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Old 26-04-2018, 14:38   #16
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Re: Fast Forward

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Does the V6 use the same version of All4 that Youview does?
No. Channel 4 content on Virgin Media is hosted on VM's On Demand platform.

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Prefer it as it SP, got ffw down to a fine art.
Just to point out the reason it's being fixed is that it's currently different behaviour between HD and SD channels.

So the fix is to bring back the consistent timing of FF / RW across all channels.
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Old 27-04-2018, 15:54   #17
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Re: Fast Forward

Doesn't seem to be consistent across all the HD channels but I like the ultra fast speed just the annoying part of the jump back is loads more than it normally is.
Certainly helpful with the compression as I can see a big difference in % used or not used with my recordings.
Just need to work my way through all the old stuff to get full benefit from it.
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Old 27-04-2018, 18:14   #18
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Re: Fast Forward

To me it's like the start of the old Thunderbirds series when they showed rapid clips of the upcoming story... and usually giving the game away.
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Old 27-04-2018, 21:15   #19
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Doesn't seem to be consistent across all the HD channels but I like the ultra fast speed just the annoying part of the jump back is loads more than it normally is.
Certainly helpful with the compression as I can see a big difference in % used or not used with my recordings.
Just need to work my way through all the old stuff to get full benefit from it.
ITV HD never went fast as this channel hasn't yet been converted to MPEG4, unlike the other HD channels which is when this anomaly began.

Having said that, unless i'm imagining it, some HD recordings made today appear to be fixed and others still going ultra fast. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Old 14-06-2018, 21:37   #20
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Re: Fast Forward

This issue is really annoying, so much so that I stopped watching and recording HD channels and have only watched SD in the last few months (big difference when you are close up to the screen but can barely tell the difference when sitting back on the sofa so it makes no difference).

Well, we had an update last week and I thought that this was supposed to include a fix. In fact it is worse as the issue is now across ALL channels. HD and SD !!

I'm still sticking with SD though because there is another issue with HD since the move to MPEG4 - whenever I switch to an HD channel or start an HD recording my TV switches to a different input (my unused aerial input) and I have to rummage around for the TV remote to switch it back. As my TiVo remote controls everything else I don't use the TV remote for anything else so it is never handy. Only happens on HD and since the MPEG4 switch - possibly a fault with my TV rather than TiVo but, whatever, nothing much I can do other than avoid HD for now.
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Old 14-06-2018, 22:38   #21
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Re: Fast Forward

I was still having the same problem until today, after I upgraded to the V6. Now it's ok.
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This issue is really annoying, so much so that I stopped watching and recording HD channels and have only watched SD in the last few months (big difference when you are close up to the screen but can barely tell the difference when sitting back on the sofa so it makes no difference).

Well, we had an update last week and I thought that this was supposed to include a fix. In fact it is worse as the issue is now across ALL channels. HD and SD !!

I'm still sticking with SD though because there is another issue with HD since the move to MPEG4 - whenever I switch to an HD channel or start an HD recording my TV switches to a different input (my unused aerial input) and I have to rummage around for the TV remote to switch it back. As my TiVo remote controls everything else I don't use the TV remote for anything else so it is never handy. Only happens on HD and since the MPEG4 switch - possibly a fault with my TV rather than TiVo but, whatever, nothing much I can do other than avoid HD for now.
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This issue is really annoying, so much so that I stopped watching and recording HD channels and have only watched SD in the last few months (big difference when you are close up to the screen but can barely tell the difference when sitting back on the sofa so it makes no difference).

Well, we had an update last week and I thought that this was supposed to include a fix. In fact it is worse as the issue is now across ALL channels. HD and SD !!

I'm still sticking with SD though because there is another issue with HD since the move to MPEG4 - whenever I switch to an HD channel or start an HD recording my TV switches to a different input (my unused aerial input) and I have to rummage around for the TV remote to switch it back. As my TiVo remote controls everything else I don't use the TV remote for anything else so it is never handy. Only happens on HD and since the MPEG4 switch - possibly a fault with my TV rather than TiVo but, whatever, nothing much I can do other than avoid HD for now.
Have you considered upgrading to the V6?
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Old 15-06-2018, 09:35   #24
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Re: Fast Forward

At the end of last year I considered leaving VM following the latest price hike. I negotiated a significant reduction in price, partly due to having an older box, so I am reluctant to upgrade and lose that bargaining chip. Also, I am of the opinion that if ain't broke don't fix it, and up until recently I have been perfectly satisfied with my existing box. Across the family we have a lot of recorded stuff that we would lose too! Nonetheless, if the performance continues as it is I guess I will have to change.
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Re: Fast Forward

This last update has caused all sorts of issues. Not only is the fast forward issue worse then ever (see my earlier post) but I am getting all other kinds of issues. For instance, if I pause live TV and then resume watching, if I have scheduled a recording to start on the same channel, as soon as that recording starts, the delayed TV that I am watching jumps to 'live' with no ability to rewind. So I miss what I was watching and pausing of live TV becomes a useless feature. This happens if there is only one recording scheduled - it is not because I have used up all three inputs.
Also, on Sunday I was watching a program whilst it was still recording. As soon as the recording stopped, the recording that I was watching reverted to live TV. I had to re-locate the recording where I found that the 'resume' function wasn't operative. I had to wind forward to try to find where I was when I was unceremoniously kicked out!
These are just a couple of examples of strange behavior that I have encountered since the latest update. Why can't they just leave things as they are when they are working!!?
Rant over....
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This last update has caused all sorts of issues. Not only is the fast forward issue worse then ever (see my earlier post) but I am getting all other kinds of issues. For instance, if I pause live TV and then resume watching, if I have scheduled a recording to start on the same channel, as soon as that recording starts, the delayed TV that I am watching jumps to 'live' with no ability to rewind. So I miss what I was watching and pausing of live TV becomes a useless feature. This happens if there is only one recording scheduled - it is not because I have used up all three inputs.
Also, on Sunday I was watching a program whilst it was still recording. As soon as the recording stopped, the recording that I was watching reverted to live TV. I had to re-locate the recording where I found that the 'resume' function wasn't operative. I had to wind forward to try to find where I was when I was unceremoniously kicked out!
These are just a couple of examples of strange behavior that I have encountered since the latest update. Why can't they just leave things as they are when they are working!!?
Rant over....
Sounds as if it really is broke, then!

If a re-boot at the plug doesn't work, time to get a V6, I think!
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