until week 7 of series 2 'house of the dragon'....

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

dj_stevie_c — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:43:36 GMT

Oh, and we are on 3 skystream boxes....

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

Laing1 — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:10:30 GMT

@dj_stevie_c wrote:

Oh, and we are on 3 skystream boxes....

@dj_stevie_c you have posted in the Sky Q forum which is completely different to Sky Stream as only the main Q box is capable of playing UHD programmes the mini boxes are not able to play UHD at all

All Sky stream pucks can sytream in UHD so you will not be having the same problem as the others as you should be able to watch UHD on all of your Stream boxes i'd check to make sure all the stream boxes are set the correct resolution to allow watching in UHD

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

dj_stevie_c — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:13:41 GMT

Interesting.

My stream puck says it's UHD and the programs certainly look UHD.

I was looking an answer to the question I had and this gave me the answer but I didn't see exactly what forum it was on, no matter what, it's still a really bad design flaw in the software....

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

Chodley — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 07:18:28 GMT

@dj_stevie_c wrote:
Interesting.

My stream puck says it's UHD and the programs certainly look UHD.

I was looking an answer to the question I had and this gave me the answer but I didn't see exactly what forum it was on, no matter what, it's still a really bad design flaw in the software....

I would post a new thread in the Stream forum. The puck should work. I assume they downscale UHD content to whatever resolution the output is set to if the TV can't handle UHD.

The problem in this thread is specific to Q because its minis cannot handle UHD at all.

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

Sweet_Imp1957 — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:13:20 GMT

Thankyou for your info. I have sorted my download now in HD.

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

tonzo — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:46:10 GMT

Hi all

i have read through all the comments and think i understand won't is happening. You main q box is set up to accept UHD but not the mini q boxes. Can someone tell me if there is a way to change a already recorded program from UHD to HD without deleting has it's the f1 race so cannot record again.
thank you.

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

nigea99 — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:50:21 GMT

@tonzo wrote:

Hi all

i have read through all the comments and think i understand won't is happening. You main q box is set up to accept UHD but not the mini q boxes. Can someone tell me if there is a way to change a already recorded program from UHD to HD without deleting has it's the f1 race so cannot record again.
thank you.

hi @tonzo

Unfortunately , it is not possible to change a UHD recording to HD

If you might want to watch F1 (or any other sport in UHD) on mini you will need to record it in HD

Many of us set to record in both UHD & HD so that we can watch on either TV

Not Ideal but, unfortunately probably the only way

Re: Error - "The content you have selected cannot be played on this device".

Chodley — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:24:25 GMT

@tonzo wrote:
Hi all
i have read through all the comments and think i understand won't is happening. You main q box is set up to accept UHD but not the mini q boxes. Can someone tell me if there is a way to change a already recorded program from UHD to HD without deleting has it's the f1 race so cannot record again.
thank you.

You'll have to watch this one on the main Q