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Questions tagged [jitter]

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Understanding buffer/bitrate statistics in Media Player Classic

I understand that the two numbers under bitrate are the average bitrate and the current bitrate of each stream. But what are the two numbers under buffers? I suppose the second one is the amount of data loaded in memory, but what is the first…
netvope
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Will a Linux NTP server with an upstream Windows time source have any less jitter?

For my infrastructure we have a platform which cannot synchronize over NTP to a W32time service due to too much jitter from the Windows time source. So my question is, if we have a W32time source upstream to a Linux NTP server, will referring to the…
Dev Gnoll
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What configuration tweaks do I need to do to my Wi-Fi base station to get minimum latency?

I am developing a specialized screen sharing solution. The requirements call for it to: Work over a Wi-Fi LAN network. provide minimum latency and jitter. I did all I know how to do on the programming side of things but I see that there is…
gby
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I received a large .asf surveillance video file and it's jumpy, as though it's regularly missing a frame. Any hope for salvaging it?

The problem exists when I try to play the original 3.5 gigabyte asf file, and I have converted it to mp4 at least a dozen times, experimenting with various Handbrake settings relating to frame rate (mostly), to see if something might fix the issue…
Custom Soundtrack
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Home Router (Fritz!Box) Wifi acting up (very jittery connection, sometimes breaking up)

My Fritz!Box 7270 (German company AVM) router is acting up very strangely. This happens with all connected Wifi devices. For some time it even disappeared from some PCs Wifi access point tables! Sometimes I can't connect, Windows 7 says for example…
sinni800
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Traffic Shaping (simulate packet delay and loss) on Linux Wi-FI Access Point

I have a Pi 3 B+ setup as Wi-Fi access point and would like to simulate packet delays and packet loss for connected devices communicating through the AP. I thought that I could achieve this using tc and iptables to cause packet jitter and loss for…
user9773452
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Network jitter using wifi

I have a weird issue with my home network but it only happens a few random days. The issue is that I get a lot of jitter suddenly without any explanation. Setup: 1 router serving a 5 GHz network on channel 64 (call this "Network/router A") 1 router…
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How to generate realistic packet jitter values in a simulation?

I am currently simulating a peer-to-peer overlay focused on video streaming over HTTP. When a peer wants to send an HTTP message to another peer, the delay is calculated. Currently I am calculating delay as: delay = transmission delay + propagation…
Mulishia
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What does jitter have to do with a network connection being bad?

Someone told me that jitter is defined as how much the return time in ms of an ICMP is varying: Pinging Some host [x.x.x.x] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from x.x.x.x: bytes=32 time=66ms TTL=122 Reply from x.x.x.x: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=122 Reply…
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Trying to figure out why there is so much Jitter caused by one device

So, what my issue is here is that my dad has a laptop. Every single time he connects to the internet with that laptop, the network ping skyrockets to 500ms - 1000ms, and the Jitter goes up to 20ms - 60ms. This is literally rendering all gameplay on…
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