[David Morgan \(MAMS\)]

"DavidA" wrote in message news:a3c2d9ec-4549-42a1-a0b8-

Thanks for your replies.

If your firend was connected to the higher bit rate stream, he would
get about 2 seconds of play time for every 10 seconds or more of
buffer time.

Actually, that's exactly what's happening. So it would be useful if I
could select the stream manually.

Hi Dave,

I think your previous description would indicate otherwise. You said,
"The stream breaks up every few seconds." which sounds correct for
a 32k 'stream' on a dial up. If your friend were locked into the 128k
stream, he would only get 6 to 10 seconds (total) of clear audio for
every minute on the connection. In other words, a completely
unlistenable result, not just ocassional interruptions.

Since IE6, DX8, and WMP9, the default settings have been to allow
Windows to detect the connection speed. You should still be able
to manually reduce the amount of buffering before the stream starts
to play again by using the media player options.

In WMP 9 and 10, from the dropdown menu, select:

Tools | Options | Performance |

.... and you will see the ability to select the connection speed and
the default buffering

Following the same path, under the 'Network' tab, make certain that
"Multicast" is checked under 'streaming protocols'.

There may also be some room for improving performance in the IE
Tools | Options | Preferences | tabs under the security "zones"
settings. Don't fiddle with these if they look normal to you.

DM