Re: [SLUG] Slow video NASA

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 06 2009 - 08:34:38 EDT


On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 08:33, Chuck Hast<wchast@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 06:39, ronan<ronan@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>> "Several minutes" sounds long, but a few seconds of that could be explained
>> by deliberate buffering.  In VLC, if you choose Media->OpenNetwork, there is
>> a "Show more options" checkbox that will let you see, and change, the number
>> of milliseconds that it will buffer before playing.
>>
> .Ronan
> OK, I checked that out, it defaults to 1200ms, I set it down to 100ms. I am
> still getting about the same delay, 1m50s from click on "play" button to when
> video starts. Observing my network connection, there is almost NO activity
> on the network until the video starts displaying, so I am assuming it is else-
> where. I notice that the video stream is not fast is is normally running from
> a low of 8kb/s to a high of about 38kb/s. I am wondering if that is all that is
> being sent or what, I have a  SOHO service so I am not impacted by how
> many people are on the cable as I have a assured minimum rate of 7Mb/s,
> I am wondering where the bottle neck is.
>
I have tried it with both Mplayer and VLC I get the same results

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