[mythtv-users] Unable to skip forwards during DVD playback

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/13/2014 12:56 PM, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
> I just tried watching a DVD, but not from the start. I'd watched the
> first part on another machine (nothing to do with Myth), then wanted to
> watch the rest on my frontend.
>
> So I fast-forwarded to the part I wanted to watch, but when I pressed
> play it began playing the movie back from the beginning, not from the
> part I had fast-forwarded to.
>
> Does anyone know what's going on?

FWIW, you probably didn't press "play".  You most likely pressed "P", 
which is almost definitely bound to TV Playback/PAUSE.  There exists an 
action TV Playback/PLAY, which is bound to Ctrl+P by default, but most 
people don't use it because TV Playback/PAUSE works as a toggle for 
pause (so it will pause when playing or play when paused) but TV 
Playback/PLAY only starts playing (which does nothing if it's already 
playing).

Regardless, to exit out of sticky fast forward or rewind (where sticky 
means you hit the FFWD/REW button once to start and then release the 
button, rather than holding down the FFWD/REW button as long as you want 
to keep moving), you should not be using Pause or Play--you need to use 
Global/SELECT (by default Space or Enter):

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV-HOWTO#Watching_TV_or_a_recording

(under "In sticky fast forward or rewind mode:").

And, I think there are a couple of settings that are related to the "I 
forwarded but it started playback (when I hit the wrong key) at the same 
position I began forwarding" behavior you saw (but I don't know exactly 
how they interact--and especially in combination):

Smart fast forwarding
If enabled, then immediately after rewinding, only skip forward the same 
amount as skipping backwards.

Fast forward/rewind reposition amount
When exiting sticky keys fast forward/rewind mode, reposition this many 
1/100th seconds before resuming normal playback. This compensates for 
the reaction time between seeing where to resume playback and actually 
exiting seeking.

and, though I don't think it's related, there's also:

Reverse direction in fast forward/rewind
If enabled, pressing the sticky rewind key in fast forward mode switches 
to rewind mode, and vice versa. If disabled, it will decrease the 
current speed or switch to play mode if the speed can't be decreased 
further.

which you may or may not want to set and/or play with to see if it has 
an effect.

That said, try again, but this time use the SELECT key to exit sticky 
forward mode.

Mike