Re: Computer freezes when listening to 256 bit streaming in 5.05
- From: Reg Webb <reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 23:58:07 +0100
Hi all
I haven't tried disabling the MP3Pro plug in yet, but I've been getting
break-up with this stream for a while too. It used to play fine when I
first discovered it. I don't think they've done great things to the Mp3
input plug in between versions though, so I'd be surprised if this
change was Winamp version dependent. Maybe the stream just got more
popular, or maybe they just increased the bitrate at their end, and Net
congestion does the rest. It's a Hungarian stream I think. I don't
know anything about the condition of the Hungarian network. Certainly
we've got some pretty old wires here in the UK.
Reg
In message <005001c49442$58a335a0$6401a8c0@chimp>, Ron Canazzi
<aa2vm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>Hi List,
>
>Just an update on the Classic Stream referred to in this thread. I checked
>it again just now (2:49 PM EDT--about 12 hours later) and I'm still having
>the tremendous break-up problem. I wonder if the 256 bit stream is too high
>quality for Winamp?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Canazzi" <aa2vm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 2:44 AM
>Subject: Re: Computer freezes when listening to 256 bit streaming in 5.05
>
>
>Hi Curtis and Others,
>
>I tried this stream. It sounds wonderful--when it's not breaking up. I
>listened to it for about 2 minutes and it kept breaking up every 4 or 5
>seconds. When it wasn't broken, it really did sound like CD quality
>fidelity. I bookmarked it and I'll check it tomorrow and see if it's still
>breaking up. I wonder what kind of bandwidth it has--how many people can
>log onto it without the server becoming swamped and sluggish.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Curtis Delzer" <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 6:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Computer freezes when listening to 256 bit streaming in 5.05
>
>
>It seems to me that there is a problem maybe with the server since we're
>buffering a lot, maybe they're not sending as rapidly as they usually do
>because of net congestion? It's a beautiful stream!
>
>Curtis Delzer
>On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:49:55 -0700, Robert Hebert wrote:
>
>The following problem was noted for the first time yesterday when listening
>to
>Maxradio a 256 bit stream. Its url is http//195.228.156.38:8036
>I am using a Dell Dimension 4600 and jaws 5.10. I have a dsl connection over
>a
>phone line and the transfer bit rate is usually about 180 kbps. The thing is
>that I was able to listen to this stream in prior versions of winamp with
>only
>occasional brief buffering problems that cause a bit of breaking up in the
>stream.
>In winamp 5.05, however, the break-up rate is like staccato bursts of a
>second
>or two in duration and I loose my speech. In fact, I lose all control of the
>machine--i.e. the machine freezes. Even narrator doesn't work. Alt-f-4 fails
>to
>turn off the machine and a soft reboot also fails leaving no option but a
>hard
>reboot. Even then there is a message on screen that says something like
>programs
>task manager, this program is not responding etc. click here to cancel or
>quit
>to end now. Also, I was presented with a calendar on the screen which was
>impossible to leave.
>Fixes: I reinstalled 5.05. Classic skins only were selected. Agent was not
>selected.
>After the reinstall, I could open only 3 windows: library, equalizer and
>play
>editor. Alt-w failed to open main window--main window closed and it did not
>appear in the control-tab rotation.
>Finally, and here is the strangest--All I had to do was go to the library
>window
>and bookmarks and even though I was at smooth jaz--the first in my list,
>Maxradio -- the fourth in the list would begin playing even though I had not
>touched any keys and of course everything was frozen again.
>Only after going back to 5.04 is the problem solved.
>Other streams do appear to work in 5.05--just this 256 bit stream but as I
>say
>it works fine in 5.04.
>Any ideas re this very strange behaviour would be appreciated. Maxradio is
>one
>of my favs--both for its sound quality and music selection.
>
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