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Sometimes the audio pauses briefly and the video quality changes. Is something wrong?

April 26, 2017audio briefly changes pauses quality video wrong

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Sometimes the audio pauses briefly and the video quality changes. Is something wrong?

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This happens when the iPhone/iPod Touch decides it should switch to a different quality stream. This decision is made by the device and is not directly under StreamToMe’s control. On a local WiFi connection you will see this if the available bandwidth drops below 1Mbps (which can happen due to momentary interference) or if the computer is slow to encode a segment. On a remote WiFi connection, this quality switch may occur more often as the available bandwidth may be more variable. If the change in available bandwidth or encoding performance is only temporary, then the quality will switch back when the interruption ends. Note: if you connect using a manual address, the iPhone will always start on the “medium” bandwith stream (approximately 512kbps). If your available bandwidth is enough to support the high bandwidth stream, you may notice a transition to the higher quality stream after 10-20 seconds.