A content playback apparatus including a resume function for resuming, in response to a resumption command, a playback of content at a stop position where a previous playback has been has been stopped at a previous moment in time, the content playback apparatus comprising: - a playback section for playing back the content; characterized in that the content playback apparatus comprises: - a control section for controlling the playback apparatus in a normal playback mode and in a preview mode, whereby in the normal mode the content is played back at normal speed and whereby in the preview mode a part of the content located before the stop position is played back in a playback time condensing mode which requires less playback time than in the normal mode, which control section is arranged to start in response to the resumption command a playback in the preview mode from a restart position located before the stop position and to switch control to the normal mode when the stop position is reached; - a timer section for determining a time difference between the moment the resumption command is given and the previous moment in time, whereby the control section is arranged to adjust the preview mode in dependence on the determined time difference, wherein the apparatus is arranged to detect whether the determined time difference is within a predetermined range and to disable the preview mode in response to a detection that the determined time difference is outside a predetermined range, whereby the predetermined range is between a minimum value of the time difference and a maximum value of the time difference, whereby the apparatus is arranged to start in response to the resumption command a playback in the normal playback mode, starting from a beginning position of the content in case the determined time difference is above the maximum value, and to start in response to the resumption command a playback in the normal playback mode, starting from the stop position, in case the determined time difference is below the minimum value. - a playback section for playing back the content; characterized in that the content playback apparatus comprises: - a control section for controlling the playback apparatus in a normal playback mode and in a preview mode, whereby in the normal mode the content is played back at normal speed and whereby in the preview mode a part of the content located before the stop position is played back in a playback time condensing mode which requires less playback time than in the normal mode, which control section is arranged to start in response to the resumption command a playback in the preview mode from a restart position located before the stop position and to switch control to the normal mode when the stop position is reached; - a timer section for determining a time difference between the moment the resumption command is given and the previous moment in time, whereby the control section is arranged to adjust the preview mode in dependence on the determined time difference, wherein the apparatus is arranged to detect whether the determined time difference is within a predetermined range and to disable the preview mode in response to a detection that the determined time difference is outside a predetermined range, whereby the predetermined range is between a minimum value of the time difference and a maximum value of the time difference, whereby the apparatus is arranged to start in response to the resumption command a playback in the normal playback mode, starting from a beginning position of the content in case the determined time difference is above the maximum value, and to start in response to the resumption command a playback in the normal playback mode, starting from the stop position, in case the determined time difference is below the minimum value. - a control section for controlling the playback apparatus in a normal playback mode and in a preview mode, whereby in the normal mode the content is played back at normal speed and whereby in the preview mode a part of the content located before the stop position is played back in a playback time condensing mode which requires less playback time than in the normal mode, which control section is arranged to start in response to the resumption command a playback in the preview mode from a restart position located before the stop position and to switch control to the normal mode when the stop position is reached; - a timer section for determining a time difference between the moment the resumption command is given and the previous moment in time, whereby the control section is arranged to adjust the preview mode in dependence on the determined time difference, wherein the apparatus is arranged to detect whether the determined time difference is within a predetermined range and to disable the preview mode in response to a detection that the determined time difference is outside a predetermined range, whereby the predetermined range is between a minimum value of the time difference and a maximum value of the time difference, whereby the apparatus is arranged to start in response to the resumption command a playback in the normal playback mode, starting from a beginning position of the content in case the determined time difference is above the maximum value, and to start in response to the resumption command a playback in the normal playback mode, starting from the stop position, in case the determined time difference is below the minimum value.