The boxes sort of have a failover feature.. that if it cant reach the recording or is having a problem with it.. that it will revert to finding an on demand of it, if available. In which yes you cant FF.
So its possible that is happening.
But if its a full blown recording, commercials and all, then you should be able to FF on it.
Yeah, thats the exact message you get when you are in a on demand that doesnt support it.
My guess is that its failing over for whatever reason. (though usually I remember seeing a message at the top when you when to do the recording, saying it was failing over)
Side note: One thing I really like now is how easy to get to the on demand versions if you need to.
IE: my wife was going to watch Steven Colbert which she recorded. Found the recording that the election thing has over-run over the recording. Was easy to go on the recording, 'other versions' of it, and be able to find the on demand version right there. Finds it for you, rather than having to go to the on demand section, and searching, etc.
So far, I have not run into any situations where I was not able to Fast Forward through a show that I recorded on Ignite TV. That said, on some IPTV platforms, it is possible to have the program rights set up in such a way that you cannot Fast Forward through recorded content. I don't know what restrictions can be put in place on recorded content with the Xfinity X1 platform or what Rogers may have done in the past.
With On Demand content, my experience on Ignite TV varies. When "Restart"-able content is available, I can sometimes Fast Forward though. (On a 1-hour show, when you press pause, a 1-hour timeline is shown, and you see broadcast commercials when you watch the program.) In one such case, I was able to Fast Forward through program content but not the commercials... but I could rewind a bit, then use Voice Control to "Go forward 4 minutes" and skip over commercials that way. What you can/cannot do depends entirely on what rights/restrictions are in place.
With On Demand content, where a 45 minute timeline is shown for a 1 hour broadcast, Fast Forward is often unavailable (since many of the broadcast commercials have been replaced with other fewer (possibly dynamically inserted) ads) but again, it depends on how the rights have been set up.
As others have said before, if a recording is either corrupt/broken/unavailable (I haven't seen this happen for quite a while now) then Ignite TV can fail over to On-demand content and/or prompt you to re-record the program if it is going to be broadcast again at a later date/time. So, you may find yourself watching On Demand content rather than a recording.
@thprice099 wrote:
Is there anyway to change the skip forward button to 3 minutes instead of 5 minutes
You can change the "skip forward" interval from 5 minutes to 30 seconds using a magic key sequence. However, I don't know of any way to "Skip ahead three minutes" other than by saying that voice command.
Comcast's Xfinity site is a good start. Click the applicable tabs for information on how things work:
https://www.xfinity.com/support/tv#get-started
ie: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/get-to-know-xr11-remote
Of course there will be minor variances with Rogers Ignite, but much of this applies.
