@trision Hello there! I was just referred to this app from chat, I've been using Luchadeer to Chromecast archives out but wanted a way to watch livestreams on the TV too. Your app is awesome! I have a question though, I just pulled a livestream up in Video Bomb and cast it out to the Chromecast, and it looks like it's playing the livestream from the very beginning of the stream, with no option to track forward?
I've got the stream up on my PC and they cut away from the ident screen/music 8 minutes ago, but the Video Bomb stream on the Chromecast still shows that intro stuff, so I think that's what's happening.
I'm a little worried if it accidentally disconnects (as Chromecast stuff does sometimes) that it'll start me watching the livestream way back at the start again? Plus if I arrive to a stream a hour late I might not want to start way back at the beginning haha.
Anyway, is this a bug, or a limit based on how Giant Bomb streams video out, or am I missing something.....? Thanks, and thanks again for the wonderful app! :D
Update: The disparity between the stream in browser and the stream in Video Bomb, in this one instance at least (Thirteen Deadly Sims, streaming now), is 15 minutes.
Update 2: I think the app just buffered for a couple seconds, then changed my video quality down to garbage? I have 250Mbps fibre broadband so there's no issues there (though Giant Bomb's CDN has been awful in the past, seems better this past year), so if there's any weird streaming hiccups on GB's end I'd rather it buffer in the same high quality it was already playing back in, not automatically adjusting my bitrate down to garbage xD Is that a setting that I'm not seeing? It's a neat feature, just not for me :) Thanks!
Update 3: The livestream just ended, but of course Video Bomb was about 15 minutes behind, however...it stopped playback of the live stream and won't pick it back up. Even though I've not seen the last 15 minutes yet, haha. Oops? I suppose that means if I come to a stream a hour late and my view is a hour behind, and the stream ends 10 minutes later, I'll only get to see the first 10 minutes? Hmm....am I missing something? I probably am, sorry!
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