Help me..a computer idiot...

SchoonerWharf · Post by **SchoonerWharf** » April 9, 2005 8:28 pm

....I have not had the joy of listening to Jimmy's shows this year because I cannot figure out what is wrong with my computer. I had to reload after a crash a couple months back, downloaded Real Player, my music player of choice. But for some reason I can't get a clear connection to Radio Margaritaville or anything else. Anybody with any computer smarts have any ideas, I swear I have tried every type of connection speed.

I am dying to hear some Jimmy live and am growing as frustrated as an Alpine ticket holder.

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » April 9, 2005 8:34 pm

There werent really enough details for me to even speculate about what might be wrong with your system and its audio. Best I can say is see if windows media player works for the live audio streams. If your really dying to hear some live Jimmy, you can use another brand of audio player, cant ya?

SchoonerWharf · Post by **SchoonerWharf** » April 9, 2005 8:43 pm

I have tried Windows also. It comes on, the concert starts and will play, but there are constant interruptions. It is very frustrating.

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » April 9, 2005 8:51 pm

Are you on dial up? Which operating system do you have?

SchoonerWharf · Post by **SchoonerWharf** » April 9, 2005 8:54 pm

Sadly yes I am on dial up at least for a couple more weeks.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » April 9, 2005 8:54 pm

SchoonerWharf wrote:Sadly yes I am on dial up at least for a couple more weeks.

That's part of your problem.

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » April 9, 2005 8:58 pm

which operating system are you using? I remember when I was on dial up and I was having constant interuptions. I changes some setting and I'm trying to remember what that was while I sip my beer.

Gulfbreeze · Post by **Gulfbreeze** » April 9, 2005 9:01 pm

Burny Charles wrote:which operating system are you using? I remember when I was on dial up and I was having constant interuptions. I changes some setting and I'm trying to remember what that was while I sip my beer.

That should help...

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » April 9, 2005 9:06 pm

lol. I still have a dial up connection available. I'm gonna drag the ol phone line out and connect with it. Then I'm gonna see how I can **** it up and get WMP to play like ****. Then maybe by some reversed deductive reasoning the Vegas show will be blaring in schooners house later on.

FFishstick · Post by **FFishstick** » April 9, 2005 9:41 pm

SchoonerWharf wrote:I have tried Windows also. It comes on, the concert starts and will play, but there are constant interruptions. It is very frustrating.

Simple solution. Go to where you keep your tools. Select the largest sledge hammer in your collection. Smash the PC, junk it, and then go to your local Apple Store and buy yourself a G5. Quicktime Pro will solve all your connection problems, and you won't need additional recording programs to record your concerts.

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » April 9, 2005 10:05 pm

I just used the phone modem to connect and WMP player was buffering about every 5-7 seconds. It didnt used to do that. I'm not a computer expert, so I cant really say what the problem is. Sounds like it is mostly your connection, and not your computer. If you had a good stream before your "crash" try to think of anything that has changed since then. Are you plugged into a different wall phone jack? Is the phone line going to your computer the same phone cord you used before? There are things I would try if I could never get a solid stream. This is what I might do.

Update modem driver
make sure all applications are closed that require internet (I.M.s)
defrag hard drive
a reboot always helps sometimes

call my dial up ISP and b**** at them

If your computer is basically running ok, you should have no problems when you upgrade to a faster internet connection. DSL is a lot cheaper than cable (where I live) and it is plenty fast enough to get a stream with no interuptions. An occasional bladder stone may still interupt the stream though.

FFishstick · Post by **FFishstick** » April 9, 2005 10:18 pm

SLEDGEHAMMER

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » April 9, 2005 10:29 pm

I've wanted to do that many times, trust me, but I thought nah, I'll just have to keep replacing sledge hammers.