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podcast has no progress bar

When I play a song or video on my iPhone, I have a progress bar that shows me how long the song/video is and tracks in progress, just as it does in iTunes.


However, when I play a podcast that I have downloaded, this progress bar is not present, so I cannot tell how long the podcast is, how far I have got through it and I can't backtrack or move forward/backwards through it like I can with a song/video.


Why is this? How do I get the progress bar on a podcast?


iPhone 4, iOS v 4.3.5

iPhone 4, iOS 4.3.2

Posted on Aug 9, 2011 1:12 AM

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Sep 9, 2011 4:43 PM in response to rustianimal

Until a few weeks ago, there WAS a progress bar when I played podcasts. But I recently noticed that it's gone. Did you just recently get your iPhone?


I agree that it makes no sense that there is no easy way to scrub through a podcast or see how much more there is left to play. I have no idea why the progress bar has gone away. There was also a button that, when touched, would immediately backtrack 30 seconds and start playing from there. That button has also disappeared.


Can anyone please enlighten us?! Is there a setting somewhere (I've looked for one) or did Apple change this in a recent iTunes update?


Thanks.

podcast has no progress bar

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