[mythtv-users] Leanfront - any way to fast-play video rather than n-second skip

[Peter Bennett]

On 11/27/23 13:24, Will Dormann wrote:
> Coming from the full-blown MythTV frontend, there were two ways to 
> skip commercials that weren't automatically flagged:
> 1) Hit the directional pad to do an n-second (e.g. 30 second) skip
> 2) Hit the fast-forward button to increase the playback speed, and if 
> my memory serves me correctly, it's possible to increase/decrease the 
> playback speed as necessary.
>
> The general gist is that depending on what you prefer, you can guess 
> how many 30-second taps you might have to do to get past the 
> commercials, or you can watch the video zooming by and visually be 
> able to tell when the commercial has ended.
>
> Since I've switched to Leanfront, things have worked well, except for 
> the fact that option 2) above seems to not be there.
>
> Am I looking in the wrong place?  Or is there something about the Fire 
> Stick hardware/remote that makes option 2) infeasible?  Or perhaps is 
> it merely just not implemented in the software?
>
>
>
> Thanks
> -WD
>
There is no fast-forward in leanfront currently. You can change playback 
speed to play faster with the menu or the playback control icons. It 
would be possible to cause the remote forward skip button so that it 
switches to a fast playback speed, of whatever speed you want, or 
increasing speeds if you press it again. However there is no easy way to 
do rewind. Compression formats are designed to be played forward and the 
player code (Exoplayer) does not have any reverse capability. It would 
have to do a series of small jumps to earlier times. I doubt it would 
work satisfactorily.

Peter