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Doesn't look like audio playback affects network performance on a mac
You've posted this at an opportune time! I'm currently copying 42Gb from a Mac OS X
server (an old G4) to a MacBook Pro. Both computers have Gigabit Ethernet.
Unfortunately the hub they're connected through is only 100Mb so speed will be
limited by the speed of this hub. Using iStat Pro, a neat widget that tells me all sort
of things about the internals of my MacBook, I can verify that I am typically getting
between 10 to 11 Mb/s of data into the MacBook Pro, whether I'm playing iTunes or
not. I'll see if I can re-run this test on with a Gigabit hub later on and see if audio
playback affects this at higher speeds.
Posted by: Nick Maxwell   Posted on: 08/29/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Doesn't look like audio playback affects network performance on a mac  Nick Maxwell | 08/29/07
I'd be very interested ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/07
Just plug the two computers to each other  frgough | 08/29/07
More testing confirms that Mac's not affected by audio playback  Nick Maxwell | 08/30/07
I have never noticed a problem with Linux.  Linux User 147560 | 08/29/07
And ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/07
Yeah, once in a while the DVD will hang for a second  Linux User 147560 | 08/29/07
No problems on this end, either  Sabz5150 | 08/30/07
Ksysguard...  D. T. Schmitz | 08/29/07
OK ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/07
What happens to network performance on Mac when you play audio?  Intellihence | 08/29/07
What about ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/07
Nope  John L. Ries | 08/29/07
Forgot to mention  John L. Ries | 08/29/07
The HD in my MacBook limits my network transfers.  ye | 08/29/07
Macs are smooth operators  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 08/29/07
I should also add. Airport Express streaming is reliable.  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 08/29/07
did you understand what the problem was....or  Linux Geek | 08/29/07
Highly unscientific  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/29/07
100 mbps doesn't count  georgeou | 08/29/07
Still unscientific  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/30/07
Audio on receiving side?  Bob.Kerns | 09/03/07
Audio is news in Vista, but it's old news on Mac OS X  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 08/29/07
Research done by the Peabody Institute gives CoreAudio an A+  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 08/29/07
I personally think this is a problem of multithreading  nucrash | 08/29/07
You don't need two linux or two Mac OS X boxes  georgeou | 08/29/07
George--Almost there!  D. T. Schmitz | 08/29/07
Does Ubuntu boot off a SATA optical drive?  georgeou | 08/29/07
We all know...  D. T. Schmitz | 08/29/07
Yes....  Cosmix | 08/29/07
Network testing OS X  frgough | 08/29/07
Try doing it at 500 mbps and see if you have any issues  georgeou | 08/29/07
Meager workloads  frgough | 08/29/07
How many seconds to transfer that 1.4 GB file?  georgeou | 08/29/07
56 seconds  frgough | 08/29/07
That's a little less than half the speed I get in my Vista machine  georgeou | 08/29/07
Well, duh.  frgough | 08/29/07
Don't complain when you're the one who started off with generalizations.  georgeou | 08/29/07
Generallizations  frgough | 08/29/07
Hey, I see frgough as the thread starter here  georgeou | 08/29/07
Thread starter  frgough | 08/29/07
You drew conclusions on Vista by testing your Mac?  georgeou | 08/29/07
Lay off the MS koolaid, George  JakAttak | 08/29/07
I have no problems playing back video or audio (on Macs)  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 08/29/07
George. You're comparing Intel Core with PowerPC  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 08/29/07
And out comes the tape measure  Len Rooney | 08/29/07
my bottleneck  frgough | 08/29/07
I've played 10 videos in Vista  georgeou | 08/29/07
Aren't you special  frgough | 08/29/07
Don't be a cry baby  georgeou | 08/29/07
correct me if i'm wrong  tombalablomba | 08/29/07
Sure I'll correct you  georgeou | 08/29/07
pfff, they screwed up  tombalablomba | 08/30/07
Clarification  frgough | 08/29/07
I can do 60 MB/sec in Vista on my system with no problems  georgeou | 08/29/07
Throttling should be gradual  frgough | 08/29/07
I wrote a 4-page blog on that  georgeou | 08/29/07
I bet you tell that to all your women  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 08/29/07
Frankly, I'd have to see it  Len Rooney | 08/29/07
To Adrian  frgough | 08/29/07
I've just come back ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/07
Ou sure put you in your place!!!  NonZealot | 08/29/07
Fantasy is right  frgough | 08/29/07
kudo's to you  tombalablomba | 08/29/07
A little scenario for you  NonZealot | 08/29/07
You were the only one making sweeping generalizations.  georgeou | 08/29/07
And here's your unsubstantiated claim  georgeou | 08/29/07
RE: claims  JakAttak | 08/29/07
George 'Brutus' Ou wins Non 'Olive Oil' Zealot's fickle heart  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 08/29/07
re: scenario  JakAttak | 08/29/07
meant to respond to a post  JakAttak | 08/29/07
Doesn't really matter what network performance does  keyserdiablo@... | 08/30/07
It's not the OS its the board.....  devlin_X | 08/30/07
My test...  gmureddu@... | 08/30/07

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