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Horace · 13-11-2009, 13:55

It's because it isnt actually fast-forwarding in the real sense of the word. It's switching to an alternative stream that runs in parallel or so I've read. Therefore to have mutiple speeds you'd need multiple streams to switch to. I suppose we're lucky to have any kind of fast forward.

13-11-2009, 13:55	#6
Horace ©Beam Software Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Teesside Services: BB (200mbit), 1x V6, iPad, iPhone Posts: 1,411	Re: Fast fordwarding iplayer / netplayer etc ? It's because it isnt actually fast-forwarding in the real sense of the word. It's switching to an alternative stream that runs in parallel or so I've read. Therefore to have mutiple speeds you'd need multiple streams to switch to. I suppose we're lucky to have any kind of fast forward.