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Alot of people are having streaming lag. As posted in the EU Invite, changing your DNS can greatly resolve this issue at times.
DNS is the process in which your pc converts IP to Domain Name and vice versa. If your ISP is having DNS issues to certain websites (youtube/streaming/game ping) you can get a quicker response time with the following DNS at times.
The best is to use Google DNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
An alternate to Google is to use OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220.
Steps to do so:
Windows Xp: Left Click Start. Left Click Control Panel. Left Click Switch to Classic View. Left Click Network Connections. Right Click On Connection. Left Click Properties. Double Left Click Internet Protocol Tcp/Ip. Put a Dot in Use the Following DNS. Input DNS. Do not change Static.
Windows Xp Screen Caps:
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Windows Vista: Left Click Start. Left Click Control Panel. Left Click the Drop Down Menu at top that says 'Category' and change it to 'Small Icons'. Double Left Click Network and Sharing Center. Double Left Click Manage Network Connections. Right Click Connection. Left Click Properties. Double Left Click Internet Protocol Tcp/Ip Version 4. Input DNS.
Windows 7: Same exact steps as Vista, but instead of 'Manange Network Connections', you will be clicking on Change Adapter Settings, the rest is exact same as Vista.
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I can include screencaps/better instructions if this isn't easy to follow. To used to giving instructions through voice, not text, lol
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I could use something to view, im a computer retard, I also have some Jtv issues so Im trying this out.
Edit: I use Win 7
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mac: system preferences-->network-->advanced-->dns
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Just an fyi, you can select text and hit ctrl+c (copy) and then ctrl+v (paste) to create a copy of the selected text. This would have been useful for writing the instructions for Windows 7, since you could make a copy of the Vista instructions and edit the one step that needs editing. It would have taken less time and produced a much better result.
Thanks for the DNS tip! =]
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On August 07 2011 00:50 Liquid`Tyler wrote:
Just an fyi, you can select text and hit ctrl+c (copy) and then ctrl+v (paste) to create a copy of the selected text. This would have been useful for writing the instructions for Windows 7, since you could make a copy of the Vista instructions and edit the one step that needs editing. It would have taken less time and produced a much better result.
Thanks for the DNS tip! =]
Haha, thanks for the heads up on the hotkeys 
And thanks OP for posting this!
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On August 07 2011 00:49 Gustis wrote:
mac: system preferences-->network-->advanced-->dns
Ha! Was just gonna say the same thing...thanks for beating me to it :D
People hate mac users...
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i will change the OP to better reflect the instructions. And am currently on Chasms trying to get the screencaps done. Will do a final edit and make it all pretty
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For own3D.tv viewers (Blizz EU Invite for example):
You can right-click on the stream and set your resolution to High, Normal or Low. Looked like alot of people didn't know that because there's no resolution setting button visible
edit: You also need to refresh the stream once for the settings to change
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Hmm still laggs for justin, owned works just fine for me.
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Woah! Idk if changing my DNS to what he said did this, but I used to have buffering issues with youtube, I dont have that anymore lol.
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WHAT THE F ARE YOU SAYING BRO.
DNS is a domain name server.
It has a list like this
wtf.com = 71.24.33.112
etc.
If you want to go to wtf.com you dont know the ip of the server cuz we are better with words then Numbers so we type wtf.com.
Our computers don't know what that means so it askes a DNS server.
It translates/ resolves name l wtf.com to a ip like 71.24.33.112,
And gives it back to your computer.
Your ISP has it own DNS and if that DNS does not know the address it forwards the request to another.
You can use google DNS (if you do not mind sending all your online activity to them that is. lol..
And yes it could have a faster response time or have a bigger library then your ISP one.
Pff thats a couple of miliseconds i do not want to wait for..
But it will not help you maintain a connection or improve on that connection made to JTV or a stream server what the the dick dude :s
PLEASE NOTE THIS
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Is this something that you should only do if you have been experiencing problems? Or is it something that can't hurt to do either way and will benefit anyone? The reason I ask is because I have not experienced problems with lag while streaming but I haven't been streaming very long so if I can prevent any problems from arising that would be nice. Also, if changing the DNS makes things run faster and smoother, whether it be noticeably or not, why not change it? =)
Thanks for posting this! I'm sure many people will find it helpful.
Edit: Meh, I think I misunderstood... it's for watching streams and not providing them huh... Oh well lol. Still useful for some people I'm sure =)
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On August 07 2011 01:03 DarkEnergy wrote:
WHAT THE F ARE YOU SAYING BRO.
DNS is a domain name server.
it has a list like this
wtf.com = 71.24.33.112
etc.
if you want to go to wtf.com you dont know the ip of the server cuz we are better with words then numbers. so we type wtf.com
our computers don't know what that means so it askes a DNS server.
it translates/ resolves name l wtf.com to a ip like 71.24.33.112.
and gives it back to your computer.
your ISP has it own DNS and if that dns does not know the adress if forwards it to another.
you can use google DNS (if you do not mind sending all your online activity to them that is. lol..
and could have a faster response time or have a bigger library then your ISP one.
But it will not help you maintain a connection or improve on that connection made to JTV or a stream server what the the dick dude :s
PLEASE NOTE THIS
DNS put simply, is how your pc converts IP to Domain, and Vice Versa, with the help of Winsock. I noted it doesn't affect connection speeds. But it will afect ping timgs/lag to certain servers. If your ISP has a DNS issue, this can fix that. I am re-writing OP and adding screencaps. Xp is done should be up in a minute.
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I am not entirely sure it would help
DNS is something that you would need access to the first time connecting to this server (then after that quite often get cached), and use a Google DNS would only reduce the time from like 300 ms to like 10ms for best case scenario, I am not too sure it has anything to do with streaming lag
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On August 07 2011 01:06 ohampatu wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2011 01:03 DarkEnergy wrote:
WHAT THE F ARE YOU SAYING BRO.
DNS is a domain name server.
it has a list like this
wtf.com = 71.24.33.112
etc.
if you want to go to wtf.com you dont know the ip of the server cuz we are better with words then numbers. so we type wtf.com
our computers don't know what that means so it askes a DNS server.
it translates/ resolves name l wtf.com to a ip like 71.24.33.112.
and gives it back to your computer.
your ISP has it own DNS and if that dns does not know the adress if forwards it to another.
you can use google DNS (if you do not mind sending all your online activity to them that is. lol..
and could have a faster response time or have a bigger library then your ISP one.
But it will not help you maintain a connection or improve on that connection made to JTV or a stream server what the the dick dude :s
PLEASE NOTE THIS
DNS put simply, is how your pc converts IP to Domain, and Vice Versa, with the help of Winsock. I noted it doesn't affect connection speeds. But it will afect ping timgs/lag to certain servers. If your ISP has a DNS issue, this can fix that. I am re-writing OP and adding screencaps. Xp is done should be up in a minute.
Please elaborate how.
I do not see the connection..
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Changing DNS server will only affect the speed at which you first connect to a certain host. It will have absolutely zero effect on average latency or connection speed.
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Could be placebo, but I think it's making a difference in JTV streams for me.
I have a terrible time with JTV in particular. I followed these steps and by browsing quite a few JTV streams already, I'm not getting the lag.. well.. at all.
Time will tell. Thx.
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I have redone the Post slightly. Im still Editing It. Can somebody do a refresh and see if my Imgur Link is working.
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On August 07 2011 01:15 ohampatu wrote:
I have redone the Post slightly. Im still Editing It. Can somebody do a refresh and see if my Imgur Link is working.
The images are not loading for me.
But could you take the time to explain to me your reasoning behind this.
And if what i am saying is wrong. Because you did not deny or refute anything i said you just restated your own post.
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