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Vincent Merricks · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 15

That is a great post Silas. The Alesis Multimix8 USB mixer/sound interface that I use has preset effects built in and aux sends, so any effects I might use in my setup are added before it gets to the pc. I usually only add a little of the reset reverb from the mixer. My laptop that I'm using for SL has a 1.6GHz processor and 1 gig of RAM. The one I'm using now to run the dtream is a 233mHz with, I think, 192mb Ram.

Luke, I think you're right about the FAQ. That's one of the reasons why I wanted to try running the stream through a separate pc, just so we'd know for sure. I spent an hour or so about 2am EDT at the practice kiosk next to Vibe (thanks again, Luke) Very Happy

I set up SimpleCast on another computer and tried that. It was still skipping a bit, so I changed the settings to MP3: 56kb/s, 44.1 kHz, Mono and played 5 songs as well as a few mp3's and there was no skipping at all and no drops. I'm hoping that this solved the issue and keeping my fingers crossed. I play Tuesday at the Hummingbird, that will be the real test.
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Jojamela Soon · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject:

Woohooo!!!

/me looks forward to next Thursday Smile

Thanks everyone for your input, this will be a huge help with some newbies that we're about to bring online. The FAQ is an excellent idea !!
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Doubledown Tandino · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:52 am Post subject:

Quick guide to ensure the best quality:

1) dont use wireless to stream
2) turn SL graphic settings to lowest (64 draw distance, no particles, move graphic bars to minimum, disable voice)
3) dont run any other programs other than SL & your streaming program (especially virus programs, updates, any background programs
4) try not to move your avatar, or do much of anything other than text chat in SL
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luketemplar · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 314 Location: United Kingdom

This thread has been summarised and posted as an FAQ - suggestions and corrections would be appreciated.
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Nad · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 416 Location: at my puter.

I have a comcast cable connection and g5 mac tower and they can do whatever I want them to do without fail. I wouldn't dream of going lower than 128 myself, there's too much stuff on my tracks (say overproduced) to slide thru less.

I DID have an issue with skipping I went nuts over for months. I mention this in case it may be an issue with you. I had been with comcast maybe 5-6 years before beginning to stream in SL. They gave me the cable modem ya know... one day it occured to me - in tech terms this is an ancient modem. So I unhooked it - took it down to comcast and asked them to swap it out. The comcast clerk's eyes buldged like "WE gave you THAT?!" and I was all well yeah years ago. To them it looked like Eli Whitney's cotton gin. They gave me a new modem (which was maybe 25% the size of the old one) - took it home hooked it up and have had no problems since.

Even if yer modem aint that old - they can get flakey. If you have comcast or a similar service it is worth swapping out to see.
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Doubledown Tandino · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:15 am Post subject:

yeah, look at the modem and if you see the word "baud" written anywhere... time to upgrade
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Vincent Merricks · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 15

I'm psyched! I played a little over an hour at Circe's Sunset Jazz Club yesterday morning. The lag was terrible, but everyone said the stream worked great and they really enjoyed the set. So setting up Simplecast on the separate computer and with the slightly lower settings seems to have solved the problems I was having. I also lowered the bandwidth that SL uses just in case because both computers are wireless and have to us the same cable connection. I had Simplecast record the stream and listened to it later in the day. No skips or dropouts. Very Happy

Now I just need some practice playing some of those songs on the 12-string. Laughing

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Jojamela Soon · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject:

YAY!(yay) Vincent!! can't wait till thursday Smile

whoot!
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Distilled1 · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 392 Location: Chicago

Alright glad to hear it\!
I am going to have to look into this simple cast. if its lighter than the shoutcast dsp Wink

just cause the lighter the better I say!
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