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Why do none of the BBC's internet streaming videos ever seem to play well?
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News Reader
2006-07-06 03:00:06 UTC
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Hi All,

Just wondering if everyone else experiences the same, essentially terrible,
quality of the BBC's internet streaming videos (i.e. realplayer, windows
media, etc.). They always seem to arrive at substantially less than half the
indicated bandwidth and so skip frames to the order of 80/90%+ (i.e. 80/90%
of the video is not shown).

They seem to have managed to get their audio streams (radio stations) to
operate reasonably decently and reliably but the video has almost always
seemed close to dire or abysmal! (It also seems they may have now stopped
their lowest bandwidth stream option which sometimes at least seemed
passable!).

All input, experiences, thoughts, etc. welcomed.

Thanks and best wishes,



News Reader
a***@hotmail.com
2006-07-06 07:52:07 UTC
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Post by News Reader
All input, experiences, thoughts, etc. welcomed.
Could be ISP traffic shaping and ISP's tending to spens money
on advertising rather than bandwidth. Nothing can go faster
than the slowest link in the chain. Have you tried it at
3am in the morning?
Ivor Jones
2006-07-06 08:13:55 UTC
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Post by a***@hotmail.com
Post by News Reader
All input, experiences, thoughts, etc. welcomed.
Could be ISP traffic shaping and ISP's tending to spens
money on advertising rather than bandwidth. Nothing can
go faster than the slowest link in the chain. Have you
tried it at 3am in the morning?
3am in the afternoon might be a tad difficult ;-)

Ivor
Glasweg1an
2006-07-17 08:36:44 UTC
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Post by Ivor Jones
3am in the afternoon might be a tad difficult ;-)
That depends entirely on how well the brain is functioning and takes
some of the importance away from Traffic shaping.

Incredibly, I dont think the useds problem lies with their ISP, I think
Its just cause their computer cant handle it...

Get a new one buddy..... Or rip the RM files and watch them at a better
quality whenever the desire takes you.... Then again maybe your 500Mb
harddrive cant take much more...



# Ivor

Brian
Glasweg1an
2006-07-17 08:36:50 UTC
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Post by Ivor Jones
3am in the afternoon might be a tad difficult ;-)
That depends entirely on how well the brain is functioning and takes
some of the importance away from Traffic shaping.

Incredibly, I dont think the useds problem lies with their ISP, I think
Its just cause their computer cant handle it...

Get a new one buddy..... Or rip the RM files and watch them at a better
quality whenever the desire takes you.... Then again maybe your 500Mb
harddrive cant take much more...



# Ivor

Brian

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