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Re: [ECS] Dropouts in Windows Media Player Mark Gilmore Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:36:16 -0400

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Hi A.J.,
It's the "Coast to Coast" radio show archives (formerly Art Bell).
Via a true WAG (wild a-- guess), I found that if I changed the
"WMT" in the URL to "RP", that it would play in RealPlayer
format ! It doesn't sound as good, but it WORKS :-).
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://omnipotencesoftware.com
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST


"A.J. Griglak" wrote:
> 
> What kind of files are you listening to?  [What extension]  Are they
> streamed through the internet?
> 
> The only time this happens to me is when the server that is serving the
> audio stream is crappy.  This should not happen with files that are stored
> locally.
> 
> -=A.J.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 4:15 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: [ECS] Dropouts in Windows Media Player
> 
> Anyone have any idea how to avoid the repeated/obnoxious/persistent
> dropouts when playing audio archives thru WMP ?
> If I lower the buffer size, it just drops out more often.
> If I increase it, it happens less often, but takes longer
> to "recover".
> Checking/unchecking "UDP" has no positive effect.
> It SEEMS that this program is NOT buffering in the background
> (i.e. it gets a buffer, plays it, then gets another).
> I've done an EXTENSIVE web search on this topic and have
> turned up nothing (no one else seems to be having this problem).
> I am using the latest rev for Win95 (6.4).
> Perhaps I could play these files via ANOTHER pgm ?
> Tanx,
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://omnipotencesoftware.com
> 423-745-0026
> Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST

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