Stream live TV and DVR recordings with your Xfinity Stream portal

This article provides information on streaming live TV and DVR recordings using the Xfinity Stream portal.

Turn any computer into a personal TV screen with the Xfinity Stream portal (xfinity.com/stream)! Stream live TV, watch Xfinity On Demand, and access your DVR recordings on your computer through any internet connection!

Note: Only Xfinity X1 Cloud DVR customers can access and delete recordings with the Xfinity Stream portal.

For more information, see getting started with the Xfinity Stream portal.

Stream live TV and DVR recordings

While viewing a program, you can bring up guide and playback options at any time by hovering your mouse over the video screen.

Mini Guide

Click the CH button to bring up the Mini Guide, which will display the current program playing on each channel. Click the selected channel to view the program or click CH again to close the Mini Guide.

Mini-guide with CH button in top right corner.

Last Viewed

Click the History button (clock icon) to view previously watched channels or recordings. Click the desired poster art to view or close the Last Viewed menu to return to the current program.

History button is in top right corner; Last Watched programs are at bottom of the screen.

Closed captioning (CC)

Hover over the text bubble icon to enable or disable CC.

Screenshot of a TV information overlay. At the bottom right is a gear icon and a text bubble icon. There's a pop-up window coming from the text bubble icon, with the header Language Settings and a toggle option for Closed Captions.

Select Settings then select Customize Display to customize options, like:

Font Size
Font Style
Font Color
Font Opacity
Font Edge Style
Font Edge Color
Background Color
Background Opacity

Closed Captioning Settings screen.

Maximize (full screen) and minimize

When a program has been minimized, it will appear as a bar at the bottom of the interface. Clicking the outward arrow again expands it.

Clicking on the outward arrow at the bottom of the screen will minimize the program.

When the outward arrow is clicked on again the program will maximize.

Info

View program information, such as:

Episode and season number
Episode title
Channel number and name
Air date
Running time
Content overview

Screenshot of American Horror Story with series info displayed at the bottom.

Other options

You will also have the option to:

Manage volume control.
Activate Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).
Stop, Start, Resume, Start Over, or Pause (DVR recordings only).
Enable descriptive audio.