1. A cache manager for managing the intermediate caching of segments of multimedia items of which multiple versions are available, each version representing a multimedia item with a different quality, wherein said cache manager comprises control means to control pre-fetching of segments of said multimedia items into a cache memory and eviction of segments of said multimedia items from said cache memory, said control means being responsive to information indicative for temporal and quality related inter-segment relationships between segments of said multiple versions of said multimedia items.