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Insufficient bandwidth
Recently I have received the following message when viewing I Player
"Insufficient bandwidth to stream this programme" I also have a notice from time to time telling me that I am low in virtual memory and windows is increasing the size of the virtual memory paging file What can I do to help this situation? Blair |
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Insufficient bandwidth
bm wrote:
Recently I have received the following message when viewing I Player "Insufficient bandwidth to stream this programme" snip What can I do to help this situation? Pay more money for a faster connection -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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Insufficient bandwidth
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:44:17 +0100, "bm" wrote:
Recently I have received the following message when viewing I Player "Insufficient bandwidth to stream this programme" I also have a notice from time to time telling me that I am low in virtual memory and windows is increasing the size of the virtual memory paging file What can I do to help this situation? Blair How much physical memory is there ? |
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"Jim" wrote in message ... On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:44:17 +0100, "bm" wrote: Recently I have received the following message when viewing I Player "Insufficient bandwidth to stream this programme" I also have a notice from time to time telling me that I am low in virtual memory and windows is increasing the size of the virtual memory paging file What can I do to help this situation? Blair How much physical memory is there ? 512MB Dual Channel DDR 400 (2 X 256MB) The system is 4 years old and I probably should increase the memory An upgrade to 1Gb seems the right course of action The present memory is 2 X 256MB Blair My memory consists of 2 X 256MB |
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512MB Dual Channel DDR 400 (2 X 256MB) The system is 4 years old and I probably should increase the memory An upgrade to 1Gb seems the right course of action The present memory is 2 X 256MB Blair My memory consists of 2 X 256MB well, that's still not going to correct the bandwidth issue. All the memory in the world wouldn't change that. |
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:32:10 +0100, "bm" wrote:
512MB Dual Channel DDR 400 (2 X 256MB) The system is 4 years old and I probably should increase the memory An upgrade to 1Gb seems the right course of action The present memory is 2 X 256MB I would *not* assume that you should add any memory. How much RAM you need for good performance is *not* a one-size-fits-all situation. You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from using the page file significantly, and that depends on what apps you run. Most people running a typical range of business applications under XP find that somewhere around 512MB works well, others need more. Almost anyone will see poor performance with less than 256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things like editing large photographic images, can see a performance boost by adding even more than 512MB--sometimes much more. If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance. If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do nothing for you. Go to http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your page file usage. That should give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how much more. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:32:10 +0100, "bm" wrote: 512MB Dual Channel DDR 400 (2 X 256MB) The system is 4 years old and I probably should increase the memory An upgrade to 1Gb seems the right course of action The present memory is 2 X 256MB I would *not* assume that you should add any memory. How much RAM you need for good performance is *not* a one-size-fits-all situation. You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from using the page file significantly, and that depends on what apps you run. Most people running a typical range of business applications under XP find that somewhere around 512MB works well, others need more. Almost anyone will see poor performance with less than 256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things like editing large photographic images, can see a performance boost by adding even more than 512MB--sometimes much more. If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance. If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do nothing for you. Go to http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your page file usage. That should give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how much more. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Many thanks for your help Blair Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:48:43 +0100, "bm" wrote:
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:32:10 +0100, "bm" wrote: 512MB Dual Channel DDR 400 (2 X 256MB) The system is 4 years old and I probably should increase the memory An upgrade to 1Gb seems the right course of action The present memory is 2 X 256MB I would *not* assume that you should add any memory. How much RAM you need for good performance is *not* a one-size-fits-all situation. You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from using the page file significantly, and that depends on what apps you run. Most people running a typical range of business applications under XP find that somewhere around 512MB works well, others need more. Almost anyone will see poor performance with less than 256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things like editing large photographic images, can see a performance boost by adding even more than 512MB--sometimes much more. If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance. If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do nothing for you. Go to http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your page file usage. That should give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how much more. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Many thanks for your help You're welcome. Glad to help. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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bm wrote:
Recently I have received the following message when viewing I Player "Insufficient bandwidth to stream this programme" I also have a notice from time to time telling me that I am low in virtual memory and windows is increasing the size of the virtual memory paging file What can I do to help this situation? Blair From your original thread. http://groups.google.ca/group/micros...2f8217559e7154 "My Download speed is only 0.75Mb/s and the Upload speed is 0.24 Mb/s I live in the country and the nearest exchange is 3 miles away" In my country, we phone the ISP and they raise a "trouble ticket". The ADSL line performance is checked, to see if it is OK or not. In some cases, depending on where the demarc box is located, it may require a visit to the home, to check the wiring. With ADSL, the provider has some control, via the "profile" for the line. Based on error rate performance (signal to noise ratio), it may be possible to bump up the profile, while maintaining error free service. If you're paying for 5Mb/sec service, and receiving 0.75Mb/sec, then that is not right. You could potentially be paying less per month, for such a crappy service. Talk to your ISP first. That is why their tech support staff are sitting by the phone. Paul |
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bm wrote:
Recently I have received the following message when viewing I Player "Insufficient bandwidth to stream this programme" I also have a notice from time to time telling me that I am low in virtual memory and windows is increasing the size of the virtual memory paging file What can I do to help this situation? Blair These are two different issues. Go to this page: http://www.speedtest.net/ What is your download rate? Regarding memory, that message usually comes up if one or more programs are hogging memory and you don't have enough physical RAM. Task Manager should be able to tell you which program is the memory hog. If you tame that program, you might find you don't need to purchase additional RAM. |
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