Version 3.27.1 released

J K.Eason mail at john-eason.co.uk
Mon Apr 12 19:15:00 BST 2021


> I have noticed that the BBC channels keep the previous 2 hours of 
> live TV stored in a buffer. On my Smart TV, I can restart the
> programme I am watching in iPlayer, and can pause it for upto 2 hours
> behind the current time. It will pause for more than 2 hours, but only
> stores the last 2 hours of live broadcast and jumps to the beginning
> of the buffer when play is pressed. Is there any way for get_iplayer to
> access this buffer?

None at all. That buffer is purely a function of your Smart TV and is
nothing to do with the BBC. 

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Regards
       John



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