Audio/Video Out of Sync

[tellyaddict]

I don't think it's speed that's the issue. You can try downloading the failed segments in a browser and they fail because they are just not on the server. Working segments (eg. the one before the failure) will download fine.

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> Having a thought about this, when you stream something through IPlayer or on
> a device of any sort to watch as it streams, it pulls data at a far lower
> rate than when we try and download the whole programme in one hit. I wonder
> whether it is this attempt to get the data quickly that is causing the
> problem. If I were wearing a tin hat I would say it could have been a
> deliberate change to cause problems to people using get_iplayer :-)
> 
> One way to test this would be to make get_iplayer behave more like a
> "legitimate" (for want of a better word) client and pull the data at closer
> to real time speeds. May be worth doing as a test if someone has the
> time/inclination.