VOD resume play useless

The issue I'm having is with video on demands "resume play". When we stop a program part of the way through, and try to attempt to go back and watch the rest of it, it starts it over from the beginning most of the time. Every once in a while it will remember where we last stopped watching and resumes play correctly, but most of the time it does not. This is very annoying when we're watching a VOD show on a program that does not allow fast forwarding because we are forced to either start over and rewatch the whole show or just not waste our time with it any longer. Please fix this issue as it has become a major annoyance with our service with Verizon..

I have always disliked the term "VOD" because it really isn't. It is more like "what is on the menu". Just like a restaurant, you only get to choose what is on the menu, not anything at anytime. For a truer VOD experience, and one that is technically more reliable than the poor implementation of VZ, I have begun to use my laptop to stream to my TV, and I have purchased a ROKU device as well. Both provide a very satisfying experience with surprisingly good picture quality, even for standard definition fare. High definition is available depending on content and the provider. I have not yet gotten a subscription to Netflix or Hulu Plus, but they have a lot of HD material. There is a lot to choose from many providers that is free, and the ROKU people are partnering with both free and subscription providers. As an Amazon Prime member, I also get a lot of free movies and TV shows from that source. This is a whole new adventure in entertainment options, with lots of choices and a level of satisfaction not provided by VZ. I am not affiliated with Amazon or ROKU other than as a client.

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Why does my VOD movie, after pause timeout, never Resume Play but always starts over?

Two years, if I have to go to the bathroom and pause, I've been experiencing the issue that my VOD movie NEVER! resumes. It always starts over.
Any fixes Verizon?
Can't pause your 16 bucks a month HD DVR for VOD or Resume Play after pause timeout. How is there even a pause timeout?
I know this is a flame but I'm tired of the **bleep** and if anyone has a fix I'd love to hear it.

Oops, Brian - I accidentally clicked the "this solved my question" button. No offense, but it didn't - not yet.
By "reset," mean it played for literally a few seconds, then dumped out of the movie and went back to the selection screen (in Netflix, this would be the screen with the movie description and Play button; in just the AppleTV interface, that would refer to the movie list with the chosen film highlighted, ready to hit SELECT to start it).
Sometimes, if I selected again (or hit Play), the movie would return where it left off (or within a few seconds to a few minutes of the scene). But other times, it would just jump back to the start of the movie, regardless of where I'd been when it dumped back to the menu.
Tonight, I tried something else, just to see if my wireless router is to blame: I patched a CAT-5 cable directly to the AppleTV from the router (same one that's doing the WiFi routing; it has four ethernet ports on the back). Netflix played flawlessly. HD all the way, no downressing to SD (or worse), no audio dropouts, no returns-to-menu. Since I don't have a long enough CAT-5 to reach the iMac, I have no easy way to test whether that would solve the iTunes Home Sharing issues I've been having. But just getting clean playback from Netflix tells me the wireless router is suspect here.
The hunt for answers continues.

HBO VOD not resuming play

If we pause while watching HBO video on demand for more than 5 minutes, it returns to the selection screen - which is fine. One of the options is to "Resume Play", but when we select that, it does not resume play from where we paused. Instead, it just goes back to the very beginning (including the advertisements/previews of other shows)....and it only allows 2x fast forward speed to get back to where you left off.
I called tech support, and after resetting my box, and discussing whether a new DVR box would help, I was told that this is a "known issue" with "no fix". The only hope is that the technology will some day allow this.
This is annoying, but I can accept this...except:
1) why have a "resume play" button when you can't actually "resume"?
2) given this technological limitation, why not at least enable 8x fast forward?
3) this is not an issue when we watch live tv and pause for long periods of time - nor is it an issue when we watch any streaming things through Roku - so obviously the technology is available and in use, even with Fios (unless there is some difference between streaming live TV versus on-demand shows).
We subscribed to HBO just so we could watch some of the older shows and series that we can access on demand. However, the frustration at not being able to pause/play makes this much less attractive and we are reconsidering our HBO subscription.

If you search the forums for VOD resume you'll find a number of threads about this issue. In at least one of those threads a Verizon employee announced a new software roll-out to correct the issue and then announced the new software didn't fix the problem after all.
This is indeed a known problem. Personally, I use VOD to rent movies but I've stopped doing that until the resume issue is correct. It ruins the experience if you can't answer a phone call, or take a potty break, etc. etc., without having to start a movie from the beginning.
It can't hurt to reboot/reset your STB but I'll be very (and pleasantly) surprised if it helps in this situation.

IPod no longer resumes play where last paused

After the 3.0 update, I've noticed that after pausing the iPod and then using the phone for other things, it will no longer resume play where I last paused. For example, I shuffle almost 100% of the time I play music. If I pause the music to surf the internet or otherwise do other things on the iPhone, when I go back to play music, it is no longer paused on the last song it was playing ("Now Playing" should be displayed on upper right corner), but now starts a new shuffle; i.e., no previous songs played.
Has anybody else noticed this?

Hi!
I can confirm, that the playback problem, where iPod starts at the beginning of the first song on your iPhone, still exists with OS3.1. I have written my second feedback to Apple regarding this issue, one for 3.0 and one for 3.1.
I do have playlists in use, but I dont believe, that they have something to do with this issue.
If you also have the same problem, please leave a feedbac on http://www.apple.com/feedback.
Thanks, bye
Michael

Is it possible to resume play from any point on the progress bar in FLV player

Is there a way to allow a user to move playhead to any point on the progress bar (including much ahead of the loaded portion of the movie) and resume play from there?
Presently a user can skip ahead only as far as the download happened.
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trace(e.bytesLoaded,e.bytesTotal);
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Besides kglad's excellant response, there is also the option to use "http pseudostreaming".
This will also give you the ability to "seek" to sections of a video file which are not yet downloaded. It is typically cheaper than using FMS or RED5, but still may require that you have a dedicated server account (which is much more expensive than a shared server account). But check with your Web host, some offer pretty good options for enabling http pseudostreaming:
http://flowplayer.org/plugins/streaming/pseudostreaming.html
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Adninjastrator

No resume play function in Netflix and other issues

1. No "resume play" function in Netflix?
2. Music playlists in alpha order only
3. Netflix hangs on loading when trying to play second video in a row; have to go out completely
4. Long list of music playlists takes 2-3 minutes to load; sometimes list flashes then disappears; when backtracking from song, complete list of playlists will not appear; keeps reverting to song selection
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PS. pardon the typos, i meant:
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Hi,
Im only new to flash and am creating a website. I have an
on/off music button which is a record turning. I have figured out
how to make the record and music stop and start when the record is
clicked. ie. the record stops turning when the music is off and the
record starts moving again when the music starts. The only problem
is that the music starts from the beginning again, is does not
start where it was stopped.
In order to do this I created three layers in the main
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I think I can see what is going wrong.
In the bottom loop, you keep writing 'Filtered Signal' to your file regardless of whether it has changed value. This is why when you play it back you get looping sound.
If I was you, I wouldn't worry about saving to file in a separate loop. If you did want to do this, you would have to implement some kind of queue based producer/consumer architecture. (this may still be necessary if writing to file takes too long)
That aside, see that attached example for how you could go about it. (I haven't connected everything up just shown the idea). You need to be careful to not to create the file on every loop iteration - I think I have avoided this but you will need to check it!
Let me know if this helps
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Nick C.
Cardiff University
Attachments:
Audio-1.vi ‏74 KB

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Hi Goofy Goat,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
It sounds like you have done some great troubleshooting for your iPod nano that is not responding. In this situation, if resetting it did not resolve, I would suggest restoring the iPod back to its factory settings and then sync your content back onto it from iTunes. Please use the following article as a resource for restoring.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339
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Missing "resume play" option in Netflix (apple tv)

Sp apparently everyone bu me has a resume play button in netflix?? how vome i'm missing it, and how do i get it? pleas help!

PS. pardon the typos, i meant:
So apparently everyone but me has a resume play button in netflix. how come i'm missing it, and how do i get it? please help!

I lose audio viewing a show and have go to resume play to get audio back

i lose audio viewing a show and have to go resume play to get audio back on

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The following article includes steps to troubleshoot the issue:
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation): Troubleshooting audio issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5150
I would check it out and see if any of the suggestions resolve the issue.
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Netflix/Apple TV should have a "resume play" option...let's make it happen!

Netflix's Roku Box is cheaper and has a "resume playback" button which holds your place when you watch a movie and want to revisit at a later time. With apple tv, you have to start allllll the way from the beginning and fast forward to where you left off (if you even remember where you left off). I am beginning to regret buying apple tv and think the apple team should update the software to include a resume play option so that it holds your place where you left off.
If anyone else agrees, let's tell the feedback peeps we want it added, otherwise why not just buy a cheaper roku box??!!!
Here's a link, if enough of us write, they WILL listen:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/appletv.html

lexiben wrote:
Netflix's Roku Box is cheaper and has a "resume playback" button which holds your place when you watch a movie and want to revisit at a later time. With apple tv, you have to start allllll the way from the beginning and fast forward to where you left off (if you even remember where you left off). I am beginning to regret buying apple tv and think the apple team should update the software to include a resume play option so that it holds your place where you left off.
If anyone else agrees, let's tell the feedback peeps we want it added, otherwise why not just buy a cheaper roku box??!!!
Here's a link, if enough of us write, they WILL listen:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/appletv.html
Netflix on Apple TV definitively has resume playback option. Actually the same "resume playing / start from beginning" than the renting from iTunes store on the Apple TV. Don't know why you haven't seen it.

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[svn:osmf:] 14600: Fix for FM-463 (DVR: Video doesn' t resume playing after record is resume).

Revision: 14600
Revision: 14600
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-03-05 08:02:05 -0800 (Fri, 05 Mar 2010)
Log Message:
Fix for FM-463 (DVR: Video doesn't resume playing after record is resume).
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FM-463
Modified Paths:
    osmf/trunk/framework/OSMF/org/osmf/net/dvr/DVRCastTimeTrait.as

Hey Igor, Welcome to the Nokia Forums!
Sorry that you have been experiencing problems with the video playback, have you tried performing a soft reset yet? This will not remove any data, only reset the device settings back to how they where when new.
To perform a soft reset firstly create a backup using Nokia Suite, then type in *#7780# in your phone and the security code 12345 by default if prompted.
If it does not work, you could also try and download a video playing app from Nokia Store to see if video playback functions better on it.
I hope this has helped!
Sheldrick
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