Re: Poor received audio with WLW 2009

Greetings Ken,

You've basically figured it out yourself actually. In most situations without UPnP,
Messenger will just use a Microsoft relay server which naturally won't give you the same sort
of bandwidth and fidelity you get with a direct connection.

Tto be honest, I think you would get far better quality by using a product/technology
intended for streaming music (assuming that's what you're listening to on the radio) like
Windows Media Encoder or a similar product.

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"Ken Fowler" <> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to use WLW to listen to a radio at a remote location but the
> audio I get is very distorted and severely filtered. It sounds like all
> the high frequencies have been removed and like the sound is passing
> through a fan and with very restricted dynamic range. For comparison, when
> I use SKYPE with the same source and the same Inernet connections, the
> audio is clear.
>
> The sound card at the remote is a RealTek integrated with the audio source
> connected to the Line In. The OS is Win XP Pro. The local sound card is
> also RealTek and the OS is Win XP Home. The local Internet router is a
> Belkin F5D-7231 which does not have UPnP. I was surprised to find that WLW
> 2009 was able to bypass NAT but am wondering if the bad sound is a result
> of whatever packet routing is use.
>
> Any suggestions??? Thanks.
>
> Ken Fowler, KO6NO
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