Insufficient bandwidth

[bm]

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

 

[Jim]

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 ?

 

[bm]

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

 

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

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.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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_public/winxp_tweaks/ 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.

 

[bm]

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_public/winxp_tweaks/ 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

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Many thanks for your help

You're welcome. Glad to help.

 

[Paul]

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/micro...read/thread/b9ed6db9c5ce5d73/962f8217559e7154

"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

 

[Daave]

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.