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. 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