unable to fast forward Ads on recorded program on Direct TV

Only programs recorded from the sat channels can be FF, those recorded from On Demand can't been this way for years.  DTV has never been ad free as all channels the content providers provide have ads except for the premium channels. 

Suspect you were watching an episode recorded from On Demand. The channel controls the ads, not Directv. If you go to the channels own on demand web site that has ads you can't fast forward through also.

As others have noted, if you can’t fast forward, the “recording” is actually a downloaded on demand program, not a recording from a satellite channel. Check the channel of the recording, if it’s 1xxx, that is on demand. For example, if you record a Food Network program, channel 231 is the satellite channel, channel 1231 is on demand.

Thanks all, great forum.   I checked and it was an on Demand  channel. I know what to look for in the for the future , so thanks again.

As for DTV always having ads, unfortunately I am old and believe it or not it was ad free for many years. I even received a reduced rate for a couple of years when ads started,  as  I called and complained that I purchased ad free TV.  

thanks again

JFF is right, it's really not that old though. I'm leaving Hulu looking for a streaming service you can fast forward and was planning on joining directv, but it seems like they do it too. 

What seems like not long ago, when you recorded something, you could ALWAYS fast forward commercials. That was partially the whole point of it. DVR now seems to be nothing more than another form of "on-demand" unless you pay more money to be able to fast-forward commercials. You're better off digging out your old VCR and recording it on one of those giant tapes just so you can fast-forward through them. This is 2 steps behind in technology, not forward and unfortunately, it's nothing but greed. 

As stated before it is only On Demand that uses the internet to stream the programs from the channels On Demand servers can't be FF all programs from the sat channels can be FF.

Wait a sec. I recorded a program NOT on demand and I can not fast forward it. i left att uverse for this? on the uverse we could

@ESKIMO7 

That's shouldn't happen. What show/channel? Are you sure it wasn't recorded from that network's OnDemand channel?

Try a red button reset as programs recorder from the sat channels still can be FF I'm doing it right now.

done it. it says i need an internet connection. that is ridiculous. i have att&t for internet  and a dish for direct tv. it is CBS late nite with colbert. recorded the evening before. it will not FF. i am about ready to go ahead and find another provider.

It was NOT on demand. I do not use on demand

Then you need to replace the receiver as the sat channels can still be FF so there is something wrong with it, there is no way to get On Demand without the receiver being connected to the internet so you are not recording an On Demand version.

Dies anyone know if Directv Stream, the way to get Directv on Fiber without a sat, does it allow ff/rew or are they all considered on demand.  And does the recording on line also work the same as Sat? 

@Hmfamily0 

Yes, DirecTV Steam recordings allow FF/REW.

Yes, recordings on DirecTV Stream into the cloud work pretty much like DirecTV Satellite. 

@Hmfamily0 DIRECTV STREAM is not service over Fiber, but rather service using an internet connection. They are referred to as over-the-top (OTP) Live TV streaming services. With DIRECTV STREAM, you can’t fast forward or rewind commercials with on-demand content. The recording with DIRECTV STREAM is NOT the same as DIRECTV satellite because DIRECTV STREAM has cloud-DVR (recordings are stored in the cloud) while DIRECTV DVRs have a built in hard drive that store all the shows.