Music and Microphone delayed.

muphin · 24th August 2005, 20:41

I've been testing my station with my friend. He says that he doesn't hear my music, or me on my microphone until 45 seconds to a minute after I play it. Is this normal? My server is in Texas, and we're both in Canada.... could this be the problem?

tuckerm · 24th August 2005, 20:46

ya its called buffering.
lower the bitrate higher the delay

muphin · 24th August 2005, 20:54

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Originally posted by tuckerm
ya its called buffering.
lower the bitrate higher the delay

Lower the bitrate, higher the delay? So you're saying if I make my bit-rate higher, and the quality better, my friend will hear the music closer to when i play it? Or do you mean the other way around?

NJK · 24th August 2005, 20:56

what Tucker means is that when you stream at 24kbps the delay could be around 1.5 or 2 minuts or more

when you stream at 128kbps the delay could be as low as 10-15 sec.

but keep in mind that if you stream from your own system your uploadspeed needs to be sufficient.

you can't stream to 10 people at 128kbps if your upload is only 384kbps!!!

muphin · 24th August 2005, 21:21

Alright, my problem is with the soundcard input. I want to play music and be able to talk just like that, so winamp input is no option. BUt soundcard input doesn't play from winamp, which I thought it did. Is there a way I can get soundcard input to play my music?

muphin · 24th August 2005, 22:31

Ok nevermind, I had to open the mixer and tell it to use the master input.

24th August 2005, 20:41	#1
muphin Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 23	Music and Microphone delayed. I've been testing my station with my friend. He says that he doesn't hear my music, or me on my microphone until 45 seconds to a minute after I play it. Is this normal? My server is in Texas, and we're both in Canada.... could this be the problem?

24th August 2005, 20:46	#2
tuckerm Forum Emo Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,364	ya its called buffering. lower the bitrate higher the delay @tuckerm

24th August 2005, 20:56	#4
NJK FRISIAN (MOD) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: in a house Posts: 16,103	what Tucker means is that when you stream at 24kbps the delay could be around 1.5 or 2 minuts or more when you stream at 128kbps the delay could be as low as 10-15 sec. but keep in mind that if you stream from your own system your uploadspeed needs to be sufficient. you can't stream to 10 people at 128kbps if your upload is only 384kbps!!! Each Thursday a new show on Celtica Radio with Darkwave music. WINAMP SHOUTCAST

24th August 2005, 21:21	#5
muphin Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 23	Alright, my problem is with the soundcard input. I want to play music and be able to talk just like that, so winamp input is no option. BUt soundcard input doesn't play from winamp, which I thought it did. Is there a way I can get soundcard input to play my music? Last edited by muphin; 24th August 2005 at 21:56.

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24th August 2005, 22:31	#6
muphin Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 23	Ok nevermind, I had to open the mixer and tell it to use the master input.