Video Codecs ??

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ok I'm trying to get my audio from chopping up through EazyStream
Server How do you know what audio codec a program uses....or is it
just default somehow? I open my audio codecs in the device manager and
I have 6 or 7 in there ? They have a ordered by priority ?

can we post pics in here I have screenshots ?
 
Scan Da Bands said:
ok I'm trying to get my audio from chopping up through EazyStream
Server How do you know what audio codec a program uses....or is it
just default somehow? I open my audio codecs in the device manager and
I have 6 or 7 in there ? They have a ordered by priority ?

can we post pics in here I have screenshots ?
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You need to post with some more accuracy, and mention
a few more details.

The "EazyStream Server" is apparently a program to stream
audio from a Scanner. Where does "Video Codecs" enter the
picture?

The program must have settings/preferences that allow the
selection of the audio parameters for the output stream.

Luck;
Ken
 
Hey Ken , thanks for the response.....You have to put port numbers
for the audio and the port for data,configuring the sound is only
making sure line in is on. (the scanner goes to your line in on the
soundcard via headphone jack)., the scanner is configured through the
com port..it has the Client IE: Eazystream Client that connects to the
easystream SERVER , in the client they put the IP and port numbers and
connect.
 
Scan Da Bands said:
Hey Ken , thanks for the response.....You have to put port numbers
for the audio and the port for data,configuring the sound is only
making sure line in is on. (the scanner goes to your line in on the
soundcard via headphone jack)., the scanner is configured through the
com port..it has the Client IE: Eazystream Client that connects to the
easystream SERVER , in the client they put the IP and port numbers and
connect.
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You could try VLC. If it can play the audio by addressing the
port you specified, then use "Ctrl-I" to bring up the media info
window, then click on the "Advanced information" tab.

It is less likely that the codec is the issue, than it is that your LAN
or net connection has too low a through-put to play the stream
properly. It is also possible that the problem is with the client, so
trying with VLC will give you an alternative.

Luck;
Ken
 
ok I'm trying to get my audio from chopping up through EazyStream
Server How do you know what audio codec a program uses....
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You wrote "video codec" in your subject. Two different
things, sometimes a video codec package installs an audio
codec too but you can probably ignore this - your app either
installs the codec you need or it was already included with
windows. However, you probably don't really need to know
about it, unless you have a particularly low bandwidth
network connection (or internet, same thing for these
purposes) and the codec it wants to use has too high a
bitrate to preserve more quality (or ease encoding and
decoding CPU time)... but IF you can change the codec, you
then deviate from what they already thought was the best
alternative and may have degraded quality or more encoding
time, or higher bitrate, or several of these depending on
what the choices were in codecs, and of course what the app
supports.

The first place to look is in the configuration of the
application, to see if there are user adjustments for this.
If there are not, perhaps there is a *secret* way to adjust
it with a config file or registry entry but otherwise you
might check the application documentation.

It would be better to tackle this the other way around
though, first determine why you have cracking instead of
drifting down an tangent. Might be a system audio problem,
or bandwidth problem. Try playing other audio files, or is
the sending system beefy enough for realtime encoding? How
much bandwidth does the app developer claim is needed? This
should be documented somewhere, if not in the app literature
then check the developer's website.

One of the developer's links for 5.1 sound links to MS'
website so it appears at least one codec is Windows Media.
If that's what they're using it wouldn't surprise me if they
force it on you for everything but it doesn't really tell
use much about why it's stuttering, check the CPU
ulilization on the server and client, and as mentioned above
figure out if what you're trying to do has enough bandwidth
available.

Can you somehow save these streams and play them back
offline? If so, try to do it, and see if it stutters still.



or is it
just default somehow?
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The default will be what the developer coded it to use,
maybe a choice changable by the user but you don't need to
go digging through the Device Manager Codecs, that won't
tell you anything and changing the priorities there won't
have any effect on the app either.

I open my audio codecs in the device manager and
I have 6 or 7 in there ? They have a ordered by priority ?
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There might even be a forum for this software (or all from
same developer), check the developer's website.
 
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