It’s when your player reaches the end of available data. It’s playing faster than it’s downloading. Many times you can just pause for a couple of minutes and let the downloaded data build up an acceptable lead. But why it’s called “buffering”, I haven’t a clue.
He must be listening to internet radio…might be using an app like Spotify or Jango…or maybe even YouTube, but since he doesn’t use a smartphone or tablet, I doubt it….Unless your connection is lightning fast, it takes a bit longer to download a few seconds of music (or video) to your player than to listen to it or see it.
So it has to build up a slight backlog inside the device or player, in order not to keep stopping.That downloading in advance is called “buffering.”Sometimes it’ll still have tostop in the middle to download the next part…. ie, buffer some more.
ooops… @thebird55… guess we were answering at the same time.
I think it’s called buffering because the bit of music stored ahead of where you’re listening isa “buffer” against running out…
But what I can’t figure out is what’s telling Arlo that it’s buffering…I’ve gotten the message in text, on screen in YouTube…but never a little audible voice saying “Buffering.”
Reppr… you and I are familiar with buffering… but Arlo is questioning what it is.
I have to wonder whether he watches enough YouTube or other visual media to have have seen the message…and is tech-savvy enough to mentally apply it to missing audio.
It seems more like he’s hearing that message.Anybody?
In terms Arlo might understand……It’s kind of like foreplay. You “Have” to wait a bit; taking time so that you receive your just rewards. Try to rush it, and something might fail to operate as desired.
It’s main function is to capture the signal so that you will not be caught with patches of missing text/music streaming. If it were not for buffering you would miss sections. This way you should eventually here the entire stream of content. Buffering is storing the signal to play with a continuous stream. Without it there would be wide gaps of lost music/dialogue. I am always amazed how well it works.
He’s watching a British movie about breaking the sound barrier. The aircraft would start to vibrate as it approached the speed of sound and they refereed to that at ‘buffering’. Or was that buffiting? Have to go look.
Think of data like water flowing into your sink. If it flows out of the sink at the same rate it flows into the sink, the sink doesn’t fill up and the water flows smoothly indefinitely. But if there’s a partial clog, the water can’t exit the sink as fast as the water enters the sink, and the sink starts filling up and will eventually overflow..Video data kind of works like water into a sink, if you replace the word “sink” with “buffer.” The computer starts sending all those frames of video data, and if you can consume it as fast as the computer sends it, the viewing is smooth. But if your internet connection is slower than your viewer, then the data (water) fills the buffer (sink) and it overflows, causing the video to stop updating until the clog can get passed.
Buffering is an aqueous solution of a weak acid and its conjugate base. When additions of strong acid or base are added to the solution, the chemical reaction of the weak acid/base goes in the other direction, thus maintaining the pH of the solution at a constant level.
It seems Arlo’s Pandora mix of Pink Floyd got mixed up with Black Sabbath and it’s trying to find some Beach Boys to even it out.
Since the earliest days of digital computers, a “buffer” is any temporary storage space that will be moved on and automatically overwritten with new data. Some of the earliest buffers I designed were built out of simple J-K flip-flops* that stored a couple of bits (not bytes) of data. *You can look those up yourself ;-)
Varnes over 8 years ago
I don’t know…I looked it up and I’m still not sure…Something about storage….
ellisaana Premium Member over 8 years ago
It’s annoying.
alviebird over 8 years ago
It’s when your player reaches the end of available data. It’s playing faster than it’s downloading. Many times you can just pause for a couple of minutes and let the downloaded data build up an acceptable lead. But why it’s called “buffering”, I haven’t a clue.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 8 years ago
He must be listening to internet radio…might be using an app like Spotify or Jango…or maybe even YouTube, but since he doesn’t use a smartphone or tablet, I doubt it….Unless your connection is lightning fast, it takes a bit longer to download a few seconds of music (or video) to your player than to listen to it or see it.
So it has to build up a slight backlog inside the device or player, in order not to keep stopping.That downloading in advance is called “buffering.”Sometimes it’ll still have tostop in the middle to download the next part…. ie, buffer some more.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 8 years ago
ooops… @thebird55… guess we were answering at the same time.
I think it’s called buffering because the bit of music stored ahead of where you’re listening isa “buffer” against running out…
But what I can’t figure out is what’s telling Arlo that it’s buffering…I’ve gotten the message in text, on screen in YouTube…but never a little audible voice saying “Buffering.”
Jonni over 8 years ago
Buffering. Its what slows down an adult when they don’t have children to slow them down to get someplace.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 8 years ago
Reppr… you and I are familiar with buffering… but Arlo is questioning what it is.
I have to wonder whether he watches enough YouTube or other visual media to have have seen the message…and is tech-savvy enough to mentally apply it to missing audio.
It seems more like he’s hearing that message.Anybody?
DDrazen over 8 years ago
The tech equivalent of biting off more than you can chew.
1MadHat Premium Member over 8 years ago
Isn’t that a pain reliever? 8^)
Ermine Notyours over 8 years ago
Buffering: when your electronics malfunction, you get a headache and need a Bufferin’.
Egrayjames over 8 years ago
In terms Arlo might understand……It’s kind of like foreplay. You “Have” to wait a bit; taking time so that you receive your just rewards. Try to rush it, and something might fail to operate as desired.
ARLOS DAD over 8 years ago
Buffering is what I use for headache…
bachinsure over 8 years ago
It’s main function is to capture the signal so that you will not be caught with patches of missing text/music streaming. If it were not for buffering you would miss sections. This way you should eventually here the entire stream of content. Buffering is storing the signal to play with a continuous stream. Without it there would be wide gaps of lost music/dialogue. I am always amazed how well it works.
KEA over 8 years ago
i thought it was an alternative to Aspirin
T_Lexi over 8 years ago
Buffering: tech speak for “Daydreaming.”
Dani Rice over 8 years ago
Another good reason to NOT have a TV in the bedroom!
wvrr over 8 years ago
He’s watching a British movie about breaking the sound barrier. The aircraft would start to vibrate as it approached the speed of sound and they refereed to that at ‘buffering’. Or was that buffiting? Have to go look.
ilovedaisymae over 8 years ago
It keeps my satellite radio playing when I go under a long bridge.
Sheila Hardie over 8 years ago
Adding padding.
dalbino83 over 8 years ago
Think of data like water flowing into your sink. If it flows out of the sink at the same rate it flows into the sink, the sink doesn’t fill up and the water flows smoothly indefinitely. But if there’s a partial clog, the water can’t exit the sink as fast as the water enters the sink, and the sink starts filling up and will eventually overflow..Video data kind of works like water into a sink, if you replace the word “sink” with “buffer.” The computer starts sending all those frames of video data, and if you can consume it as fast as the computer sends it, the viewing is smooth. But if your internet connection is slower than your viewer, then the data (water) fills the buffer (sink) and it overflows, causing the video to stop updating until the clog can get passed.
Rrhain over 8 years ago
Buffering is an aqueous solution of a weak acid and its conjugate base. When additions of strong acid or base are added to the solution, the chemical reaction of the weak acid/base goes in the other direction, thus maintaining the pH of the solution at a constant level.
It seems Arlo’s Pandora mix of Pink Floyd got mixed up with Black Sabbath and it’s trying to find some Beach Boys to even it out.
ron over 8 years ago
Since the earliest days of digital computers, a “buffer” is any temporary storage space that will be moved on and automatically overwritten with new data. Some of the earliest buffers I designed were built out of simple J-K flip-flops* that stored a couple of bits (not bytes) of data. *You can look those up yourself ;-)