Watching Sky Q recordings with Sky Go

[splinternet]

I read on a Sky website page that I can watch Sky Q recordings on Sky Go whilst on the same network as the Sky Q box. What if I'm away from home (though still in the UK)?   I can be on the Internet but not on my home network.

[caesarome]

@splinternet 

You do have to be in the same property and the same network that the Sky Q box is on for this to work as being somewhere else will not allow you access to the recordings.

[TimmyBGood]

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@splinternet wrote:

What if I'm away from home (though still in the UK)?   I can be on the Internet but not on my home network.

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The only product which ever offered such 'placeshifting' was the now defunct Slingbox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingbox 

Note that you can download most (but not all) Q recordings to a Go device while at home and then watch those elsewhere using the stored data if you have the Go Extra product.

[Wollecop]

Wenn ich im selben Gebäude und im selben Netzwerk bin brauch ich auch kein sky go mehr um meine Aufnahmen zu sehen. Dann kann ich gleich über meinen sky q receiver schauen. Was für ein Nonsens.

Sky, redet bitte nicht mehr von innovativer und moderner Technik. Das hier ist Mittelalter. 

[splinternet]

Which roughly translated says: "If I'm in the same building and on the same network, I no longer need Sky Go to see my recordings. Then I can watch straight away via my sky q receiver. What nonsense.  Sky, please stop talking about innovative and modern technology. This is the Middle Ages."

[Anamia19761]

Right!... Whay absolutely rubbish... Seriously..  than what's even the point having Sky Go if you're able to watch on a normal tv... I thought the entire point was that you could watch your programmes AWAY from home... hence... the "GO" bit 😳🤣🤣🤦‍♀️ x

[caesarome]

@Anamia19761 

You might be able to if you have already downloaded them (if the option is available) before leaving your home,

[splinternet]

Downloading before leaving home is the middle ages, to borrow a phrase from earlier.  What about programs that are recorded after leaving home, how would I access these?  

[caesarome]

What about programs that are recorded after leaving home, how would I access these?  

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You can't access them until the app is on

the same network that your Sky Q box is.

[TimmyBGood]

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@splinternet wrote:

Downloading before leaving home is the middle ages

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Quite possibly, but no effective alternative has emerged and as I noted above back in 2023 the only longstanding 'placeshifting' system (Slingbox) closed down in 2022.  Historically any such platform has been hampered by a combination of slow outgoing broadband speeds and the rights-holder requirement for broadcasters to enforce HDCP encryption on their content which isn't possible over a retransmitted IP video feed: while the former has now largely been solved by FTTP, the latter is still very much in play.

It's of course also worth noting that all current Sky Q hardware is incapable of such a task, and is now itself an end-of-life product last respecified in 2019.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Anamia19761 wrote:

I thought the entire point was that you could watch your programmes AWAY from home... hence... the "GO" bit

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A data file created from broadcast content (aka a 'recording') being held on a Sky box hard drive isn't a 'programme' in this context.  It can be viewed on the television connected to that box (and Mini boxes) after decoding by the box itself, and also becomes playable when transferred to a Go app device, but file transfer is only possible when both hard drive and Go client are on the same local network.

When away from the subscription address, live and on-demand content is streamed into the Go client directly from Sky servers: it's not coming from the home hardware.