I have been having problems streaming an audio stream using the HTTP protocol in the WinMedia Player ver 10. I can start a stream...and after maybe 30-60 minutes, the stream starts struggling...showing network congestion, buffering, etc.
I have a cable modem (5mbps down) so speed should be the problem. I understand it could be a server issue...but I can start the same stream on another XP machine with the same media player, using the same cable modem stream...and it will work for extended lengths of time without a problem.
This seems to be unique to this one machine...I have purposefully configured both computers to be as identical as possible...same versions of Windows, same versions of media player, etc.
The machine that has the problem is also running Avast-Home...4.6. Is it possible that some of the "on demand" scanners could be causing this delay in the HTTP stream?
This has really frustrated me and caused me concern. The machine that works fine is running Norton Anti-virus. The virus protection is the main difference I can see between the two machines...other than of course different hardware, etc.
This problem seems to have something to do with streaming over an extended length of time...the first 0-30 minutes are usually perfect...but it is after that time that problems start to occur.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.