Why a 5 second RTMP h264 buffer on my Transformer Prime?

I've got a 'live' streaming service that is working very well using Flash or Air on Desktops. I'm able to set netStream.bufferTime to 1.0 seconds and that's what I get in flash player.

When I package the same app for android and deploy it to my Transformer Prime (running Honeycomb since h264 appears to be broken in ICS), I always get a 5 second buffer. This is a show stopper for me since I am receiving commands from the user and updating the video feed. One second latency is ok, 5 is a no go. No matter what I do, I cannot get the Prime even to try and play with a lower buffer setting. I've tried setting netStream.bufferTimeMax = 1.0, but that has no effect. Is there some sort of a hard lower limit on buffer time in Air for Android?