Marcin Juszkiewicz - televisionhttps://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2010-06-30T11:35:00+02:00Seeking or fast forwarding?2010-06-30T11:35:00+02:002010-06-30T11:35:00+02:00Marcin Juszkiewicztag:marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl,2010-06-30:/2010/06/30/seeking-or-fast-forwarding/<p>Two months ago I bought my first television set: 42” Panasonic plasma. And as <span class="caps">TV</span> without cable is not so useful I also got cable <span class="caps">TV</span> with their set top box. One of features which <span class="caps">STB</span> has is possibility to record <span class="caps">TV</span> shows. It also automatically record during watching so …</p><p>Two months ago I bought my first television set: 42” Panasonic plasma. And as <span class="caps">TV</span> without cable is not so useful I also got cable <span class="caps">TV</span> with their set top box. One of features which <span class="caps">STB</span> has is possibility to record <span class="caps">TV</span> shows. It also automatically record during watching so pausing film just because of something is not a problem.</p>
<p>But watching already recorded <span class="caps">TV</span> shows gives me strange feeling… That’s because of a way of moving backward/forward in the film. It works like in old video tape devices :(</p>
<p>When I am watching films on my computers I am using MPlayer for it. On cursor keys + PgUp/PgDn ones I have seeking for 10s/1m/10m which is immediately jump. On set top box I got fast forwarding instead which does not allow me to quickly jump over commercials or part of previous show which got recorded before main show. Same problem appears on Philips <span class="caps">MCD</span>-712 player which I use to watch <span class="caps">DVD</span>/DivX/Xvid films. It gives x1/2/4/8/16/32 playing speed but no seeking to which I am used.</p>
<p>I wonder when vendors will notice that more and more customers never used tape based devices (never mind video or audio ones).</p>