this is a great idea - i'll have to try it. unfortunately, i don't think there is any way to "speed up" the stream or download.
both the client and server are processing requests and responses as fast as they come in. you are more likely limited by the network bandwidth. i'll look around the code and see if there is a speed and/or QOS setting that can be tweaked. thor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Hooton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 21:56 Subject: Faster downloading of streams? > Howdy, > > I've been using TRPlayer for a while, it's great! I've just come > across a new situation, and it's prompted a question I want to pose > here... > > Is it possible, or would it be possible with some source changes in > TRPlayer, to have streams downloaded "as fast as possible"? I have a > situation where I'm downloading a couple of hours or so of news in a > series of streams, and putting it in to my mp3 player so I can listen to > it during my commute. This is, obviously, being done at "listening > speed", so it takes the full two hours or so. > > What I'm wondering is if we could somehow extend TRPlayer to download > the streams as fast as the server would send them. I've been told that > some servers will not do this, and that they will refuse to send streams > out at faster than listening speed. However, I have not been able to > confirm this is true. > > However, we know this can be done for "buffering" a stream prior to it > starting playback, and the amount of buffering is configurable in the > player. What if TRPlayer "buffered" the entire stream? Would that > work? > > Thanks for a great, great tool! I look forward to everyone's thoughts > on how this might be done... > > - Al Hooton > email: al-at-hootons-dot-org > > > >
