Rifftrax update problem

[Astr234]

Hello,

I'm having a problem with the rifftrax player. It tells me that the Service is Unavailable, so I click on the Update Now button. That takes me to Rifftrax update, I go through the whole process to update to the latest version, I click on finish, the player tries to start, and I get the same Service Unavailable message, and I'm asked to do the whole process again! What's going on?

Thanks.

[Dark_LST3k]

Exact same problem here.

EDIT:  Just found another topic, and it seems this is a first Friday of the month thing.

To the OP, disconnecting from the internet is a means to get past what seems to be a once a month problem.

[sendtoscott]

Exact same problem here.

EDIT:  Just found another topic, and it seems this is a first Friday of the month thing.

To the OP, disconnecting from the internet is a means to get past what seems to be a once a month problem.

It happened to me on the first Sat of the month (today).

[digital_trucker]

THIS is why you don't create an app that auto-updates without having an option to turn auto-update off!

duhhh.....seems someone (namely me) mentioned this before.  Naturally the suggestion wasn't well-received.  By the way, disconnecting from the internet simply causes the player to not load up at all for me.

Good job, oh masterful creator of the Rifftrax Player, for creating a truly idiotic *ahem* feature.  At the very least, you design the player so that it notifies you of an update after it's up and running properly...leaving the user to decide when to update.

I can't believe someone needs to be told this....

P.S.  It's still twitchy with multiple monitors, might want to work on THAT too.

UPDATE:  Having cable internet and disconnecting at the modem box didn't work for me.  After a little thought I blocked the player completely at my firewall and THAT did the trick.  At least I can watch trax now.  Until the doofi in charge of player development stop being silly about it, I think I'll just leave the player blocked until I actually have a problem watching a riff and THEN attempt to let it update.

[murryd]

Having the same problem right now...

The Rifftrax player is great when it works, but it is one of the most unreliable programs I have ever encountered . . . and I use Microsoft products.

[Claude]

Same problem here. Sucks.

[Holst]

Same problem here, after fumbling around I found this thread and shut down my modem.  I worked fine after that and my wife and I enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean.

The player is labeled Beta and problems should be expected.  I glad the damn thing exists.

[Conor]

I emailed the person who is in contact with the developer.  I suggested that shutting off the required updates might be something they could look into.  I'm not sure when he'll get a chance to look at the problem, but I think this has fixed itself in the past...More updates on Monday probably, I apologize for the irritation this has caused.