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Skip Ahead using Samsung remote on Direct TV App is no longer available on the upgraded APP

Ever since DTV upgraded the APP you no longer have a skid ahead option while watching recorded shows. To make matters worse, using the 30 sec jump ahead, I get a message “System network is congested…” when trying to fast forward thru the commercials and the show reverts back to the start. My TV is c

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Recording are restarting from the beginning while I am watching

In the past few weeks I have noticed on my samsung frame tv, that anytime I watch a recording on the directv stream app, the show will buffer, then when it is finished buffering, it will restart the recording at the very beginning. Then I will have to fast forward to where it began to buffer to resu

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Streaming, 2 TV’s, 2 Gemini remotes

TV in bedroom has had to be rebooted several times after tv in living room was setup. The reboot takes 2-3 minutes, the service is restored with what is on living room remote.   How do I stop this shutdown of bedroom tv and it resorts to what is living room.   Frustrating and no solution

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Casting or Mirroring iPhone to Directv

Does Directv support mirroring or casting from an iPhone to a Directv Streaming box? I’m pretty sure I got that to work at one time but I can’t remember how I did it. On my iPhone, when I attempt to do mirroring, the iPhone shows devices on my network that I can mirror to but none of my Directv bo

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BOTH EWTN AND TBN CHANNELS MISSING FROM DIRECT TV INTERNET AND STREAM PLEASE FIX ASAP

I just signed up for Direct TV and was told EWTN and TBN both are in the channel lineups for my subscription, 370 and 372 FOR HOUSTON. But in reality on Direct TV Internet and Stream from laptop. NEITHER CHANNELS ARE AVAILABLE. THE DIRECT STREAM ONLY HAS SPANISH EWTN. PLEASE PUT BACK EWTN AND TBN.

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Streaming Issue

I recently got a new Google Pixel Pro 9 XL. I use my DirecTV streaming app to watch the Atlanta Braves when away from home. It is not working on this new phone. I open the streaming app and begin watching the game. Within 4 minutes, the stream is interrupted and I get this message, "Looks like we ra

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Remote PREV button not working

Hi. Today my dad called and said the PREV button on his DIRECTV streaming remote doesn't work now.  For the past couple days, I had been troubleshooting a different issue with DIRECTV and they had me reset the receiver, set it back to factory settings and all re pair the remote several times.&

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Using DVR on Macbook Air laptop: Solution for when you FF a recording past live limit and screen goes black

When you've FF past the present, all you get is the the twirling circle. Rewinding by any method doesn't work.  Even exiting the page and going back to Library and clicking on recording's white arrow brings the same result. Strangely, even going to Guide and clicking on the live channel calls

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Recording playbacks Sound cuts off with new version of Directv stream app and Samsung TV

Ever since the new version of the app came out I have had issues with the sound when playing back recordings. The recordings will start off fine with the sound although in non HD and then clears about 10 sec later which did not happen prior either.  However; the sound just stops like 15-20 sec

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Watching Recorded Shows Cannot Fast Forward without Jumping Back To Beginning

When watching a recorded show and fast forwarding, we frequently get a spinning circle and an error message indicating something about a congested network, then it reverses the recording back to the beginning. No one else is using the Internet. This happens so frequently so that we’ve given up fast

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