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When The Buffering Starts Its NOT Your Computer (SAM Broadcaster Pro)

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A station owner apologising because the SAM Broadcaster Encoders have taken his station off air with the BUFFERING problem. I have SAM Broadcaster and it will not stream because of buffering errors I know from past frustrations how awful it is when the encoders in SAM Broadcaster decide to start buffering during a live show. I tested an old version of SAM v2.7.9 on a XP virtual machine and I had buffering within 10-15 minutes of firing up the encoder. Buffering happened with many Shoutcast/Icecast hosts & ISP connections The Issue extends to over 28 pages of posts on the SAM Broadcaster Forums Users have been told its THEIR connection at fault when its the software Its another (BUG) that the developers of SAM Broadcaster Pro don't appear to be in a hurry to fix. The SAM (Streaming Audio Manager) encoders have been like this for 20+ YEARS. It's NOT the user's Broadband or Shoutcast/Icecast server at fault...

Sam Broadcaster Unable To Send Data Fast Enough

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Have you ever encountered this problem with SAM Broadcaster Pro Unable to send data fast enough Encoding paused until buffer clears Then you'll know how frustrating it can be when that error message appears in Encoders window. SAM Broadcaster Pro has taken my stream offline many a time with that darn buffering message. It has happened to different people with different ISP's and different Shoutcast/Icecast hosts/connections. When the encoders in SAM Broadcaster encounter this problem. I can guarantee you it's NOT your Internet connection or your computer at fault. Its those damn encoders not being coded properly. I have searched and read multiple posts on the forums and have yet to find a fix for this buffering problem It started off happening 1-2 times in a day and now won't even go a full song without disconnecting A long time user recently said this when they ran into this issue. I am presently having a major issue with m...