Audio playback stutters when downloading - what's problem? inshaala 12/28/2008 12:15:01 PM I'm on WM10 but am fairly sure this is a general problem as it happens in application based playback online as well. The first time i noticed it was watching a music video online - the music would stutter continuously until the whole song was buffered and then it would be ok after that. Just now i was downloading a rather big game patch and my windows media player was stuttering while the downloading was taking place. When it finished it was fine. Thinking about things i expect if i were to tell you now that it isnt a problem with system resources as i have checked that - i can play music while playing on resource hog games - so it must be something messing up on download. Can anyone help? :)

Re: Audio playback stutters when downloading - what's problem? "Orange" <theplectrum[ at ]wanadoo.fr> 12/28/2008 7:32:42 PM "inshaala" <inshaala[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FC97FC6B-E1C4-4FB4-AD8B-E1D655360E71[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I'm on WM10 but am fairly sure this is a general problem as it happens in > application based playback online as well. > > The first time i noticed it was watching a music video online - the music > would stutter continuously until the whole song was buffered and then it > would be ok after that. > > Just now i was downloading a rather big game patch and my windows media > player was stuttering while the downloading was taking place. When it > finished it was fine. > > Thinking about things i expect if i were to tell you now that it isnt a > problem with system resources as i have checked that - i can play music > while > playing on resource hog games - so it must be something messing up on > download. > > Can anyone help? :) Bandwidth problem :: a) the connection with the video site is lousy, so your phrase "The first time .... " makes sense, it can be quite normal especially at peak times. Use one that has a better download speed. b) your downloading bandwidth is bad - you have dial up or ADSL ? Check with your provider what speeds you should be getting. Run Spybot and your antivirus to make sure you haven't "caught" anything nasty that takes up bandwidth. Cheers, Jerry Jerry

Re: Audio playback stutters when downloading - what's problem? inshaala 12/29/2008 12:23:01 AM "Orange" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > "inshaala" <inshaala[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:FC97FC6B-E1C4-4FB4-AD8B-E1D655360E71[ at ]microsoft.com... > > I'm on WM10 but am fairly sure this is a general problem as it happens in > > application based playback online as well. > > > > The first time i noticed it was watching a music video online - the music > > would stutter continuously until the whole song was buffered and then it > > would be ok after that. > > > > Just now i was downloading a rather big game patch and my windows media > > player was stuttering while the downloading was taking place. When it > > finished it was fine. > > > > Thinking about things i expect if i were to tell you now that it isnt a > > problem with system resources as i have checked that - i can play music > > while > > playing on resource hog games - so it must be something messing up on > > download. > > > > Can anyone help? :) > > Bandwidth problem :: > > a) the connection with the video site is lousy, so your phrase "The first > time .... " makes sense, it can be quite normal especially at peak times. > Use one that has a better download speed. > > b) your downloading bandwidth is bad - you have dial up or ADSL ? Check with > your provider what speeds you should be getting. > > Run Spybot and your antivirus to make sure you haven't "caught" anything > nasty that takes up bandwidth. > > Cheers, > Jerry > Jerry > > > Hey - thanks for the reply but that isnt the problem either. The game patch is completely unrelated to what i am playing. If i play music from my media player (hard drive) with no downloads running then it is stutter free, add an unrelated download and it isnt. Does it matter that the music is on a separate drive to where the download is going to? could that be a problem? So it cant be a bandwidth problem as the two arent competing in terms of bandwidth - which is why i was preempting the system resources bit... (remember it is also the same for playback while downloading - it stutters when it is downloading but stops stuttering when the video/mp3 is completely cached - i could see the potential as a bandwidth problem but this happens even if the cache level is further on from where i am in playing it) Any other ideas?

Re: Audio playback stutters when downloading - what's problem? "Orange" <theplectrum[ at ]wanadoo.fr> 12/29/2008 8:47:38 AM "inshaala" <inshaala[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:67E4D0E9-AA58-402A-B6E6-17498E3C9157[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > > "Orange" wrote: > >> >> "inshaala" <inshaala[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:FC97FC6B-E1C4-4FB4-AD8B-E1D655360E71[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > I'm on WM10 but am fairly sure this is a general problem as it happens >> > in >> > application based playback online as well. >> > >> > The first time i noticed it was watching a music video online - the >> > music >> > would stutter continuously until the whole song was buffered and then >> > it >> > would be ok after that. >> > >> > Just now i was downloading a rather big game patch and my windows media >> > player was stuttering while the downloading was taking place. When it >> > finished it was fine. >> > >> > Thinking about things i expect if i were to tell you now that it isnt a >> > problem with system resources as i have checked that - i can play music >> > while >> > playing on resource hog games - so it must be something messing up on >> > download. >> > >> > Can anyone help? :) >> >> Bandwidth problem :: >> >> a) the connection with the video site is lousy, so your phrase "The first >> time .... " makes sense, it can be quite normal especially at peak times. >> Use one that has a better download speed. >> >> b) your downloading bandwidth is bad - you have dial up or ADSL ? Check >> with >> your provider what speeds you should be getting. >> >> Run Spybot and your antivirus to make sure you haven't "caught" anything >> nasty that takes up bandwidth. >> >> Cheers, >> Jerry >> Jerry >> >> >> > > Hey - thanks for the reply but that isnt the problem either. The game > patch > is completely unrelated to what i am playing. If i play music from my > media > player (hard drive) with no downloads running then it is stutter free, add > an > unrelated download and it isnt. Does it matter that the music is on a > separate drive to where the download is going to? could that be a problem? No. > > So it cant be a bandwidth problem as the two arent competing in terms of > bandwidth - which is why i was preempting the system resources bit... > > (remember it is also the same for playback while downloading - it stutters > when it is downloading but stops stuttering when the video/mp3 is > completely > cached - i could see the potential as a bandwidth problem but this happens > even if the cache level is further on from where i am in playing it) > > Any other ideas? You're correct, system resources are not the key. If you're downloading a big file, its probably taking up most of the bandwidth that your ISP provides you with, especially if it comes from a super fast server. If then you downloading a video/mp3, whats happening is that WMP is "reading" (or playing) the video/mp3 faster than you're downloading it. Hence the stuttering. It has to pause whilst it waits for the caching to catch up. I get this sometimes when listening to something on YouTube even without adding an extra download from elsewhere, for example. It just happens, possibly because the file I want to see/listen to is being used by somebody else (or even several people), or the server is ultra busy. It can also happen because I may be downloading something else which is taking up bandwidth provided by my ISP. Is that clear ?. Cheers, Jerry

Re: Audio playback stutters when downloading - what's problem? inshaala 12/29/2008 9:15:01 PM Thanks Jerry you are being helpful and i appreciate that. Unfortunately you arent telling me anything i dont already know. I still have the problem outlined in the first part of my last post, that a file played from my hard drive is affected by an unrelated download of a non media file! Do you know what might be causing the conflict at all? And as for the stuttering while playing a streaming file - the play level never catches up with the cache level (according to the bar at the bottom), in fact the cache level is normally well ahead of the play level, and as i said earlier, the stuttering stops when the file is completely cached (the bar all the way to the right)... so to me it looks like it isnt a bandwidth problem there either... Any suggestions?