How or where do we download latest beta version for FireTV?
Inside the Channels app, go to Settings > Support > Install Beta
How do I access the speed options on my firetv client?
You can get it from the options in the quick guide while watching.
could you develop a setting where you set default playback speed by show? Similar to how you turn on/off commercial detection?
I have some shows I always watch at 1.25x, so would be nice to have this default.
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That's cool idea.
Ha! I was just about to post asking about this feature, and it's already done, nice! I kept looking for it under the options while watching live TV, but it wasn't there, only under recorded shows.
So, I'll tack on to the request line and ask to have the options available while watching live TV. In addition, I'd also request a 1/4 & 1/8 slow speeds (hockey can be fast! haha).
Cheers!
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Out of curiosity, how do you see this working for live TV? I honestly don't understand how you can make live real-time broadcasts go faster, unless you mean something different?
And if you mean when you are behind in the buffer, what happens once you reach live? And then if you pause it again? ... Just trying to see how this can be presented in a sensible UX ...
These are all the reasons it’s not available for live tv and won’t be.
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@maddox
Is there a way to have ChannelsDVR (for library content) default to the last playback speed for that show.
Example: If i watch a episode of King of Queens (KoG) and set it to 1.25x speed. Then i leave KoQ and go watch Fox News. Since I changed shows it would default back to 1.0x speed (which it already does). Tomorrow i watch another episode of KoQ it should default to 1.25x playback speed since that was the last speed that show was played on.
Im not sure if this is a simple thing or a difficult thing. Fuck @bellbm & I both might be crazy outliars and others might hate the idea. Ahhh whatever. I think it's a cool idea.
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Also i agree with @ChannelRat . I don't care about technological problems of fast play on live tv. Dont ask how, just figure it out. I will compose letters to my local brosdcast stations to simultaneously broadcast standard playback and fast play stream too. This would be so fucking cool.
Im pretty sure @channelrat meant for buffer playback. I want to clarify. I want it for live tv.
Ok i just called Fox customer service. I explained fast play to the representatives. She laughed at me. But its ok. I know @maddox will figure it out anyway.
This was just added in the latest DVR pre-release and tvOS/iOS beta. Be sure you fetch both of them (tvOS/iOS is going up now). It works just as you described. Playback Speed is now an option for shows. Set the playback speed there, and each recording for that show will start with the set playback speed.
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awesome! I'm updating my library now!
Awesomeness. Ty @maddox.
Upggrades to latest beta
Puts apple sticker on nvidia shield.
.....Why isnt my new apple tv working with feature.
Lol. Ty for all the good work.
@maddox can you also add that setting to this window?
Also, is the speed fixed after you leave the recorded show playing fast? If you go to live tv from a recording with the speed changed, live tv would stay at that speed.
I’ll check it out tonight, figure I mention it.
Thanks.
That’s the pass settings. Playback Speed is a Show setting.
What platform is having that issue?
@racameron
Yeah, I wasn't very specific, my bad...
So, I've been using Channels for maybe 2 years, with the last year it being my sole go-to to watch TV. I say the last year because it took me a year to wean myself off Tivo and finally turn it off after untold years, haha. So that's where I'm coming from regarding this request.
So to clarify, yeah, I didn't mean speed up current, live TV; I don't know how one would do that either. However, IIRC on Tivo, like @Jay1987 said, I think you could do this on the buffer of a live stream and then when it caught up, it simply dropped back to normal speed.
What I should have said though, was that I was looking for how to slow down live TV. Ideally, if you're familiar with Tivo and how their scrubber works overall, regarding FF/REW/Skipping/Quick Mode/Slow, then I'd love for Channels to work the same way! Yes, I know, Channels is not Tivo and I'm done with Tivo, but these specific functions, it did extremely well. 
Coming back to slowing live TV, I used the hell out of that functionality when watching sports. It was great from the perspective of you're watching a game and something happens you'd like to watch in slow-mo.
I know, edge case I'm sure!
Cheers!
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Thanks. I figured it would be a good place for the setting when setting up a pass. Let’s you setup right away and tells you that the setting exists.
It happens on Apple TV, 2021 4K on my case.
Thanks.
Hmm, this should be ok. I’ll check it out.
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Hi Jon,
Can you add faster speeds to fast playback. When I had WMC I would use much faster speed to watch a tennis match. The score would tick through pretty quickly then I'd go back to normal when it got interesting. 2X is still way too slow. I don't remember the WMC speed options but probably 4,6,or 8X.
I would be happy to try a beta firestick to see which works best.
Thanks, Doug