Slingplayer Web client broken by Sierra

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Slingplayer Web client broken by Sierra

Not really a question, more of a heads up that the Slingplayer Web client doesn't work with Sierra (yet, I hope). I've tried with Safari and Chrome, and neither is working. I use a Slingplayer Solo HD box, which is getting a little long in the tooth, but it was working fine with El Capitan and is now incompatible with Sierra.

I guess my question is has anyone else found a browser config setting or something else to make the Slingplayer client work with Sierra?

Thx.

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12), 27" Screen

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 10:31 PM

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Answer 1

wyred

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Jan 17, 2017 3:52 PM in response to WGQ

Funny enough I also just learned that they have brought back the desktop app version but it only works for setup, not for streaming!

Another workaround I used was to use the Slingplayer Facebook app. Not ideal but sure beats all the clumsy plugins and instability...

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100MACS

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Nov 28, 2016 2:33 PM in response to WGQ

This is a real problem - as soon as I installed Sierra, Slingbox quit. I tried it on a 4 year old Pro and a six month old Air. Zip. And, help from Slingbox? Forget it. My Slingbox is old also but its the third one I've had - I bought early and it worked, finally, after days of misery and finally paying them $30 for a couple of minutes of "support," twice! Slingbox has the worst customer support imaginable. Always has. The only solution I know is to buy an old Mac with El Capitan or earlier and do not upgrade to Sierra, since Slingbox hasn't!

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WGQ Author

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Nov 28, 2016 2:59 PM in response to 100MACS

I managed to get it working, although it requires clumsy workarounds. Here's what worked for me:

1. Purge Slingplayer from your Mac. This is important. I had old stuff that was preventing me from installing the latest plugin, which you need. I ended up doing a system wipe and reinstall (not restore) from ground up. Not just for Slingplayer, for other performance issues too.

2. Go to Slingbox.com > Watch, and follow the instructions to install and configure the latest plugin.

3. This should get you going, IF you've been successful with step #1. If it tells you your browser/computer isn't compatible, you haven't been successful with step #1.

4. Whenever Slingbox hangs in 'loading/intializing' state, you may need to kill the Slingplayer process using Activity Monitor and try again. It will likely then tell you that the plugin isn't installed, but if you refresh the browser window a couple of times it will start working again.

See what I mean about clumsy workarounds? It's garbage software. I'm told it's more stable with Firefox, but I don't want to run multiple browsers and Safari is in my ecosystem.

Good luck.

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