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Wednesday, June 19th, 2024 4:40 AM

DVR functions on AppleTV

Hi -- 

Just joined DirecTV Stream, love the package and interface so far.

But: I'm watching via AppleTV, and it doesn't seem to enable REW for Live TV?? I can pause, and see a progress bar... hitting the back button multiple times brings up increasing increments of 15 seconds with each press... but the content doesn't rewind.

Is this feature not available??

Thanks for your help 

Andrew

ACE - New Member

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3.3K Messages

5 months ago

Live channels don't have buffers like tivo. In order to rewind live TV you have to wait for a buffer to form after you switch to a channel. But if you switch channels you'll lose your buffer. The only way around this it to just record the channel.

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4 Messages

5 months ago

OK great understood. But - what if the buffer is there? I was watching continuously but wanted to rewind a scene - but I couldn't.

ACE - New Member

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3.3K Messages

5 months ago

how long were you watching the same channel for but couldn't rewind?

4 Messages

5 months ago

20-30m?

Community Support

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254.4K Messages

5 months ago

Thanks for the input, @Ludwick577. Hi,@andlloyd. We're sorry you're unable to rewind a live TV. To correct the issue, try uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Visit Get the DIRECTV App for Apple TV | DIRECTV Support for a quick fix. Let us know how this works. Sean, DIRECTV Community Specialist

4 Messages

5 months ago

This seems to have worked on small sample size. Thanks!


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