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1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 677
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003 - 3:46 pm: |     |
at work, they recently replaced my computer, with a newer (not brand-new) one. formerly, I used media player to stream radio on my computer. now, the media player on the new box is CONSTANTLY re-connecting, thus interrupting the music CONSTANTLY. constantly being like every 10 seconds or so.
any tips on what I can do? I have poked around IE options, including connections, but am in over my head here. I want my WFMU! help! |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1333
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003 - 6:06 pm: | |
I can't guess what the problem is, but maybe you should update your OS and media player software. In Internet Explorer, pull down Tools, then select Windows Update. The rest might be self-explanatory. Good luck.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 680
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003 - 6:41 pm: | |
oh god. my computer has 43 "critical" updates. gasp. thanks, though, TomR! |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 681
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003 - 7:45 pm: | |
Ok. I did it. downloaded the updates, restarted, etc. same problem. one other thing, maybe this is a clue: the sound is kind of like a 33 rpm record being played at 45. I just don't understand how to adjust this. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 2254
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003 - 8:12 pm: | |
Can you uninstall and then reinstall the program? Sometimes this helps.
Also check to see if you have more than one version of the program installed on your hard drive. If you don't uninstall an older version before installing a newer one, the old program sometimes interferes with the new one.
Good luck. |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 686
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 - 11:48 am: | |
thanks for the tip. I downloaded the "new" player but did not uninstall first. guess what, same problems?! this is so frustrating! I will try uninstalling and re-installing. thanks again. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 471
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 - 1:17 pm: | |
I've used some of these fixes before (Not this particular one though).
http://www.rodmac.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fixes.htm#Fault6
It looks like you should lower the bandwith that your computer thinks it has. The new computer may have been set up for a much faster connection. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 472
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 - 1:18 pm: | |
Main page
http://www.rodmac.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fixes.htm |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 707
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 2:37 pm: | |
thanks, Brett. using this info, I changed the "performance" settings AWAY from "detect connections" and instead chose LAN connection as that's what I have. this seems to help some, but the connection still seems to be reestablished every minute or so, resulting in cessation of the audio while the media player re-buffers.
is my machine just focacta?! it really seems like it should not be this complicated to fix. |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1392
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 2:39 pm: | |
I think Brett was implying that you should LIE about the speed of your connection, and you should lie lower, not higher. Tell it you have a 56K modem, and see if that helps.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 491
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:01 pm: | |
Right on Tom. Tell the computer that your connection is slow. The computer will try to compensate for that. Once you get a solid connect bump the speed up little by little until the Music gets choppy again. Lower it once more to the previous setting and ouy should be all set.
I think it’s a setting problem not the computer.
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1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 708
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:07 pm: | |
thanks. I am trying. please continue with making all technical advice as OBVIOUS and LITERAL as possible. I am in way over my head here. I just want my *!@&ing WFMU! |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 709
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:09 pm: | |
after all this? they're playing freaky ass skinhead music while I test. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 492
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:12 pm: | |
Tom:
Thought you might find this amusing. Three of the Products we support are failing Leap Year dates. They were launched…… March 1st 1999. I hate supporting third party stuff.
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Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1396
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:15 pm: | |
Sometimes I believe that software is such a new field that no one knows how to do it well.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 710
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:16 pm: | |
I have gone ALL The way down to 28.8 modem as my preference. I click "apply" to apply the new setting. the media player STILL keeps interrupting and re-buffering, about every 25 seconds or so.
this is feeling hopeless. but maybe that's just the skinhead music talkin. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 493
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:24 pm: | |
What type of System do you have?
What media player are you using?
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1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 711
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:27 pm: | |
I think I can get this right:
My system is Microsoft Windows 2000
I am using Microsoft Media Player. in trying to resolve this issue, I downloaded the latest version (9.0-?).
OK one thing i have noticed, because I have now re-started the stream (hit play) with each connection adjustment - is that the player seems to stop and re-buffer at the same time intervals, no matter what connection setting it's on.
i.e., with every different setting, it stops and rebuffers after 0:17, 0:54, 1:35, and so on.
is this coincidence just coincidence, or does it suggest something else? THANKS!! |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1397
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:35 pm: | |
I just went to http://www.wfmu.org and saw that they have several options for streaming audio. You can get it over Real or mp3 stream. You may want to ditch windows media player in favor of one of those. I tried both Real and mp3, and it worked, for my small sample of time. My computer uses musicmatch for mp3 audio by default. This is a free download from http://www.musicmatch.com, but it nags me for updates to the software, like so many other players. We call this nagware.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 712
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 3:53 pm: | |
Brett rules!! he helped me mostly fix the problem, by raising the buffer amounts. it still stalls periodically, but less than before. thanks for all your attention and help too, TomR!! |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 494
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 4:00 pm: | |
Thanks for not divulging my crazy TRON page, sorry if it freaked you out. |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1398
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 4:02 pm: | |
Now we MUST see your crazy TRON page. We need the URL!
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 495
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 4:05 pm: | |
It's a chat clint that runs on my PC. It's pretty buggy, and green screen, 1-2 was a little freked. I'll PL you. |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 714
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 4:17 pm: | |
seriously. I thought I was INSIDE the computer. or it was inside me. it was so abrupt and startling it made me laugh semi-hysterically, by myself in my little office here. probably bugged out the people outside my door as well. |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 715
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 4:21 pm: | |
so now I am tempted to sneak back in. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 496
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 4:22 pm: | |
That's how it starts, Then you're hooked. |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 716
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 4:31 pm: | |
Brett - was that found money (well, the "found money" you found at Gaslight Commons) ever claimed? not that I am trying to claim it, I don't live there and it sure wasn't mine, I was just wondering. I can imagine my panic if I realized I lost cash I was carrying. wondering how it turned out.
(oh, and pay no attention to the little blips in Tron. that's NOT me.) |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 497
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 5:34 pm: | |
It was. I told the Front desk that I had found some money and to keep their ears open. Same day a lady walks in asking about it. The front desk got the Amount from her, called me, I returned it.
Reward: Close to a billion Chic Chip Cookies |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 724
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 11:15 pm: | |
you did a good thing. hope the cookies were tasty. thanks again for your generous help with media player. |
monster
Citizen
Username: Monster
Post Number: 55
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 11:25 am: | |
If you want a perfect app for streaming, then get to Apple and download iTunes, http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
for windows.
I use it on my Macs and my Winduds, while your at it, after the install open an Apple Music Store account.
Download songs, albums, and audio books.
If you have kids you can set up an allowance account for them, or give music store gift certificates.
iTunes is great for cataloging all your music, very easy to make playlists, convert audio into mp3's or AAC's, convert tags, burn CD's or DVD's from, etc....
Something else thats great about iTunes, share your music from one computer to others on your network, Mac or Windows, even across the internet.
Think Different
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Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5949
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 4:00 pm: | |
AOL users can now log into iTunes with their AOL username.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/dec/18aol.html |
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