Auto-Hop seems not quite as responsive lately?

[glowrdr]

When the auto-hop feature was first rolled out, it was pretty spot on. By this I mean that there was usually less than a 1 second overlap of the beginning/end of the commercial group. Now I've been noticing more and more lately that I'm seeing a good 3-5 seconds into the commercials. It ends on time (with the <1 second entry).

Anyone else notice this? I kind of wondered if it was in response to the lawsuits or something? Like if they showed us a few seconds of the commercial, they weren't "skipping" it or something? Still better than me having to do it myself, just an observation I guess.

 

[sparc]

i would report it to DIRT. probably a bug. There was a lot of stuff messed up around s213. Skip forward and back were broken for a few updates, but fixed in a recent one. I'm still seeing fast forward messed up at times.

 

[wetz73]

I have noticed the same thing. I figured it had something to do with the lawsuits against it.

 

[agarrett22]

When the auto-hop feature was first rolled out, it was pretty spot on. By this I mean that there was usually less than a 1 second overlap of the beginning/end of the commercial group. Now I've been noticing more and more lately that I'm seeing a good 3-5 seconds into the commercials. It ends on time (with the <1 second entry).

Anyone else notice this? I kind of wondered if it was in response to the lawsuits or something? Like if they showed us a few seconds of the commercial, they weren't "skipping" it or something? Still better than me having to do it myself, just an observation I guess.

i've seen the same behavior

 

[satjay]

One thing I noticed is when auto hop started commercials were skipped entirely. Now it seems like I am getting a few seconds of the commercial not sure if the networks are combating it in some way

 

[cosmo_kramer]

I think it was the same update that changed the default to "No" on the auto hop...

 

[Brodieb]

I have the same thing and use the skip ahead button to bypass even the small amount of commercials that are shown.

 

[tmal14]

I have the same thing, at least 3-5 seconds of commercial before the auto hop kicks in.

 

[patmurphey]

I think it's to make it behave just like manual skipping - see the ad, hit skip after slight delay - along with other changes to beat the lawsuits.