This is more likely to be an issue with a lossy internet connection than with the software. The fact that you've seen this with other streams and applications seems to confirm this.
One way to check this is to ping another site. For instance: # ping -c 3 www.kernel.org PING zeus-pub.kernel.org (204.152.191.5) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from zeus-pub1.kernel.org (204.152.191.5): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=27.0 ms 64 bytes from zeus-pub1.kernel.org (204.152.191.5): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=26.3 ms 64 bytes from zeus-pub1.kernel.org (204.152.191.5): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=38.0 ms --- zeus-pub.kernel.org ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2005ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 26.334/30.465/38.043/5.367 ms Compare your 'time=XX' and 'X% packet loss' numbers. If they are significantly higher, then your network may not be high enough quality to play those streams. If this is the case, then you'll want to work with your ISP to resolve it. If the dropouts are infrequent and intermittent, one workaround that sometimes helps is to increase the caching a lot; not all players permit adjusting the cache settings, though. Given that you're seeing so much choppiness I wouldn't expect this to solve the issue, but might be worth a shot. -- all apps that stream audio from the internet are choppy https://launchpad.net/bugs/50071 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
