Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:47:55 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Streams fail, more/less. Message-ID: <20110126234755.GB8694@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4D408B81.3080000@ifdnrg.com> References: <20110125235413.GA69716@thought.org> <4D408B81.3080000@ifdnrg.com>
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 09:00:49PM +0000, Paul Macdonald wrote: > On 25/01/2011 23:54, Gary Kline wrote: > >The _last_ thing that I need to resolve--or at least to understand, is why > >streams suddenly stopped working about two weeks ago. With all the other > >hassles, I didn't want to check and see if streams worked here on my server > >--they don't. The streams stall after a few seconds or a few minutes on my > >Ubuntu desktop. The youtube streams always worked before. No more. > > > >Meanwhile I have no trouble downloading source or packages at 110 to 170kpbs . > > But the streams fail: both audio and video. I have zero idea even where to > > begin looking to fix this problem. > > > > Anybody know? > > > > thanks in advance, > > > > gary > > > > > > PS: some audio will streams at very slow rate ... but usually stops after a > > few minutes. > > > > > > this is probably just an insufficient bandwidth problem, check the > bitrate of the streams you are listening, try lower bitrate ones ( > 64kbps or even 32kbps) to verify that there's no other problem. > > Check your residential dsl package speed ( i use www.speedtest.net > but there might be a better one near you, google dsl speed test). > Test it against a local POP that you think hosts streams, ie > soemwhere where there's lot of data centers. > > You will get different download speeds from different services > online depending on how they and you are connected, but in general, > 170Kbps isn't very fast, especially as a lot of streaming stattions > will be 128 or poss even 192Kbps. > I'll check for my mean d/load speed; according to the telco, I've got 1meg down and 864k up. I was watching a youtube stream that went beautifully and quit after 10 minutes. Prior to when things broke, I was able to stream NOVA and lots more video non-stop; and of course no problem with the slower audio. (*sigh*) thanks much. gary PS: I'm seriously/SERIOUSLT thinking of giving up the ghost after ten years and letting Real system admins host my domain. I don't know where to start ....' > Paul. > ------------------------- > > Paul Macdonald > IFDNRG Ltd > Web and video hosting > ------------------------- > t: 0131 5548070 > m: 07534206249 > e: paul@ifdnrg.com > w: http://www.ifdnrg.com > ------------------------- > IFDNRG > 40 Maritime Street > Edinburgh > EH6 6SA > ------------------------- > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.97a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
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