Jackrats 4 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hi, I've got a Roku 3 that I'm using with MBS and one thing that I've noticed is that if I'm watching a show or movie and fast forward or rewind, I get no video indication of how far I've moved forward or back. Have been using a Popcorn hour for many years and MythTV for years before that and having the video show where you're at has always been a feature in any platform I've run. I'm a bit worried that this might be the one deal breaker on the Wife Approval Factor (she hasn't spent enough time on it yet to notice, but I can already hear the question). Is this even possible with streaming to the Roku? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farside847 39 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 This is called trick play. I asked about it a few weeks ago and was told that support for this is on the roadmap, but I am not sure how far away it might be. I am going to follow this thread too in case more details surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackrats 4 Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Thanks farside, I just went back and found your post, I hadn't noticed it on my first pass through the forums. Sorry to be the new guy re-asking everything again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farside847 39 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 No worries. It perked my interest again because this is probably the most frequently asked thing from the wife Devs, do we know how far out this"roadmap" feature might be? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 there's no roadmap needed. we already have fast forward and rewind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deihmos 147 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 ff and rewind works fine. So what if you cannot see the video? You can see the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Plus the roku bif trick mode for previews while you seek only works with direct streaming. They don't support it with HLS streams. That dramatically reduces the number of people who will benefit from the feature, which in turn, dramatically reduces the priority of doing it. Plus, someone is going to have to volunteer to answer the questions of why you get the thumbnails with certain videos, but not others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farside847 39 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Sorry to hear that. I guess trick mode is a no go. Bummer. I wish I had the skill to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackrats 4 Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 When does MB stream to the Roku versus HLS? To me, the time counter during FF/RWD is completely useless. The granularity is only down to the minute, FF/RWD happens very quickly, and I have no idea how long an intro or commercial might be that I'm trying to get past. Without the play, it's a complete guessing game on how far to FF/RWD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farside847 39 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Do services like Hulu and Netflix use hls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speechles 1917 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) It seems when you enable the bif within the roku client, that sometimes ffmpeg and conhost processes linger causing the server to no longer respond and hang. You have to manually kill both to regain control. Plex also supports this via an external python script used to generate requested bif files, not sure how theirs works. I don't use Plex. It is disappointing this is being given low priority as the majority of users direct play on their rokus. Fwiw, personally, the bif trick mode has never shown any thumbnails during a few tests on my roku, and causes the above hang I mentioned above. I'll test some video types and such and see if I can get any but the constant hang is interrupting me. Anyone else seeing similar? Anyone interested in this? Edited December 17, 2014 by speechles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 it would be a great project for a new contributor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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