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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > Same problem cutting out with streaming
> > audio.  Connected at 45333kbit/sec.
>
> Are you on dial-up?  If so, then I would expect
> 45333bps to cut out.  With a 56kbps modem you can
> cleanly handle a 32kbps stream, but anything faster
> than that is dicey.

Dialup, 45333 connection, streaming audio at 16-24K.

> > after 24 sec I started losing a few sec at a time
> > despite 320K buffer.
>
> The size of the buffer doesn't matter.  Once it is
> exhausted, the stream will break up.  It's like a
> bathtub.  It doesn't matter how full the bathtub is
> when you start -- if the water is draining out faster
> than it is flowing in, then eventually the bathtub
> will be empty.
>
> > The NZ station cut out 50% of the time starting in
> > 2 seconds.
>
> How fast was the the audio stream?  What speed was your
> modem connection?

24K, 45333


I don't have this extreme a problem on other computers.  I am also having 
modem problems, two different modems (that worked elsewhere) keep freezing 
up for so long I ppp-off and start over, 3 times in the last 15 minutes (I 
am writing the same reply again).

Might the disabled onboard sound be causing some conflict?

I will attempt to identify it and use it instead of the add-in cards (all 
four of which have streaming audio problems)  It does SB_PRO emulation (in 
theory or maybe in Windows).  Is there any simple way to identify onboard 
sound other than finding the chip, or finding the name of the motherboard? 
I tried both already but can try again.  What sound chips were commonly 
used on boards in about 2001?  1.2GHz cpu.

Onboard i810 sound worked with streaming audio and so did add-in cards if 
I disabled the i810.  Maybe this chip is not really disabled?

Sindi