Pause behavior when listening to streams

truedis · 31st March 2010, 01:13

It seems that when I pause a stream playing in Winamp it keeps the buffer in memory rather than buffering from what is currently playing. Then when I hit play it plays the buffered amount of audio from the stream (the next 5 or so seconds from when I paused it) and then picks up the current stream, which is rather jarring. I'd rather it just picks up where the stream is now, or rebuffers right then, or best of all rebuffers while it's paused (basically just muting the stream). Any other way than the way it seems to be doing it would be better ... any settings to fix this?

Sawg · 31st March 2010, 01:34

Yup, that's how it works. You can also hit stop and then play again later.

truedis · 31st March 2010, 01:43

Weird, that doesn't make logical sense... but ok. The reason stopping is annoying is because I have a keyboard with a play/pause button but no stop button ... so stopping the stream is an extra step.

Docqualizer · 31st March 2010, 16:19

Wow - that is unusual - most keyboards I have seen have both a play/pause AND a stop button.

31st March 2010, 01:13	#1
truedis Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 21	Pause behavior when listening to streams It seems that when I pause a stream playing in Winamp it keeps the buffer in memory rather than buffering from what is currently playing. Then when I hit play it plays the buffered amount of audio from the stream (the next 5 or so seconds from when I paused it) and then picks up the current stream, which is rather jarring. I'd rather it just picks up where the stream is now, or rebuffers right then, or best of all rebuffers while it's paused (basically just muting the stream). Any other way than the way it seems to be doing it would be better ... any settings to fix this?

31st March 2010, 01:34	#2
Sawg Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,456	Yup, that's how it works. You can also hit stop and then play again later. \| Brought to you by ^V ^C \| The one... the original... no seriously!

31st March 2010, 16:19	#4
Docqualizer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portsmouth, NH USA Posts: 127	Wow - that is unusual - most keyboards I have seen have both a play/pause AND a stop button. What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding? (Elvis Costello)

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31st March 2010, 01:43	#3
truedis Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 21	Weird, that doesn't make logical sense... but ok. The reason stopping is annoying is because I have a keyboard with a play/pause button but no stop button ... so stopping the stream is an extra step.