Speak Freely for Windows
Problems: random pauses in output
Random pauses in output, for example when you've received sound for several
minutes from a given connection, then lose three or four seconds of sound, or
just random brief interruptions in the sound you hear are most probably due
to:
- The network you're communicating over, whether a local network in your
office or the global Internet, is busy and sound packets are being delayed by
other traffic. Unlike a file transfer which can proceed at any speed,
intelligible audio requires not only adequate bandwidth (data rate) but
consistent delivery time. The latter condition breaks down as a network
approaches saturation. The only solution (other than connecting to a faster
network) is to reschedule your conversation for a time when the network is less
heavily loaded.
- Other tasks running in the background on your computer or that of your
interlocutor may be stealing CPU cycles that Speak Freely needs in order
to compress/decompress or encrypt/decrypt sound in real time. Terminate the
background tasks.