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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:22 AM
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Grrr... Why does my sound keep stopping in the middle of AAR
It's not AAR... it's that effing Realplayer. It goes on fine for a while, then suddenly, NO Sound! No beeps, no nothing. I close Realplayer and sound is back. The I get back into the stream and a while later it happens again. Sometimes, I have to log-out entirely and re-login to get the sound back, and sometimes I have to reboot.

I'm a technical person and have tried everything. I think it's a lost cause and a bug in Realplayer. Does anyone else have this problem?

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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tandot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:26 AM
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1. I have the same problem. It gets quite annoying.
Does anyone here on DU know how to solve that problem?
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LoneStarLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:37 AM
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2. Sounds Like Bandwidth
Even if you are on DSL or cable or something more powerful, you can still experience bottlenecks based on the sender's bandwidth and transmission protocol.

I think it's probably the case that AAR's internet streaming is being overwhelmed by people wanting to connect. Depending on the platform (i.e. Windows Media Player, Realplayer), sometimes you can re-connect and establish a better connection than the one you initially or otherwise previously had.

If you're on dial-up, that's probably you're bandwidth problem.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:42 AM
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4. I wouldn't think it to be a bandwidth problem
when the sound goes out entirely on my PC. Even error beeps.
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LoneStarLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:48 AM
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7. Yikes
Wow...that does sound like something more fundamental than bandwidth.
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ronatchig Donating Member (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:49 AM
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8. Are your resources low?or running
to much in the background perhaps?
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:55 AM
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12. Nope...
I even have one of those memory programs that go and retrieve your leaked memory when it gets to a certain point. :(
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DenverDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:47 AM
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6. Download bandwidth issues.
Internet media streaming is an evolving and inexact science.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:40 AM
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3. Try WLIB's website.
http://www.wlib.com/new_lib/indexf2.html

Don't be confused by the website.

They still haven't updated it from the previous format. :wtf:
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 12:07 PM
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15. Ok, I give up....
Just had to restart Realplayer 3 times in the last 15 minutes. Now I'm on WLIB. Does it play the same schedule as AAR? (meaning at the right times, Morning Sedition, etc.?)
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:46 AM
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5. Some advertising spots don't broadcast over the internet.
If the sound goes dead and it is possibly where an advertisement spot might be, it could be that the ad is not running over the internet stream because the advertiser hasn't paid for the internet broadcast of the ad.

The sound will come back after the ad is over.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:53 AM
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10. Nope. That's not it. And on the AAR stream, the commercials are...
broadcast. It's ALL the sound on the PC that goes.
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rhino47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:52 AM
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9. I have this problem too.
I have to stop it and restart stream.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:54 AM
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11. Well, at least if I can't fix the problem...
It's good to know that others have the same experience... Now, I can stop wasting my time looking for a solution. :)

thanks!
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Nomad559 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:55 AM
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13. Try another streaming link
Edited on Fri May-28-04 11:56 AM by Nomad559
Air America Audio Streaming

Dump RealPlayer and use Real Alternative 1.23
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 12:04 PM
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14. Good idea... I've used other links...however
most of them seem to only have the O'Franken Factor at the actual time it airs. Do you know which one airs the same schedule as AAR?
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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 12:10 PM
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16. When this happens
Edited on Fri May-28-04 12:10 PM by Wilber_Stool
hit ctrl + alt + del (on XP) and take a look at your CPU usage. I's probably maxed. Time to re-boot.
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