Fast Forward on recorded TV with XBOX 360 Remote

teamjans · **9th May 2006, 01:16 PM**

Hi All,

one very strange thing I have noticed:

when I'm navigating through a recorded TV program with an xbox 360, I'll press the fast fwd button, maybe twice (for 2x speed) to skip through the ads, then I'll press play and the scene it displays is not where i stopped fast forwarding, but some scene any where from the start of the recording to where I starting fast fwding.

fast fwd is basically useless because it throws you into a random historical scene

the counter will not change though, it will display the counter number where i stopped fast fwding, yet the vision is of a scene at some random point earlier.

this problem is blowing my WAF to pieces.

has anyone seen this error before?

thanks

Teamjans

simbot82 · **9th May 2006, 01:53 PM**

THat is weird. Why dont yu just use the 30 second skip 5-6 times (3 minute commercials 30 sec skip each press)? I know it doesn't fix the problem but it is much faster than ff/rw

teamjans · **10th May 2006, 02:37 PM**

thanks for your reply Simbot,

we're usung that exact compromise at the moment, but i find if you're too enthusiastic with the jump, it jumps right to the end.

I'm worried I'm the only person that experiences this.

when I Fast fwd back at the PC/MCE it works fine.

My xbox is wired to the PC

any other ideas?

TJ

teamjans · **10th May 2006, 04:04 PM**

I have just got off the ph to M$ Xbox support, they have stated that the xbox 360 CAN NOT fast forward through recorded TV programs when acting as an extender.

they stated its a streaming issue

I have sent them an email as well, asking them to confirm this in writing

this is totaly contrary to my understanding

can anyone confirm what M$ are saying?

thanks

TJ

simbot82 · **10th May 2006, 04:40 PM**

Are you wired or wireless? My wired 360 works fine on FF/RW but clear button presses are very good with the skip forward back, once you have trained yourself you are laughing. Watching footy? 1 press after a goal and you are back with the bounce.

Hours long drama show? 5 preses forward and sometimes 2 back (14 seconds)

That is weird though as it does support it, why put the buttons on the remote then?

teamjans · **10th May 2006, 06:10 PM**

exactly, what are the buttons for?

I've a wired connection direct from pc to xbox.

I have 2gb of ram....what else would impact ability to stream?

I haven't finished with M$ yet, but I was hoping that there was a easy fix somewhere

WAF is south bound

how do you adjust the size of your skip on the x box, 30 sec, 1 min etc

thanks

TJ

simbot82 · **10th May 2006, 06:49 PM**

mce CUSTOMIZER 2.2 I believe it is called. It allows you to change all sorts of things, including the ability to increase/decrease jump forward (to say 20 seconds)

logifuse · **11th May 2006, 11:21 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by teamjans

I have just got off the ph to M$ Xbox support, they have stated that the xbox 360 CAN NOT fast forward through recorded TV programs when acting as an extender.

What rubbish! MS must share a call centre with Foxtel.

As you don't experience the same issues on the PC itself (I assume?), I'd be looking at the NIC drivers for the PC. Windows will install a driver for most NICs, but it's often a pretty old one. Try the latest WHQL one from the vendor. If it's on the motherboard, you'll probably find a newer one from the actual NIC supplier (Realtek, Broadcom, etc.) & not the MB vendor.

The other thing you can try (as I'm about to becuase the NIC on my MCE has streaming Internet audio issues) is to try another NIC. I'm not sure if that will impact the established connection between the Xbox & the MCE.

When you say it's wired to the PC - do you mean via a switch, or via a cross over cable? You could always try the other.

Logifuse

teamjans · **11th May 2006, 02:33 PM**

thanks for your input logifuse.

attached is email from M$:

"I do apologize for the inconvenience. Yes it is true that Xbox 360 doesn't have that feature where you could not do the fast forward thing while watching a movie. If you keep on doing that, it may indicate a problem on your console."

I don't really understand if they are saying there is a problem with my console or that its impossible to fast fwd.

given everyone else can fast forward, what they are saying is rubbish.

can you explain NIC a little more for me, what exactly does NIC stand for and do? sorry I'm a little PC illiterate. I will definitely follow up this idea

I have a direct cross over cable connection. Although I have read that you don't need a cross over cable with xbox 360, its built to adjust to cross over or the straight through.

I have the pc plugged (cat 5) into a ethernet port in one wall, from here a cat 6 cable going to a port in another room, connected to another cat 5 which is connected to the xbox 360

very strange

logifuse · **11th May 2006, 02:54 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by teamjans

"I do apologize for the inconvenience. Yes it is true that Xbox 360 doesn't have that feature where you could not do the fast forward thing while watching a movie. If you keep on doing that, it may indicate a problem on your console."

Edit

can you explain NIC a little more for me, what exactly does NIC stand for and do? sorry I'm a little PC illiterate. I will definitely follow up this idea

I have a direct cross over cable connection. Although I have read that you don't need a cross over cable with xbox 360, its built to adjust to cross over or the straight through.

I have the pc plugged (cat 5) into a ethernet port in one wall, from here a cat 6 cable going to a port in another room, connected to another cat 5 which is connected to the xbox 360

very strange

OK. They're talking about the problem of fast forwarding *non* DVR-MS videos (like a straight out MPEG video). It's a seperate issue. Same problem playing mp3s.

NIC stands for network interface card (network card) - it's just the thing that the network cable plugs in to. They're onboard the motherboard more often than not these days. What model motherboard do you have? Chances are, there'll be an updated driver for the NIC.

Is it possible to make the network cable connection directly as a test? Your set up sounds fine, but I have seen cases of an impedance miss match between the fixed (in wall) cabling & the patch leads (not on an Xbox, but just in normal networks). Also, has your Xbox been connected to the Internet at all since you've had it? Mine downloaded some software updates when I first set it up.

Logifuse