Dish Anywhere won't load with Chrome and Win 8.1

[mmcl26554]

Today I went to run Dish anywhere on my HP laptop running win 8.1 and Chrome browser and it refused to load and chrome shows an error message "Dish Anywhere - showcase has become unresponsive".
It gets to the main page with the picture of "Game of Thrones" and stalls. I tried another computer with Win 8.1 and same problem. However, it will load OK on Internet Explorer and Opera and a Chrome derivative called "CoolNovo". Also loads fine in Chrome on Win 7. So what's up, anybody else experience this behavior?
Michael

 

[ronjohn]

I have not used it on my Win8 machine for a long time. I tried after seeing your post. I had to download and install the DISH_Anywhere_Video_Player_Installer_2.12.1.exe. Then when I reloaded the video player page, Chrome asked me enable the video player. I had to click on Always Run on This Site, because the player would fault and not restart after clicking to Run this Time. After that it worked.

 

[mmcl26554]

ronjohn, ever been to the surf shop in Cocoa Beach Fl by your name?
Where did you find DISH_Anywhere_Video_Player_Installer_2.12.1.exe Google didn't find it.

 

[ronjohn]

When I loaded the page with the DishAnywhere player, the player displayed an error and notified me that I needed to install the player. I just clicked the install button to download it. I think I had to click on in manually, but I don't remember well.

I have been to a couple of the Ron Jon Surf Shops. I think the last time I went it was to the one in Panama City Beach. I copied and misspelled the name for my user name.

 

[mmcl26554]

Mine doesn't ask for any update just stalls. It's funny it works on other browsers and Chrome in Win7. I wonder what is going on?
Michael

 

[mitchflorida]

It works fine for me, but it does require you to install the Sling add-on to Chrome.

 

[mmcl26554]

If it doesn't ask me to install it how can I do it. It worked OK a couple weeks ago, is there a new add on recently to install? Otherwise I probably have it. Or can you install it manually.
Michael

 

[mitchflorida]

you probably have to uninstall sling player from chrome plugins or from the windows programs and re install it.

 

[mmcl26554]

I found and removed the sling plugin, but that didn't help. Then I uninstalled chrome and reinstalled, now it works. I see the sling plugin is gone so maybe that was the problem. Who knows. The good thing about this as I did Chat in to Dish to see if there was anything going on. The CSR had no answers, but did give me $5 per month off for 3 months and 3 free PPV certificates. And now it works, so what could be better!
Michael