How to select to watch a recording from halfway through

[CaitlinD]

On my old Sky box I could record a programme and when I wanted to watch it I could select the exact minute I would want to watch from i.e. 30 minutes in. 

On the Sky Q box I cannot seem to select a specific minute in which to watch from. Is it possible?

[lettice · Accepted solution]

Just use your Sky Q voice remote and say skip 30 minutes or even jump to 30 minutes, go to 30 minutes.

All the voice comands are here in these two links;
Using Voice Control on your Sky Q box | Sky Help | Sky.com 
Sky Q voice control commands | Sky Help | Sky.com

[MightyQuinn]

Hi @CaitlinD   Alternately, press Pause, then hold down the DirectionRight key until you are close to 30 minutes. Then single presses of the Direction Right and Left move one minute. Press Play. 

[PandJ2020]

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@MightyQuinn wrote:

Hi @CaitlinD   Alternately, press Pause, then hold down the DirectionRight key until you are close to 30 minutes. Then single presses of the Direction Right and Left move one minute. Press Play. 

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You don't even need to pause.  Hit up and then left/right... 🤗

[MightyQuinn]

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@PandJ2020 wrote:

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@MightyQuinn wrote:

Hi @CaitlinD   Alternately, press Pause, then hold down the DirectionRight key until you are close to 30 minutes. Then single presses of the Direction Right and Left move one minute. Press Play. 

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You don't even need to pause.  Hit up and then left/right... 🤗

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Hi @PandJ2020   It just goes to show, that even after 7 years, there is always something to learn 😀

[CaitlinD]

Yeh I did the whole clicking each minute across and thought there must be a quicker way. The voice control works which I am impressed with. Thanks 

[MightyQuinn]

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@CaitlinD wrote:

Yeh I did the whole clicking each minute across and thought there must be a quicker way. The voice control works which I am impressed with. Thanks 

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Hi @CaitlinD   No need to click each minute, hold down the Direction Right button to rapidly move across to your selected time. Fine tune with the one minute clicks.

[nigea99]

Hi @CaitlinD 

I know these are listed in the link given earlier but I just thought I'd mention my favourite voice commands  in recordings 

Skip nn minutes
Go To nn minutes
Back nn minutes


You can use hours, minutes & seconds or mix e.g. Go to 1hour 15 minutes

Skip nn minutes is very handy for adverts and you get used to the length on regular used channels (Many are around the 4 minute mark)

You can also say Go To Start

[Digital+Stewart]

I have the same question as they original poster.

All of these commands fail for me, saying that you cannot use the command here.

They all appear to require that you are already playing back the recording, which is precisely what I am trying to avoid.

This is important because recordings tend to have the end of the previous programme at their start.

Is it possible to start playback at a specific time point?

[nigea99]

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@Digital+Stewart wrote:

I have the same question as they original poster.

All of these commands fail for me, saying that you cannot use the command here.

They all appear to require that you are already playing back the recording, which is precisely what I am trying to avoid.

This is important because recordings tend to have the end of the previous programme at their start.

Is it possible to start playback at a specific time point?

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@Digital+Stewart 

No you can only start from the beginning or where the system deems was the last point watched. - you can't select the point at which the start watching before you go into the recording

you can use the voice commands as soon as it starts playing

[Chodley]

Haven't noticed many recordings recently have the previous programme at their start. Used to happen all the time on sky+ with the option to start X minutes early. Is this on a particular channel?