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[calla]

I've been using Live TV Pause with a usb in my tcl roku for about a year now with no problem

Now all of a sudden it will not rewind after being paused for even a couple minutes.

If I try to rewind it only goes back to a few minutes earlier than the current time.

This happens even if I just turned to the channel, pause for 10 minutes then try to rewind. It only rewinds to about 2-3 mintues before the current time.

Any idea what is going on or how to fix it?

[RokuERey]

Hi @calla,

Greetings from the Roku Community!

We'd like to be of assistance with this playback issue, but we'll need more information about it.

Could you tell us when you started seeing this? Have you tried any troubleshooting, and what didn't work?

Please share with us additional information so that we can further assist you.

Thanks,
Rey

[KathyD17]

I am also having this problem and would like to find a fix.

[RokuJechealR]

Hi @KathyD17,

A warm greeting from the Roku Community!

We understand that you are facing an issue with the Live TV. We would like to know how to identify and resolve any playback issues. Just to verify, are you being prompted with an error message? Can you please specify the exact steps you are taking to reproduce this issue so we can investigate further? In addition, if you see something different, can you please let us know what you are seeing?

We look forward to hearing from you and looking closely at this issue.

All the best,
Chel

[KathyD17]

No, I am not being prompted with an error message. It just won't rewind anymore like it used to. Even the pause doesn't work well. When I try to play after pausing, the video and audio are garbled and out of sync.

I tried to see if I could reformat my USB, but I couldn't find a way to do it in the settings. I even unplugged the USB and unplugged the TV for a while. Then turned the TV back on and plugged in the USB, hoping that it would prompt me to format, but it didn't. I also tried to reformat my USB using my computer instead, but it says that it is write protected and won't format. Did my Roku tv cause the USB to be write protected?

I sure hope this problem can be fixed. The ability to rewind and pause live TV is the main reason I bought a Roku TV.

[makaiguy]

@KathyD17-

The initial post in this thread was just copied from a two month old post on Reddit and posted here as a vehicle for adding spam links at the end.

But since you have the same problem, you might want to ead the replies to the original post over on Reddit:  https://www.reddit.com/r/Roku/comments/1aq6m8i/live_tv_pause_suddenly_doesnt_workrewind_anymore/

[KathyD17]

Unfortunately, the only thing that worked for me was buying a new flash drive.

[ROkooFlix]

Replacing USB flash drives from time to time should be expected.  If you think about it they are tasked with constantly writing to record the programming.  Not all USB flash drives are created alike, some are more robust than others.