Buffering

mascherano

If you are windows XP-you may need to download the windows XP TCP/IP patch. XP limits the number of simultaneous connections to 10, with the patch you can whack it up to what you want, I have mine set at 300, this is usually helpful when watching streaming video/using p2p apps to watch free sports etc. It may not make a difference because, as others have suggested, the ITV website suffers bad congestion at prime time

superscaper

mascherano wrote: »

If you are windows XP-you may need to download the windows XP TCP/IP patch. XP limits the number of simultaneous connections to 10, with the patch you can whack it up to what you want, I have mine set at 300, this is usually helpful when watching streaming video/using p2p apps to watch free sports etc. It may not make a difference because, as others have suggested, the ITV website suffers bad congestion at prime time

I always thought this was a bit of a myth and a misunderstanding of what the patch is actually for. I may be wrong but I've seen it described before as a bit of an urban myth. I don't know for sure but that's the context in which I've heard of this tip before.
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=267665

BexTech

superscaper wrote: »

I always thought this was a bit of a myth and a misunderstanding of what the patch is actually for. I may be wrong but I've seen it described before as a bit of an urban myth. I don't know for sure but that's the context in which I've heard of this tip before.
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=267665

Yeah, really is just a myth.

mascherano

I used it because I got hundreds of 4226 errors when trying to watch football online, didnt have a clue what the patch did but it stopped the errors and seemed (maybe just placebo) to improve things regarding buffering. I might try uninstalling it and see if it makes any difference or not.