> That's odd. My version of realplayer has a "buffer partial clip for ... > seconds" setting in the preference screen (on the Playback page). > >>Isn't there a workable non-proprietary alternative to stream audio over >>the net? > > > xmms, amarok? Thanks for the tips. I'm trying to get it streaming from home ( gentoo ) and receiving on windoze where I'm controlling it with vnc. Is real player the only windows option? Would winamp be better? Would the source player be a problem too? Or does the latency all come from icecast? I'm using Muse right now as the source. Thanks Iain