I originally posted about this issue here, Cannot play current recording from beginning - #4 by gunnersboy, but was then was directed to this thread from another post.
For a while there was a plex employee looking into this. Not the case anymore? Still happens with my Google Chromecast with Google TV as well as a 4K Firestick.
Running the latest PMS on Windows, 1.23.1.4528, up to date Plex on Google Play/Amazon App Store, and using the latest firmware for my HD Homerun Extend. This is how it behaves today when trying to watch a currently recording program on my Google TV.
Same behavior on my Firestick.
Essentially if you tell it to watch from the beginning it just just repeats the first few seconds. You can watch live, wait 10 seconds for the time shifting to load, and then watch from start.
This is pretty ridiculous! Been an issue for months now. Not the biggest deal to watch live and go back but extremely frustrating to watch live and spoil a show or sports score as I’m waiting to go back to beginning!