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Why the 10 minute timeout on pausing recordings
Why is there a 10 minute timeout when pausing recordings on Xfinity DVR? In my research there have been many customers complain about this, but have not found the reasoning behind it. I don't care about the "work around" because it is really unacceptable. I watch a lot of sports. So If i pause a recording that is pretty much live I am constantly forced to hit play and pause again to reset the timer. I'm afraid I will see live results which ruins the viewing of the event.
I assume there is some reasoning behind this timer. I used to be able to pause for an extended period of time, but now it seems since recordings are stored in the cloud this has become a setting.
westwayneguy88888
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3 months ago
my theory is that they do this to prevent screen burn in on your tv.....
now i have a question for you, why is it you record sports?.... do you work a 2nd shift? How do you keep yourself in the bubble to prevent learning the results ahead of time?
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user_0jty1f
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3 months ago
So I'm not getting much with this post. Can someone tell me how to get this question to someone within Xfinity to get an answer? It is extremely difficult to talk to someone at Xfinity and I know I won't be able to just call and ask this question.
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user_0jty1f
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2 months ago
I received an email to accept the solution? Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but there has been no solution. Can someone explain this?
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user_a0f600
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9 days ago
Honestly Xfinity is the worst. Why in the world is there a timeout after just a few minutes when pausing a recorded program? There are so many reasons I hate this but the biggest one is when you pause a program to take a call or whatever (which obviously mutes the recording) and then it times out, goes to whatever channel you were last on and then you get sound from that channel. MINIMALLY the time out should to be adjustable for the customer. However, as usual, the company doesn't care what the end user who pays their salaries wants.
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susie4cats
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7 days ago
This! It's so maddening to pause a recording for a chore or phone call, only for it to revert to live tv. There seems to be no reason for it and no explanation why it can't be fixed.
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user_a0f600
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6 days ago
For me it changed when I got a new box. I don't know what the name of it is, but it is the newer one that doesn't have the time on it and doesn't have the red light to show a program is recording. Guess the new box is cheaper for them to produce. I find it annoying to not have these features but the timeout to pause recordings is the most frustrating. They don't seem to care. Why would there EVER be a timeout for pausing??? Why is it taking so long to fix the problem??? I'm thinking about just getting rid of Comcast/Xfinity
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user_v7fq6r
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3 days ago
Man, some of these Xfinity folks are clueless. The timeout happens because your recordings are on cloud DVR, which works just like On Demand. It cuts off after about 10 minutes or so.
Non-cloud DVR recordings do not time out.
You’ll know if it’s cloud DVR by pausing your recording.
Under the program name it’ll either say DVR or show a cloud in front of it.
hope this helps.
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user_v7fq6r
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2 days ago
I already gave you all the answer that the so-called official employees couldn’t. It isn’t broken. That’s just how cloud DVR works and it has always been this way. When you hit play, you are not watching a saved file on your own box. You are streaming that show from Xfinity’s servers, which is why it behaves like On Demand. And like On Demand, it times out after a set period. Non-cloud DVR recordings don’t have this issue because they are stored directly on your device. If that is a problem for you, the solution is simple. Get a box that has a regular DVR.
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user_v7fq6r
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2 days ago
The reason for the timeout is because it was a Cloud DVR recording. This can happen for a few reasons. You might be using the Cloud DVR service with a non-DVR box, the specific channel or program may only record to Cloud DVR, or there may have been an outage during the recording that forced it to pull the Cloud DVR version since a local copy isn’t available.
With Cloud DVR, you are not watching a file saved on your own box. You are streaming it from Xfinity’s servers, which is why it acts like On Demand and times out after a set period. Regular DVR recordings do not have this issue because they are stored directly on the device.
If that is a problem, the only solution is to use a box with a built-in DVR, although some channels and programs will still default to the cloud because of licensing or other restrictions
Honestly, it is surprising that the ‘Official Employees’ have not explained this clearly. It comes across as ignorance of their own services and equipment, and I am just a long-time Comcast customer who figured it out.
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user_0jty1f
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Thought of a lot of ways to reply to this post, but want to be as brief as possible! You have figured out the difference between DVR recordings and Cloud recordings, but no one has yet answered the original question. Why is a recording that we now know is a cloud recording only allowed to be paused for 10 minutes before it kicks out to the last live channel. The point that you pause the recording isn't lost. You can go back to it as has been discussed here also. It's just that you should be able to pause a recording, answer a phone call, make some lunch, or whatever you need to do and not have the recording kicked out after 10 minutes. Only someone from Xfinity can explain this, but that hasn't happened yet. Can it be programmed to adjust it to say 30 minutes or a selection of times?
I guess another question is can a customer go back to a DVR type setup. I wasn't asked when most of my boxes were replaced due to other problems.
The original question has not been answered. I guess we are waiting for someone at Xfinity to analyze and make a decision, or maybe just say it's working as designed which isn't a real answer.
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