I have been really wanting this feature for a while. The ability to go frame by frame forward and backwards. This is handy for a LOT of situations. I also have a friend who won’t choose Plex for their TV because they want to frame-by-frame sports. Please please please!

What are they using currently to get frame-by-frame playback? (Not disagreeing with your request one bit. More examples can help make the case!)

They’re currently using a TiVo box. Couldn’t convince them otherwise :joy:

That makes me nostalgic. TiVo was amazing, back when it was amazing. They really do have a great implementation of couch & remote frame-by-frame support. Nice suggestion.

It seems this is a bit of an awesome feature Plex should have but doesn’t, I think this may appeal to more users than perhaps first thought, seems to be an undying question… I (amongst quite a few others I suspect) have home made videos of eg. sporting events where certain frame by frame analysis c…

The ability to advance frame-by-frame is present in 40-year-old devices. Why is this essential, basic feature not present in modern software players? It’s insane! This should be at the top of the priority list of faults to correct in Plex. Second is removing the big, yellow play icon on paused v…

I know it’s not straightforward to do a reverse frame by frame, but at least a forward frame by frame ability would be a massive improvement, and a reverse-to-last-keyframe perhaps if buffering say previous 60 full frames isn’t an option.

Think this will ever be considered by development - does anyone actually collate this stuff or are we just ‘talking in the pub’ ? :slight_smile:

Most likely just pub talking, sadly.

This is something I would LOVE as I work in the animation industry and I’m always pausing movies/shows to draw, or study, or use as reference… and sometimes I just want that right frame. -_-

[image] halium: does anyone actually collate this stuff We do

Frame Forward/Reverse

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OttoKerner February 6, 2023, 1:39pm 13

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