What might is the fact that the service gets bugged with an issue or two at regular intervals. As of now, various users have voiced their concerns regarding the YouTube TV DVR and Live TV Pause/Resume issue. Whenever a user pauses a recorded show or live TV and then resumes a few minutes later, the show tends to start from a different timestamp than when that video was paused. Moreover, going through various user reports, it mostly seems to happen on “new” recordings that are less than 6 hours old.
Moreover, the likes of Nvidia Shield, Roku, and Chromecast for Google TV are all affected by this bug, with Apple TV being the sole player that isn’t affected by this bug. For many, the issue starts to happen when a screen saver comes on. As far as the culprit behind this bug is concerned, it seems to be the latest YouTube TV app update version 1.20.01. With that said, there does exist a few nifty workarounds that shall help you fix the YouTube TV DVR and Live TV Pause/Resume issue. So without further ado, let’s check them out.
Fix YouTube TV DVR and Live TV Pause/Resume Issue
It is recommended that you try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and then see which one spells out success for you. So with that in mind, let’s get started.
FIX 1: Use the Recently Watched Trick
As soon as the issue kicks in, i.e., the playback gets reset after a pause, you should straightaway go to the Main tab. Then find what you were watching in the Recently Watched section and play that video, it will start from the paused timestamp only!
FIX 2: Increase Screensaver timing
Since the issue starts as soon as the screensaver gets activated, so you should consider tweaking screensaver time to make it appear as late as possible. As a result, you will have enough time in hand to pause and then play the video, without the screensaver becoming active in that time frame.
FIX 3: Downgrade YouTube TV App
As already mentioned before, the culprit behind this issue is the latest YouTube TV app version 1.20.01. So you should consider downgrading to the earlier stable version that is free from this bug. Here’s how it could be done: [Do note that the process will remove the YouTube app data, meaning you will lose all your saved downloads] So these were the three different methods that shall help you fix the YouTube TV DVR and Live TV Pause/Resume issue. As far as the official stance on this matter is concerned, the developers are aware of this issue, but they haven’t given out any ETA for the rollout of a fix. As and when that happens, we will update this guide accordingly. In the meantime, the aforementioned workarounds are your best bet.
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