"fast forward and skip forward are not available for this program"
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I see this on a variety of downloaded or other on demand types of events. Most of the time what is stated is not applicable. I can still move backward and forward.
I saw this on the NBC VOD of Aquarius. I think you might see it on VOD copies of network TV.. I have never seen it on any other VODs that I've watched.
This was on the DIY channel, not a broadcast network. And Tron2012, forwarding definitely did not work. In fact, trying it was what produced the message. Where were you seeing the message, if not when trying to forward?
If you Google it, it's across the board with all providers and some nets/shows. Some advertisers must be demanding to get their money's worth. Go figure!
I have run across this a couple of times. I refuse to watch it that way, even if it's free.
I saw this as well on an HDTV OD prog. HOWEVER, while it would NOT let me FF, it STILL let me 30 sec skip forward...you think it'd be the other way around...
Fast Forward on streaming video is difficult to implement since download speeds are often throttled (else high speed receivers would hog all the bandwidth) and if you want to FFW past the current download point the sending unit must do the FFW at the source then send it. Even the Hopper has quite a bit of lag when trying a remote FFW with its one stream, I can imagine how difficult it is to do on a large scale system with hundreds+ streams each trying trick plays.
But this one was downloaded for later watching. (Of course, that still doesn't mean Dish is going to handle it rationally... For example, why do I get a version that barely even looks like proper SD when I download an HD version, just because I have a crappy internet provider? If I'm willing to let it download first, I should get the full-quality version.)
I completely agree with you, but alas that's not how the darn thing works. It depends on your download speed as though you were watching the stream live. I find SD iVOD looks about as good as a DVD, but I have 30 down.
As mentioned, you'd think that's how it works, but it doesn't. Think about it: Should it take 1 hour to download for one quality level ? Should it take 2 hours to get better quality ? What if it wants to take 6 hours ? Depending on the content provider, I wonder if some don't allow Dish to save a copy to the HDD for later viewing due to copyright reasons.
Not now they don't. I cannot go forward or backward on a lot of them. It's infuriating
I'm sick and tired of this feature that does not work on far too many On Demand programs. I'm trying to show my husband the end of one HGTV program and cannot go forward or backward. This isn't exactly great for shows that want to expand their audience. It's infuriating is what it is.
You are comparing streamed content to linear content. The creator of the streamed content has the right to restrict the characteristics of the playback as he wishes.
I have seen this behavior before as well. I don't remember the program but I had watched part of it and paused. Came back later and the only option was to start from the beginning. I thought, no problem I will FF through what I have already seen, NOPE, had to watch it from the beginning again to get to the part I had not watched yet.
Just because the problem has persisted doesn't make it not a problem.
