How to make the sever Run Better.

[Dj play]

Watup,

Ok I been hosting off Shouthcast for an long time. At first I use it broadcast with winamp and did test on radiotoolbox but, my server shows up at poor. Then, I use Sam Broadcaster and I server cam up as working good. Now because I love winamp How can I make winamp start working poor in my streaming test @ 128kps? Please help.

[Nick@ss]

if you are streaming @ 128 i imagine your bitrate is to high for streaming from your home connection,

@ 128 you will maybe get 2 listeners so dropping your bitrate of looking at hosting maybe the key for you,

the formula for working out your listeners and bitrate depends on your upstream speed,

upload / bitrate = max users.

i hope this helps

[Dj play]

Thankz for the help. I'm going to try lower the 128 to other number.

NOW How do i found out my Available Bandwidth?

[Nick@ss]

to see what speed you have you need to do a speed test,

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

[Pc-Center]

dont you know what speed you have leased from your ISP ???

your slots should be:

(DSL-speed/bitrate * 0.9) = X
[counting TCP confirmation packages/overhead]

[Dj play]

I don't know my speed but, I just Road Runner Broadband. So what you think I can't get? O It's the inhouse internet.

[Pc-Center]

yes it can be 384, 512, 768, 1024, or even 10mbit, how could we guess what you pay for ?

[Nick@ss]

use a site like this to test your speed to see what capacity you can maintain,

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

[Dj play]

Ok I have an download speed of 4578kbps and an upload speed of 351kbps. Now what do I do with the numbers?

[Pc-Center]

(351/maxusers)*0.9=yourbitrate

[Dj play]

So Thank you. SO can I hold 351 user?

[protegechris]

At 128k you can probably serve 2 listeners safely.

[baseballbrad3]

Originally posted by Dj play
So Thank you. SO can I hold 351 user?

no, it is (351/maxusers)*0.9 = yourbitrate. max users is how many people you want to host. say u want to host 10 people, you would want your bit rate to be around 31. (351/10)*0.9 = 31.59.
if you want to use a citain bitrate, u would use
351 / bitrate = max users. say u wanted to use 128 kbps. then it would be 2.7, but you would just drop the decimal. i would reccomend using something in the 56-80 kbps range.
hope this helps