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Stupid computer question
It really is a stupid question and one I'm not sure you'll know the answer to, but it bugs me anyway. I make a bunch of little MP3's of my own musical ideas and stuff like that, and occasionally I send a few to a friend back home that I used to jam with. The only thing is that they take ten to fifteen minutes to send.
I thought it was his internet connection that was slow. Except for last night when I sent him Killswitch Engage - The Arms of Sorrow, and it sent in a good few seconds. WTF. So it's not his internet? Are my MP3's clogging up the tubes? And is there a plunger?
"Do not pursue perfection, my child, as it is mostly an elusive goal. Pursue instead EXCELLENCE, as this can always be achieved."--MadTiger 3:16
"The rich man buys once what the poor man pays for again and again."--Bob Rogers
Most internet providers claim blistering speeds. The speeds they claim are actually down stream. Usually the upstream rate is significantly slower. Also, the email company might throttle downloads if you sent it via email. The download site might limit bandwith if you used a service. Lots of reasons.
John Dutton
Pro Horn player
Piano Tech
Kranking out Kopprasch since 1977
Der Teufelhund
Well I sent both via instant messenger. The thing that caught me was that an mp3 ripped from a cd sent in a few seconds but one that I created and encoded via Logic 8 took over ten minutes. And we're talking simple 5-6MB files here. Nothing like an AIFF or WAV file or something like that.
"Do not pursue perfection, my child, as it is mostly an elusive goal. Pursue instead EXCELLENCE, as this can always be achieved."--MadTiger 3:16
"The rich man buys once what the poor man pays for again and again."--Bob Rogers
5-6 meg over an instant messaging program is still pretty large. If you DSL claims 1.5 mb down the throughput on that is usually around 80-125k. The upstream might only be 256k and of course correspondingly lower throughput.
Instant messenging programs also throttle that sort of thing.
John Dutton
Pro Horn player
Piano Tech
Kranking out Kopprasch since 1977
Der Teufelhund
Re: Stupid computer question
I love it!Originally Posted by Guitarfreak
But you should just contact Al Gore to find out what's going on. After all, didn't he invent the internet?
Admit nothing; deny everything; make counter accusations. - "I didn't do it. Nothing happened. What did YOU do?!"
"Well I sent both via instant messenger"
^^ that's the problem. MSN sends at a RIDICULOUSLY SLOW PACE. Get a bandwidth monitoring program and measure it: it's diabolical.
Curious button pushing Church sound guy.
I'd like to clarify, SoundBlasters will do the job.
But they'll do a bloody awful one.
Well if they are both MP3 files, then it should send it in the same amount of time... But perhaps when you sent him the Logic 8 one, he was downloading something from the internet... Or perhaps scanning his PC with an antivirus.
And when you sent him Arms Of Sorrow by KSE (I am a fan too :)), he might have NOT been downloading stuff, or running an AV which would obviously slow down the transfer connection ;)
I wonder what the odds are?
If I were you would you listen to me?
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