"Listen Again" streams are essentially files - BBC can transmit lots of the "Listen Again" program quickly as it is not real time (lookup RealPlayer TurboPlay). Also it doesn't matter if packets are delayed program is not in real time. With a Live stream you don't want to hear 5.00pm news at 5.20pm.
Live streams are real time - you cannot preload a buffer with audio that hasn't been created. WMA streams have a different way of handling audio dropouts just as you don't heart many of the single or double packet dropouts of RealPlayer. MrStan is right mplayer does not provide the BBC's RealServer with feedback on available bandwidth and so it doesn't throttle back. That said, the BBC put that mechanism in place for dial-up so that people could connect with modem connection of 56kbits down to 16kbits dial-up connection. It seems a little silly that with Broadband you have to throttle back a 64kbit/sec audio down to 32, 24 or even 16kbits/sec - think of the sound quality. -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52022 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
