Issues with fast forwarding Live TV show currently recording - anyone able to successfully do this?

Anyone able to successfully fast forward multiple times through a TV show that is still recording? Like trying to skip ahead 30 seconds at a time multiple times like you would be doing to skip through 6-8 commercials.

While a TV show is recording, I am having all kinds of issues trying to watch is from the start.

Tried recording a 3 hour football game and after it was an hour into the game, tried to watch the show from the start. The file first started playing at the start of the show, but when I tried to fast forward through the first 5 minutes of commercials, the file would just hang up with the spinning wheel. I would get out of the player and try it again, but then after I could never get the show to start from the begging - it would only then start from where the show currently was recording (live tv).

Tried again today one a 30 minutes show. As last time, i was able to start at the begging and was able to start skipping a head by 30 seconds. After a couple of Fast Forward, then the skip forward 30 seconds option would just be grayed out. After a couple of minutes, it would come back to being active. Going forward or reverse is usually stops.

Very frustrating when Windows Media Center on a computer 10 years older than what I am running now handled all of this flawlessly and instantaneously. Even when it works to fast forward, it is never instant like WMC where you see the scrolling wheel turn for a few seconds before you would see where you are at.

Is anyone able to get this to work correctly? Fast forwarding and reverse a show that is already done works fine (still very slow to step forward or back before the show starts playing again.

Same behavior on iOS, Roku or FireTV.

This behavior/bug is also being discussed here: Start Watching Recording in Progress from Beginning(Failing)

You might want follow that thread.

Thank you. I have previously gone through that thread and will continue monitor it. Since that thread is primarily talking about the “Watch from Start” feature not working, I elected to see if anyone is having other issues besides that like I have outlined above in a new thread. On long programs, I too have had issues in which Watch from Start does not behave correctly, but I also am finding that doing any type of fast forward or rewinding is not working correctly on any length show (in this case the Watch from Start is working correctly). I will reference my thread there as well.

Yes both issues have been mentioned in that thread.

This thread seems more applicable to the problem. I use both the new windows 10 app and Roku. I have been able to start at the beginning in the past but not with the latest server update 1.16.5.1488. However, I have never been able to fast forward or rewind when a recording is active.

Unfortunately the “watch from start” thread has been shutdown, which is really unfortunate. Hopefully ongoing updates relating to fixing live TV will appear here!

That thread is open, and will continue to be.

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