My listeners are complaining of choppy reception

JohnyMums · 30th January 2002, 17:19

I recently started broadcasting music usign shoutcast and winamp and my listeners are complaining that the music starts and stops, it is choppy. I put the encoder setting in winamp all the way down to 24 kbps but still the choppiness continues. i am using an ethernet connection at my university. is there anything else i can do to make the reception better for listeners besides lowering the encoder setting? please help. JohnyMums@aol.com

Highway 420 · 30th January 2002, 18:31

Operating system and memory, por favor?

g333 · 30th January 2002, 18:52

We'll it might be a good idea to have atleast 12 mb of RAM per listener. Also, Linux seems to perform better when it comes to webcasting. Less crashes, and uses recources more effectively.

JohnyMums · 30th January 2002, 19:01

my listeners are getting choppy reception. my operating system is Windows 98 and i have 128 mb of ram soon to be 256. this information was requested by people who might be able to help me. please do so.

Highway 420 · 30th January 2002, 19:15

What sort of processor are you running there, chief?

Also, check your bandwidth using one of the speedtests at DSL Reports.

JohnyMums · 30th January 2002, 22:43

im running a 400mhz processor, chief. any thoughts ?

Highway 420 · 30th January 2002, 23:33

Thoughts? Yes, I would make sure you don't have any extraneous shit running in background that might be hogging memory. Also, do a spyware scan using Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de . Check to see if you have webhancer installed, too. Go to Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs, look for Webhancer in the list. If it's there, uninstall it.

Something's hogging your resources. Search and destroy.

30th January 2002, 17:19	#1
JohnyMums Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7	My listeners are complaining of choppy reception I recently started broadcasting music usign shoutcast and winamp and my listeners are complaining that the music starts and stops, it is choppy. I put the encoder setting in winamp all the way down to 24 kbps but still the choppiness continues. i am using an ethernet connection at my university. is there anything else i can do to make the reception better for listeners besides lowering the encoder setting? please help. JohnyMums@aol.com

30th January 2002, 18:52	#3
g333 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Jena, Louisiana Posts: 9	Might help.. We'll it might be a good idea to have atleast 12 mb of RAM per listener. Also, Linux seems to perform better when it comes to webcasting. Less crashes, and uses recources more effectively.

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30th January 2002, 18:31	#2
Highway 420 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 161	Operating system and memory, por favor?

30th January 2002, 19:01	#4
JohnyMums Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7	my listeners are getting choppy reception. my operating system is Windows 98 and i have 128 mb of ram soon to be 256. this information was requested by people who might be able to help me. please do so.

30th January 2002, 19:15	#5
Highway 420 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 161	What sort of processor are you running there, chief? Also, check your bandwidth using one of the speedtests at DSL Reports.

30th January 2002, 22:43	#6
JohnyMums Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7	im running a 400mhz processor, chief. any thoughts ?

30th January 2002, 23:33	#7
Highway 420 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 161	Thoughts? Yes, I would make sure you don't have any extraneous shit running in background that might be hogging memory. Also, do a spyware scan using Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de . Check to see if you have webhancer installed, too. Go to Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs, look for Webhancer in the list. If it's there, uninstall it. Something's hogging your resources. Search and destroy.