hello richard
On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 15:52 +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
Hello PDers,
I've just taken receipt of a dedicated Debian server on which I intend to run
an application which uses PD with mp3cast~. I've just managed to transfer the
application from my laptop to the new server and get it working (or at least
the PD/Icecast bit anyway).
When I point my MP3 streamer (mplayer) to the stream, however, I get very
intermittent playback and its status line looks a bit like this:
A: 22.7 (22.6) of 0.0 (unknown) 1273.2% 0%
Is that huge percentage a buffer?
I get the impression that it can't get the data quickly enough from the
server
in order to give smooth, continuous playback. Does that sound likely? And is
it likely to be the speed of the connection? Running over my LAN in testing
the playback had a 1-2 second delay, but was smooth.
yes, it sounds like the connection is too slow for transmitting the
stream. where are you feeding the server from? i mean, does the patch
with [mp3cast~] also run on your debian server or does it run on a local
computer and is upstreaming the audio to the server? if the latter is
the case, could it be, that the upstreaming is the bottleneck?
Could reducing the various rates at which mp3cast~ works make a difference?
And, if so, which rates and to what levels would make a difference. At the
moment I have:
sample rate: 44100
bitrate: 128
mode: 1 (joint stereo; the input is stereo)
quality: 4
I'm not really all that knowledgable on what values are valid or extreme for
these properties.
Any advice would be very welcome!
essentially, only the bitrate makes a difference in terms of bandwidth.
lowering the bitrate will also reduce the audio quality, of course. try
different values: 128, 96, 64, 48 are common values.
roman
Cheers,
Richard
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