Thanks Marty. My Dad and I will be networked too, so
sometimes we'll both be using the connection at the
same time, so I don't think I'll set it up to 0. Do I
need to tell winamp somehow that I'm no longer on dial
up? When I installed it, it asked me my connection
type.
Shawn
--- Marty Rimpau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, Shawn, I have done it that way, but if you have
> a fast enough
> connection, you can move both those track bars to 0
> with the home key,
> and see what that does, but on my system, that
> causes streams to skip.
>
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 04:01:58 -0700 (PDT), shawn klein
> wrote:
>
> >Hi Marty, wish I'd known there was something I
> could
> >do before, lol. We'll be getting DSL Friday, so I
> >won't have to worry about the dial up. Is it still
> a
> >good idea to set it up that way with 256 by 256
> >connection?
> >Shawn
> >--- Marty Rimpau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi, Marie, go to preferences with control p, and
> >> then from the
> >> tree-view, select plugins, and then input, and
> then
> >> tab over to the
> >> list, and select the first one, the mp3 encoder,
> and
> >> then tab to the
> >> configure button, and press the space bar, upon
> >> which you'll be in a
> >> tab control, and you should be focused on the
> >> general tab, for points
> >> of reference, but once you've done that, control
> >> shift tab to the
> >> streaming tab, and once there, tab to the track
> >> bars, the first one,
> >> with window-eyes will say 20 of 50, so, press the
> >> end key, to put that
> >> at 50 of 50, then tab to the next track bar,
> which
> >> should default to 40
> >> of 50, but again, press the end key on the six
> pack
> >> to bring this to 50
> >> of 50, that would be 100 per cent, if you're
> using
> >> jaws, tab to the
> >> okay button, and press the space bar, then tab to
> >> the close button, and
> >> again, press the space bar, and you're done,
> >> because, with the buffer
> >> as wide as it will go, there is less likelihood
> of
> >> break up with
> >> streams. With your 56k connection, just leave
> the
> >> edit box at 64kbps,
> >> that is before the track bars, but if you had a
> >> slower connection, I
> >> would have instructed you to change this to 128,
> but
> >> if you did that,
> >> the stream would have taken a long time to
> buffer.
> >> These settings also
> >> assume that you're trying to listen to a dial-up
> >> stream, because if you
> >> try to listen to a stream like broad band, which
> >> would be too fast for
> >> your connection, that would be another reason why
> >> winamp would buffer,
> >> because it couldn't fill its' buffer fast enough.
>
> >> Hope this helps you,
> >> and if anybody has any corrections to make,
> please
> >> do so, but this is
> >> what I do to insure less break ups from streams.
>
> >> On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:58:32 -0700, mimi wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi, Gang.
> >> >
> >> >I'm having a bit of a problem listening to
> online
> >> broadcasts through Winamp. I have a dialup
> >> connection and the stream often starts and stops
> >> when I am listening. Is there any way to
> fine-tune
> >> Winamp 2.90 so that the breakup would stop? The
> >> broadcast seems to skip as well a little bit.
> >> >
> >> >When I used to have cable or DSL, I noticed some
> >> breakup, but not as severe as this. So, I'm
> >> wondering if maybe some special fine-tuning needs
> to
> >> be done before tuning into online broadcasts
> again.
> >> Part of the reason I don't have DSL anymore, is
> many
> >> of the providers tie you to a contract and I just
> >> got out of one when I got no satisfaction from a
> >> provider. I find it to be a high speed hheadache
> >> when the technicians will not come out and assist
> >> live with a problem. Being without sighted help
> I
> >> have to wrestle with this alone.
> >> >
> >> >Any tips on fine-tuning Winamp 2.90 would be
> >> appreciated. It is the version I am most
> >> comfortable with as the latest version 5.03 is
> not
> >> screen reader friendly even with Window-Eyes.
> There
> >> are too many inaccessible features with 5.03,
> which
> >> is why I took it off my system after getting it
> back
> >> from the shop.
> >> >
> >> >Mimi
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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