topic Re: Lose fast forward in Sky Glass

Lose fast forward

Dj33 — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:30:32 GMT

When my mum has to pop out of the room for 10 mins to make her self some food she pauses her tv but when she comes back she loses the time her tv was paused for? As an avid soap watcher she's unable to leave her tv paused as she risks losing half her program? I don't no if this is how the box is programmed to be, a problem with the box or internet? As the old sky box would let you pause it for 30 mins before losing it! Any help would be greatly welcomed!

thanks in advance.

Re: Lose fast forward

TimmyBGood — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:35:17 GMT

@Dj33 wrote:

I don't no if this is how the box is programmed to be, a problem with the box or internet? As the old sky box would let you pause it for 30 mins before losing it!

Unfortunately this appears to be by design: the 'old sky box' had a hard drive to spool paused content while Glass/Stream only has a small amount of on-board solid state storage for the task.

In addition, the power saving measures built into the new platforms are considerably stricter because they reflect more recent European regulation.

Re: Lose fast forward

Fothergill1 — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:02:03 GMT

Hi @Dj33 The pause length on Stream is very short and I used to get caught out by if quite frequently. I now tend to rewind the programme a few minutes instead of pausing it. When I return to watch it I can RW or FF slightly to get to the correct position.

Not ideal but it does work for me.