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kdm · 8th January 2010

Something similar happens here on PBS all the time. Every 15-20 seconds or so (a guess), video simply freezes then disintegrates or blacks out, then picks back up. The "glitch" usually lasts from 2-5 seconds - looks like buffering just isn't keeping up somewhere down the line. Nearly impossible to watch anything there anymore because of it.

We have other issues with other stations - audio out of sync (way out of sync at times), distortion, and other channels that will freeze/drop frames as well.

I think the digital change-over here in the US was part of the problem. Apparently not everyone was ready to stream the data reliably.

8th January 2010	#11
kdm Gear addict Joined: May 2008 Posts: 330	Something similar happens here on PBS all the time. Every 15-20 seconds or so (a guess), video simply freezes then disintegrates or blacks out, then picks back up. The "glitch" usually lasts from 2-5 seconds - looks like buffering just isn't keeping up somewhere down the line. Nearly impossible to watch anything there anymore because of it. We have other issues with other stations - audio out of sync (way out of sync at times), distortion, and other channels that will freeze/drop frames as well. I think the digital change-over here in the US was part of the problem. Apparently not everyone was ready to stream the data reliably. Last edited by kdm; 8th January 2010 at 09:48 PM.. Reason: Forum smilies won't let me type the word "s t u t t e r" ....rather lame.