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Real Player sound....equalizer help?

The TVClubHouse: Big Brother 7 All-Stars ARCHIVES: Big Brother 7 All-Stars Part 1: Real Player sound....equalizer help? users admin

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Zanken
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05-14-2006

Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zanken a private message Print Post    
Not sure where I should post this. Every year someone here puts the best controls for the sound so we can hear clearer. I just listened to the live oops by BB and all the voices sounded really tinny. Can anyone help with the settings?

Nmbeach
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06-27-2004

Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nmbeach a private message Print Post    
I need help too. My sound was real choppy. Anything I can do to fix that?

Max
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08-12-2000

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
I have the choppy sound thing, too. Every couple of seconds, it's like the sound cuts out. Makes for a very irritating listenting experience! I've messed with the Real Player settings, but nothing seems to change it. I'm on a cable modem. The picture is AWESOME -- best ever for BB thanks to their increased bandwidth, but the sound is driving me nuts.

SUggestions more than welcome and appreciated! :-)

Jooleechenlvr
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04-21-2004

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jooleechenlvr a private message Print Post    
My picture is very irritating. Constant communicating and frozen inmates. Even going through BBKeyhole is the same way. Took out real player and then reinstalled, still the same way. Worked fine the past 2 seasons and do run DSL.

Clemmis
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07-10-2005

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clemmis a private message Print Post    
I was having the same trouble. Beautiful images. Lousy sound. Here's what I did to give me both beautiful images AND great sound:

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Why is stream playback stopping or failing to start when using a broadband or wireless connection?

Some versions of network hardware do not reliably provided streaming support using normal transports for RealPlayer.

If you are experiencing problems, even after updating with the latest software and firmware available from your hardware manufacturer, try using HTTP transport exclusively.

To switch to HTTP exclusively:

Select RealPlayer > Preferences.

Open the Transport pane.

Select Use manually configured

Click Configure...

Disable (clear) all transports except HTTP.

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I restarted the player and all is now fine!

Kalekona
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06-12-2005

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kalekona a private message Print Post    
Clemmis, You are my HERO. So far that did the trick. Thank you so very much!

Kia7010
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08-01-2004

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kia7010 a private message Print Post    
Thanks so much for the tips Clemmis - audio is great now.

Clemmis
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07-10-2005

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clemmis a private message Print Post    
I'm so glad you all posted you were having trouble, too. I was going crazy with all the high quality images but stuttering sound. It was your messages here that made me feel this wasn't just an issue with my setup and so I started digging for an answer.

Betzee4
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06-23-2006

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Betzee4 a private message Print Post    
Clemmis, You are my hero, too!

I had both choppy, stuttering sound, and lousy images, freezing, communicating, etc. Used your instructions and now sound is great, picture looks good, although all I can see is 'flames', but at least they aren't freezing up.

Thanks so much!!

Clemmis
Member

07-10-2005

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clemmis a private message Print Post    
I am so happy to hear this is working for others, too. I tried about five different things before I found this worked.

Exiting and re-starting the Real player after making the change is important or it doesn't take quite right.

It seemed we all had great machines, a fast internet connection -- but something was getting bogged down somewhere. Now we know how to get around it.

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
THANK YOU, CLEMMIS!!!

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Aerojunki
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06-30-2004

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aerojunki a private message Print Post    
Thank you so much, Clemmis..it worked!!!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!!

Shemoves
Member

07-05-2006

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shemoves a private message Print Post    
what a difference!! my first year with broadband and the live feeds and I wondered why I bothered. With that choppy sound I was in awe of the people who post in live feeds that they understood anything.

whoo hooo Clemmis!

I'm using the Macintosh Real Player, by the way.

Clemmis
Member

07-10-2005

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clemmis a private message Print Post    
Thanks for all the great energy! You are all too kind.

Real always "updates" and "improves" their software -- usually to our detriment. They default to what works best and cheapest for them in delivery of streaming product and not necessarily what works the greatest for us as viewers. The fact they offer so many “solutions” and “workarounds” to their default setup tells us they know exactly what they’re doing to us.

I'm on a Mac, too, Shemoves! This is my first Mac time after spending all my life on Windows. I knew there was no way my faster, better, smarter MacBook Pro was "choppier" than my other Windows machines. No way.

Clsteam
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06-27-2004

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clsteam a private message Print Post    
You're the best Clemmis!! I had the choppy sound problem too but I thought it was because of too many people are watching the feeds at the same time lol

I'm on a Mac too, a G5, I never thought about it was my computer problem, coz as you said, there's just no way ;)

Thanks again =D

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
i see where to click the box for'manually config conncection settings' then at bottom is says to click OK.....but i dont see where i click 'configure' nor do i see where to disable all trransports....what am i mising?

Clemmis
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07-10-2005

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clemmis a private message Print Post    
Are you using version 10 of the RealPlayer, Pamy?

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 11:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
not sure it says Real Player Plus

Jdude
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04-28-2005

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jdude a private message Print Post    
Will just called Kaysar the "Brad Pitt" of Muslims!!! Everyone laughed.

Betzee4
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06-23-2006

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Betzee4 a private message Print Post    
Pamy, after you click the box for "manually configure connections settings," click on the RTSP Settings button, then uncheck everything except the box for "Attempt to use HTTP for all content." Then do the same thing on the PNA Settings box. Click OK, then close Real Player and re-open it. That should fix it.

Donut
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07-31-2001

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 10:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Donut a private message Print Post    
Thank you! We are on dial up and it helped! Actually this year we got new memory and it moved a lot instead of just being mostly still shots like the past few years and we could hear decent sound, but after that switch we are getting movement pretty much most of the time and sound is even clearer! We were gonna get DSL but I'm not sure we will bother now!(cuz we would have to give up webtv) It is still very blurry a lot of the time unless on close ups of still faces. Does DSL make that better?
BTW, to answer the original question... I love the equalizer. Different settings really change the sound alot. Usually the settings that seem best are Loudness, Presence List, Voice and Movies. Depends on where they are...

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Friday, July 07, 2006 - 10:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Clemmis---count me in as your biggest admirer. It works!!!! I have perfect feeds and perfect sound.
YAY!!!!

Rgw825
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07-29-2005

Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 1:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rgw825 a private message Print Post    
Last year people had some cool settings, Like Wisper, Shower, and Hot Tub settings. They came in handy and made it so much easier to hear some things. I wish i still had those. Does anybody know if those are still around somewhere

Bb7willtowin
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06-21-2006

Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 1:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bb7willtowin a private message Print Post    
wow I can put it back at 350 speed and hear great sound - thanks!!

Clemmis
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07-10-2005

Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 4:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clemmis a private message Print Post    
Donut -- Thanks for those equalizer settings. I will try them out. Yes, DSL is worth every cent you pay for it. You are on your own, private, high-speed line -- unlike a cable modem where you can "share a line" with up to 100 of your neighbors.

Mamapors -- I am so glad this is working for you now!

Bb7willtowin -- I tried all the speed settings, too, but they just didn't make a difference. Who would want to give up 350 when we finally have it? I'm glad our sound now matches the beautiful images.

Vaxie
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06-25-2004

Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vaxie a private message Print Post    
Thank you so much

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
I just realized I had two seasons of BB voice settings (somewhat similar but the house changed, so keep that in mind) still in my equalizer.

See if these help. Have fun!





Lavender
Member

05-05-2005

Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lavender a private message Print Post    
omg thank you sooooooooo much clemmis! i also have been experiencing the choppy sound and had tried everything to fix it to no avail. ive watched the live feeds every year and this is the first ive had a problem with sound so i just tried your solution and woooohoooooo it worked! youve saved my sanity! lol ty again ;)