On 28/1/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >I tested it with both FireFox and Safari on Mac OS X v10.5.6, running >on a Power Mac G5 with plenty of RAM and fast drives. I'm connected to >the net via aDSL to an Airport Extreme base station. On streaming >downloads, I normally see a continuous line up to 165Kbps network >reads being performed with Activity Monitor. > >- With both browsers, playback starts before sufficient data is >downloaded to provide smooth play ... the playback catches up with the >data transmission within about 8 to 10 seconds, then it stutters along >stopping and starting as enough data comes in. I adjusted the >Quicktime cache up to 1000Mbyte, no difference. I also tested whether >the SafariBlock 'ad blocker' software was influencing the playback by >disabling it and re-starting with a fresh connection ... no difference. > >Activity Monitor is showing a jittery line from 5 to 45 Kbps reads. > >I compared going to YouTube.com and playing a similar length video. In >Activity Monitor, the download line does an early burst with up to max >165Kbps speed then settles into a continuous 85Kbps or so until all >data is downloaded. The playback monitor bars show the download >advancing ahead of playback by a factor of about 1.5:1 throughout the >download, playback of video and sound is very smooth. > >- Once downloaded into the local cache, your prototype plays smoothly >all the way through on both browsers.
Invaluable, thanks. I will investigate further. Yah, I'm pleased with it - hopefully the start of something new for me. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
