Think a minute--
The downloading file is "buffered" by storing it on the hard drive.
The network connection is interruptible in that hard drive operations can
get precedence. Both likely get preference to the app used to play the
streaming file.


"inshaala" <inshaala@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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?

Ok - so what exactly are you saying - that because of the download speeds i
am getting the harddrive cant keep up read/write capabilities enough to play
a song without the stutter?

Because the harddrive i am writing to is different from the harddrive i am
reading from for the song...

So are you saying that my 3GHz p4 is too slow to process both?

I thought of both options but thought it inconceivable that that was the
reason considering i get completely normal use out of any other program i
run while downloading.

I'd love to be told otherwise so i can rest in peace with this.


"Chuck" wrote:

> Think a minute--
> The downloading file is "buffered" by storing it on the hard drive.
> The network connection is interruptible in that hard drive operations can
> get precedence. Both likely get preference to the app used to play the
> streaming file.
>
>
> "inshaala" <inshaala@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6FF8A54D-E379-4F27-8C67-C337F8F888E5@microsoft.com...

> > 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?

>
>
>

inshaala,

I have exactly the same problem. No one seems to understand me correctly
when I say the audio only stutters when I am downloading something; even
audio from my hard drive. Streaming video stutters, even though there is
adequate buffer. It will stop stuttering when the video is completely
downloaded. I have updated all audio drivers for my Dell Inspiron 530, to no
avail.

One thing I have noticed. If I reboot, the problem goes away for a while. It
is almost like my system resources are depleted and cannot keep up with
simultaneous downloading (read/write) and the playing of independent audio.
In fact, during the stuttering and when I look at my performance tab (under
task manager), I notice that free physical memory is almost zero out of 3mb.
Most of it is "cached."

Please help

I also have this exact same problem on a Dell Inspiron 1525. It's driving me
mad!

I'm wondering if the WiFi card is conflicting with the Audio card or
something like that. Maybe a HDD problem otherwise.

Any help would be much appreciated.