Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] streaming audio and internet data priorities
From: Alex Timmer (mijn_troep_AT_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 16 2002 - 13:41:07 EEST
Tobias,
i will give you a bit more information about my setup. i'm using
Realplayer to listen to the following stream:
http://www.kinkfm.com/kinkfm/kink.ram
for the browsing i use both Opera and Netscape(mozilla). i can't
remember the versions out of my head, i'm at work at the moment. and
sometimes i also use ftp, i do that from the command line.
my distribution at the moment is still Mandrake8.1 (yes i'm more of a
user than a hacker) but i intend to change soon to Debian. i am not
aware of any 'external' programs that can to this 'data management /
throttling' of internet data.
greetings, ALEX
--- Tobias Ulbricht <up5a_AT_stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote: >
> Hi alex,
>
> I have no clue, about your question, but can you give me a tip?
> What are you using? Realplayer?
>
> What kind of radio station are you using.
> I'm quite new to this, so any cmment, about the what and how you do
> this
> would be appreciated...
>
> thanks, tobias.
>
> On Mon, 13 May 2002, Alex Timmer wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i love to listen alot to my favorite internet radio station. they
> > stream with max 64kbit/sec nicely in stereo out of my desktop
> > speakers.
> >
> > but, each time when i'm browsing the web, reading my email or
> > downloading some programs or games from the internet WHILST
> listening
> > to the streaming audio, the streaming audio link is downgraded
> > gradually from 64kbit/sec to 11kbit/sec and sometimes even
> stalling
> > already because of a big webpage with alot of graphics that i'm
> > loading. the streaming audio slowly recoveres back to using
> bigger
> > bandwidths after i stop most or all other internet activities.
> >
> > NOW MY QUESTION:
> > is there some way to give the streaming audio data higher
> priority
> > than everything else that i down/upload from the internet? i dont
> > mind to wait for a page to load or to wait twice as long for a
> > download to finish, but i hate to hear my favorite radio station
> > turning into a horrible 'mono alarmclock' audio experience :)
> >
> > i know there are hardware routers who can do this and if i'm not
> > mistaken its called Quality Of Service. but is there maybe a
> simple
> > software solution for my problem?
> >
> > whenever i'm listening my favorite streaming audio station i
> would
> > really like to reserve half of my 128kbit/sec connection for it!
> =)
> >
> > cheers from Prague, ALEX
> >
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