I'm having problems with Directv Now buffering live content. The picture will be clear for about 10 seconds then real fuzzy for about 10 seconds. It eventually just freezes up. I have an apple TV, a fire TV, and two fire sticks. It happens on all of them. The weird thing is if I watch on demand content, it works just fine. I can watch Netflix, Kodi, and third party apps like watch espn with no problems. My download rate is 60 mbps. Any suggestions?

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Posted by Uncle JackD

Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:08 am to go4lsu

Mine is flawless on atv but a complete shite show on fire tv.

Are you updated to latest iOS version of the app?

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Posted by puse01

Member since Sep 2011

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Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:10 am to go4lsu

DTV works great on the new Apple TV for me, with the wireless connection. I also have a Fire TV box that sucks big time even when hard wired.

I would say try hard wiring the Apple TV and see what happens.

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Posted by VermilionTiger

Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:28 am to go4lsu

I have the FireTV Zane Apple TV. Both work great for me with no buffering issues

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Posted by t00f

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Member since Jul 2016

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Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:32 am to go4lsu

Install an app called wi-fi sweetspots on your phone and go to where your ATV is and run it to see what type of signal strength and bandwidth you are getting.

What protocol are you using, N or AC?

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Posted by go4lsu

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Member since Aug 2006

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Posted on 4/23/17 at 11:49 am to t00f

I have a brand new tp link ac1750 router

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Posted by Venelar

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Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:45 pm to go4lsu

Their FireTV app is shite. Mine is hardwired, not on WiFi, and buffers like crazy. My subscription runs out in a week and back to PlayStation Vue I go.

It runs better if I open the app on my phone and cast it to my old gen 1 chromecast(wifi) than a hardwired FireTV.

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Posted by Uncle JackD

Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 4/23/17 at 2:00 pm to Venelar

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Their FireTV app is shite.

This

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Posted by h0bnail

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 4/23/17 at 2:19 pm to Venelar

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Their FireTV app is shite

Yep. I finally bit the bullet and moved the Apple TV down to the living room and put my Chromecast in the master. Fire TV is pretty much Kodi and YouTube casting only now.

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Posted by 4WHLN

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Member since Mar 2013

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Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:39 pm to Uncle JackD

I knoticed this weekend when using the fire tv, over the course of 15-29 minutes the sound starts to lag slightly till it finally starts to buffer. The pic quality never drops off tho. DTVN needs to get this shite fixed. It would be nice to use only one device

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