Missing chunks

[Rebel]

For the last couple of weeks, I have noticed brief chunks of audio missing from the full show podcast at least once per show, sometimes several times. The audio just skips ahead, as if someone has cut a few seconds out. I can tell the difference between what I'm talking about and when the audio has been dumped, so that's not it.

It finally drove me crazy enough to run a few tests tonight. Here's an example: on Friday's show, just as Hot Wings is starting to tell the story of the bad first date he had with his wife, the audio skips ahead. Usually, I download the podcast on my BlackBerry, so, to see if it's a problem with my device, I downloaded it in my Zune client and listened to the same spot. The chunk was missing from there, too. So it's definitely the source file and not my device.

Then, I downloaded the segment--4/15/11 -Segment 10 - Listener reaction to Kevin from Albany. The missing audio was there. What's in the segment from about 4:32 to about 4:55 is missing from the full show.

Anyone else notice this? Very annoying.

[The Biff Lebowski]

Fustercluck once got so drunk that he blew chunks. Of course "chunks" is the name of his dog.

[Queenie]

Apr 19, 2011 7:21:01 GMT -5 The Biff Lebowski said:

Fustercluck once got so drunk that he blew chunks. Of course "chunks" is the name of his dog.

[CertainlyCertainly]

Rebel have you tried the full versions of the podcasts? Occasionally I find problems with the segmented versions too, but when I listen on the full show, there are no issues. That would at least tell you if it's on your end or the show's.

I don't know if its more difficult for them to upload the segments, or if there is just more room for error, but I think when they break it up, it sometimes gets chopped up. I've had several times lately where I get an error when downloading, and I have to wait until the next day for things to go through smoothly. Wondering if there's some different process on their end

[Rebel]

Apr 20, 2011 23:03:06 GMT -5 CertainlyCertainly said:

Rebel have you tried the full versions of the podcasts? Occasionally I find problems with the segmented versions too, but when I listen on the full show, there are no issues. That would at least tell you if it's on your end or the show's.

I don't know if its more difficult for them to upload the segments, or if there is just more room for error, but I think when they break it up, it sometimes gets chopped up. I've had several times lately where I get an error when downloading, and I have to wait until the next day for things to go through smoothly. Wondering if there's some different process on their end

It is the full version of the podcast that has been having the problem. I only grabbed a segmented podcast to do the comparison--and it doesn't happen on that one. The full version has the same problem in the same spot on two different downloads on two different devices. So it's definitely on their end.

[CertainlyCertainly]

Interesting, I've had the complete opposite problem on occassion, they probably have done something different to their loading process... It's probably Chi's fault.