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RokuDanny-R
Retired Moderator

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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@EVPons 

Thanks for the note.

You can turn off the bandwidth saver by going to Settings > Network > Bandwidth saver > Off.


Thanks,
Danny

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boogernose
Roku Guru

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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For the record I like this feature.

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woodduck
Newbie

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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I've switched Bandwidth Saver to Off but it still displays the "we've paused your program" - are you still watching message.  During some longer movies this is a real PITA.  Is there anyway to stop this?

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Meodee
Streaming Star

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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@woodduckthere is no Bandwith Saver Off it varies by app or program. That's what this whole mess is all about. All you get is we are looking into it. The gave us a code in the begging of this thread to send to them. 

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boogernose
Roku Guru

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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I know this will overwhelm some brains

but when it asks you if your still watching press

the ok button. If you aint watching leave it at Home.

Hence, press the home button.

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Meodee
Streaming Star

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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@boogernosedon't even have to do that. I work nights and leave the TV on. When I return in the am the HOME screen is on. Like I stated before there is no Bandwith Saver OFF

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boogernose
Roku Guru

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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Mine does screwy things too.

Like turning itself back on when I know it was turned off.

Not all the time and it aint the end of the world.

I actually like the Aquarium screensaver

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atc98092
Community Streaming Expert

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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@Meodee wrote:

@boogernosedon't even have to do that. I work nights and leave the TV on. When I return in the am the HOME screen is on. Like I stated before there is no Bandwith Saver OFF


I have to ask: are you looking in the right place? I see Bandwidth Saver on all my Roku devices. It's under the network settings. 

Dan

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Meodee
Streaming Star

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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@atc98092  If you go to  "Settings > Network > Bandwidth saver > Off" and click that, it never really turns it "OFF" (so that you can run the TV indefinitely) it just prolongs the time the Roku is active and this can be anywhere between 4 and 8 hours. This can vary by Channel or App. I'm not interested in saving Bandwidth as I have many devices that run 24/7 such as weather reporting for NWS. 

atc98092
Community Streaming Expert

Re: How can I Stream longer than 4 hours

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OK. I've never used mine that long without touching the remote, so there certainly may be an issue with it. Since 9.3 is going to be rolling out shortly, hopefully they've addressed it. 

Dan

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