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Earthshine2

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1. The stick might not be the problem.

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Wed Oct 28, 2020, 03:44 PM

Oct 2020

I stream using a powerful computer, fast Xfinity internet, and direct ethernet (no wifi).

MSNBC and CNN freeze up frequently. Amazon and Netflix video never freezes.

It has something to do with synchronization of the signal. I can't speak in great detail, but video streams can get ahead or behind where they are supposed to be, and the freezing is an attempt to resynch the flow of packets.

In my house, it'll freeze on one computer while doing fine on another; same time, same channel. It's the individual video stream, not the collective.

I did have some problems with Amazon on another computer. In the BIOS, I increased the video memory allocation of the processor. Problem solved.

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