Discovery Channel and Akamai Streaming - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

iceberg2012 · 2012-06-02, 11:05 AM

Not sure if this is the right area/forum. Please repost if needed.

Lately I have been enjoying the watch.discoverychannel.ca stream which has all sorts of excellent shows. I find though, that even though I'm on a Rogers High Speed Extreme plan, the delivery stops about every 5 minutes, then continues about 5 minutes later. I can see that the content is being delivered from Akamai. I suspect it's not being throttled, but rather maybe Akamai's pipe is saturated (or Bell Media -owner of Discovery) maybe just hasn't subscribed to a large enough pipe to meet demand.

Anyone else have any difficulty with feeds from this site?

Cheers!

NeilN · 2012-06-02, 11:33 AM

Do you have any browser plugins designed to capture and save Flash streams? If so, try removing them.

iceberg2012 · 2012-06-02, 11:35 AM

None. Just using Chrome or IE. Only add-ins are Picasa Extension, WOT, and AvastEasy Pass.

NeilN · 2012-06-02, 01:19 PM

Your Flash up to date? I'm on Rogers too and played a couple of videos with no issues. Got a second PC you can test with?

iceberg2012 · 2012-06-22, 02:09 PM

I had been having success earlier this month from my same box, but today it's stuttering again. Too bad - such great content, too.

2012-06-02, 11:05 AM	#1
iceberg2012 Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 3	Discovery Channel and Akamai Streaming Not sure if this is the right area/forum. Please repost if needed. Lately I have been enjoying the watch.discoverychannel.ca stream which has all sorts of excellent shows. I find though, that even though I'm on a Rogers High Speed Extreme plan, the delivery stops about every 5 minutes, then continues about 5 minutes later. I can see that the content is being delivered from Akamai. I suspect it's not being throttled, but rather maybe Akamai's pipe is saturated (or Bell Media -owner of Discovery) maybe just hasn't subscribed to a large enough pipe to meet demand. Anyone else have any difficulty with feeds from this site? Cheers!

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2012-06-02, 11:33 AM	#2
NeilN Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North York Posts: 1,630	Do you have any browser plugins designed to capture and save Flash streams? If so, try removing them.

2012-06-02, 11:35 AM	#3
iceberg2012 Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 3	None. Just using Chrome or IE. Only add-ins are Picasa Extension, WOT, and AvastEasy Pass.

2012-06-02, 01:19 PM	#4
NeilN Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North York Posts: 1,630	Your Flash up to date? I'm on Rogers too and played a couple of videos with no issues. Got a second PC you can test with?

2012-06-22, 02:09 PM	#5
iceberg2012 Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 3	I had been having success earlier this month from my same box, but today it's stuttering again. Too bad - such great content, too.