topic FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings in Android TV

FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

.piran — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 19:29:17 GMT

FF (Fast Forward) works OK with TV HDD recordings eg using the remote control's AUDIO area's transport buttons. However the same is not true for RADIO HDD recordings. The best I have been able to achieve is about a 6sec leap forward - for every discrete click (really tedious & not sustainable). Certainly cannot achieve the x1 x2 x3 higher speed rates made available during play back of TV recordings. How can I achieve similar transport button functionality playing back RADIO recordings?

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

Pascale_F — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:59:13 GMT

Hi piran,

Welcome to the community.

Which model is this regarding?

Thanks,

Pascale

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

.piran — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:58:07 GMT

Thank you Pascale. Inside the battery casing it says "Model: RMF-TX201E".

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

.piran — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 01:22:01 GMT

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FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

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Did it solve your problem?

http://community.sony-europe.com/t5/android-tv/ff-fast-forward-ok-on-tv-but-not-radio-hdd-recordings/m-p/2483246#M29894

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...but have no idea as to what intelligence I am supposed to have been sent, referring to what apparent solution provided or suggested and certainly none such is yet visible to me on this forum thread. Or have I to look more deeply for some invisible white text on a one pixel white background?

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

EdwinaU — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 09:38:37 GMT

Hi Piran,

Thanks for the model number. I'm not sure what post the notification refers to.

We'll look into this and get back to you when we can. Meanwhile, maybe some other members will have some advice for you.

Best wishes,

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

Almou_10 — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 08:43:41 GMT

Hi piran,

I'm not sure if this is a fault or a normal thing that happens with the TV. I can check for you but it would be useful to have the model name of the TV not the remote.

You can get this model name either from the back of the TV on the white sticker or from the menu in the system information page.

Cheers,

Almou_10

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

.piran — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:40:54 GMT

>> it would be useful to have the model name of the TV not the remote.

Thank you for asking (clearly)... KD-55AF. The other poster asked for the model name (of what I was talking about - the remote - which I supplied).

>> I'm not sure if this is a fault or a normal thing

It's not a (physical button) fault - I pointed out in the OP that the button works with video recordings but not radio recordings. Ditto 'normal'. The various buttons in that area of the remote controller are grouped and appropriately known as the 'transport' function. On radio broadcast recordings the FF transport button merely causes the content to move in approximate 6 second discrete jumps. There is no accumulated acceleration (x1 x2 x4 etc) functionality whatsoever. IMHO it's a bug.

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

Almou_10 — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:55:20 GMT

Hi piran,

I've looked this up for you and it seems to be something normal with the TV and it's not a fault with the TV as you predicted.

Cheers,

Almou_10

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

.piran — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:16:11 GMT

Thank you for the effort. FWIW I did not predict it to be a fault and by launching this thread it could be said that I didn't consider it to be normal. The issue remains neither a 'fault' nor 'normal' from my POV.

I am new to this Android OS thing, to say that I am distinctly underwhelmed would be a severe understatement. Is there somewhere in the Sony mothership or the Google hegemony where I might lodge a development 'wishlist' item for this remote controller/TV/OS?

My expectation from the outset was that, as little advertising could be (easily) derived from a radio broadcast recording, the developmental effort expended - compared with that for video - might have been minimal.

The observed 6sec 'jump' (rather than a true FF facility) is probably a flaw in the coding. I am otherwise thankful that the exercise of obtaining and then playing back (uninterrupted without any FF) of a radio broadcast recording is 'mostly' reliable and actually really quite simple. Also, underdeveloped as it so obviously is, I am likely to be spared (for now) from the dreaded arrival of in-line or insertions of advertising.

Perhaps I should be satisfied that, from within this state-of-the-art Android OS thing, there is what might even be called 'a feature' - a 6sec jump through the radio recording file's time code. However, as a feature, this is really not an improvement over the FF transport facility that's so necessarily standard on serial access tape technology - even on old musicassette technology...

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

Almou_10 — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:31:53 GMT

Hi piran,

Sorry if my words caused any confusion, I meant that you predicted it's not a fault with the device. I'll copy your words and try to deliver that feedback to Sony.

Cheers.

Almou_10

Re: FF (Fast Forward) OK on TV but not RADIO HDD recordings

.piran — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 16:54:27 GMT

So kind. The mothership will blame the hegemony. The hegemony will ignore everything whilst making an internal note about lost advertising potential. Us mere mortal muddy-bottom-feeders will eventually shuffle off this advertising continuum always wondering the what and the how but never knowing the why. Cheers:-)