Always buffering when listening to radio

missinglink · 25th June 2003, 19:10

I get about a solid minute of listening enjoyment, before it just buffers again. I am using 2.91. Is there some setting I am missing? Or something I need to do? This happens to all stations.

Dj-DarKing · 25th June 2003, 19:38

waht kind of connection do you have ? download/upload and what bitrate is the radio ?

missinglink · 25th June 2003, 19:53

I am on a company LAN, so I am not sure the upload download. It happens with all bitrates used for the radio.

FesterHead · 25th June 2003, 20:54

Try disabling title streaming.

missinglink · 25th June 2003, 23:26

Where is title streaming at?

FesterHead · 25th June 2003, 23:30

Winamp -> Ctrl+P -> Plug-ins -> Input -> Nullsoft MPEG (*stuff*) (double click this guy) -> Streaming tab -> uncheck "Enable SHOUTcast title support"

missinglink · 26th June 2003, 00:15

unchecked, and still same problem

not as quick to buffer, but still bad...

jagwac · 26th June 2003, 00:40

Talk to your network admins.

"Hey..I am trying to listen to internet radio and suck away bandwidth from your network. The problem is, your network sucks and it rebuffers all the time. Could you help me?"

matt2kjones · 26th June 2003, 01:20

LOL nice one jagwag lol thats funny haha

what u could try doing is see if u can find out the speed of the lan

goto http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp

post the results of the test here

missinglink · 26th June 2003, 01:39

Testing downstream speed...
Downloaded 786432 bytes in 7040ms (872 kbps)
Testing upstream speed...
Uploaded 153336 bytes in 2023ms (592 kbps)

And the admins here are spread across miles of campus... So hunting the right one down would be near impossible. If I did find one, then no worries. i might even muster some saliva and spat on em..

jagwac · 26th June 2003, 01:42

missinglink...I was joking

I wouldnt suggest asking them for help. hehe

missinglink · 26th June 2003, 01:42

I know :Ãž

jagwac · 26th June 2003, 01:44

*chuckle*

You could try increasing the buffer setting in winamp to accomodate for overhead network troubles.

Make your streaming data buffer something like 500KB and your prebuffer somewhere around 75%?

matt2kjones · 26th June 2003, 12:35

hmmm acronding to the speed test they have quite a decent connection

probably a t1

mind u, u may be trying to listen at peak times when that connection is being pants out by everyone.

so maybe the station u were listening to was having problems, or that connection had so many people using it that it was running slow when u tried to listen

25th June 2003, 19:10	#1
missinglink Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8	Buffering problem when listening to radio I get about a solid minute of listening enjoyment, before it just buffers again. I am using 2.91. Is there some setting I am missing? Or something I need to do? This happens to all stations.

26th June 2003, 01:20	#9
matt2kjones Major Dude Join Date: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 929	LOL nice one jagwag lol thats funny haha what u could try doing is see if u can find out the speed of the lan goto http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp post the results of the test here TDD House & Trance Radio: [ 64k Stream \| Visit Site ]

26th June 2003, 12:35	#14
matt2kjones Major Dude Join Date: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 929	hmmm acronding to the speed test they have quite a decent connection probably a t1 mind u, u may be trying to listen at peak times when that connection is being pants out by everyone. so maybe the station u were listening to was having problems, or that connection had so many people using it that it was running slow when u tried to listen TDD House & Trance Radio: [ 64k Stream \| Visit Site ]

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25th June 2003, 19:38	#2
Dj-DarKing Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 76	waht kind of connection do you have ? download/upload and what bitrate is the radio ?

25th June 2003, 19:53	#3
missinglink Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8	I am on a company LAN, so I am not sure the upload download. It happens with all bitrates used for the radio.

25th June 2003, 20:54	#4
FesterHead Alumni Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 14,108	Try disabling title streaming.

25th June 2003, 23:26	#5
missinglink Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8	Where is title streaming at?

25th June 2003, 23:30	#6
FesterHead Alumni Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 14,108	Winamp -> Ctrl+P -> Plug-ins -> Input -> Nullsoft MPEG (stuff) (double click this guy) -> Streaming tab -> uncheck "Enable SHOUTcast title support"

26th June 2003, 00:15	#7
missinglink Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8	unchecked, and still same problem not as quick to buffer, but still bad...

26th June 2003, 00:40	#8
jagwac Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 480	Talk to your network admins. "Hey..I am trying to listen to internet radio and suck away bandwidth from your network. The problem is, your network sucks and it rebuffers all the time. Could you help me?"

26th June 2003, 01:39	#10
missinglink Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8	Testing downstream speed... Downloaded 786432 bytes in 7040ms (872 kbps) Testing upstream speed... Uploaded 153336 bytes in 2023ms (592 kbps) And the admins here are spread across miles of campus... So hunting the right one down would be near impossible. If I did find one, then no worries. i might even muster some saliva and spat on em..

26th June 2003, 01:42	#11
jagwac Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 480	missinglink...I was joking I wouldnt suggest asking them for help. hehe

26th June 2003, 01:44	#13
jagwac Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 480	chuckle You could try increasing the buffer setting in winamp to accomodate for overhead network troubles. Make your streaming data buffer something like 500KB and your prebuffer somewhere around 75%?