With Live Restart, you can restart a live programme straight away, before it becomes available on demand. How you use Live Restart depends on the device you're using.
First choose a 大象传媒 TV channel from the Channels menu. The programme currently being broadcast is listed as On Now. Then:
Connected TV
There are several ways to restart a live programme:听
- From the 大象传媒 iPlayer听TV app
You have the option to Watch live听or听Watch from听start. Selecting 'Watch live' will start the programme at the current live position. Choosing 'Watch from the start' will start the programme at the beginning. You can also begin a live steam and then rewind the programme to the start using the arrows or rewind and enter buttons on your remote.
听 - The live restart prompt
If you're watching a 大象传媒 channel on a compatible TV, you may see a prompt on screen to advise that you can watch from the start. Depending on the device, you'll be able to either press the green button or the select/OK button听on your remote control to load听the 大象传媒 iPlayer app and start playback from the beginning. Press the yellow button, or the back button on Sky Q,听to remove the on-screen prompt.
听 - The connected red button
Press the red button on your remote to load the connected red button service. Once loaded you have the option to restart the current programme听which will then load the 大象传媒 iPlayer app and start playing听from the beginning.听
Not seeing the option to watch from the start? Your TV may not support Live Restart. Check this page for more info: Does my TV device support Live Restart?
Website
You have the option to Watch Live听or听Watch from start:
If you're watching from the live point, you can restart the programme, or听rewind by up to two hours, using the on screen playback controls. The time shown above the bar is the time of day you're rewinding to.
Mobile or tablet app
Choose a channel from the听rail in the听Explore听menu, then听tap the听Watch live button to start the live stream.
When the programme starts, tap the Start听button to the right of the playback controls. You can also rewind in 10 second blocks, or use the progress bar to drag the live stream back to the time you'd like, up to two hours.
Please note that Live Restart is not available on Chromecast (but we're aware of interest) and a few connected TVs. To check if your TV is supported see the听Does my TV device support Live or Watch from Start? page.
Why doesn't Live Restart always take me back to the precise start of the programme?听听
Live Restart uses scheduled broadcast times as a reference for when a programme starts. Schedules can and do change, so sometimes it may be slightly off. If this happens, you can always use the slider on the player to move forward or back to the precise point when the programme starts.听
Can I rewind the live stream as well?
If you're using the website听or the mobile/tablet app, you can manually select a point in time in the live stream up to a maximum of two hours ago. If you're using the TV app, you can rewind to the beginning of the programme that's currently playing.
Why aren鈥檛 subtitles available when I use Live Restart?
Live subtitles are available through the 大象传媒 iPlayer website and the TV app. This is a trial on all of our channels apart from 大象传媒 Parliament, 大象传媒 Alba and S4C.听We hope to roll out this functionality to the 大象传媒 iPlayer mobile/tablet app听in the future. Our听How do I use subtitles on 大象传媒 iPlayer?听page has more info on using subtitles.
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