Optimizing "streaming" for a dial-up modem user

[shirker]

OK well, first I must confess I do not know if I use/imagine the term "streaming" for the right thing.

I am interested in playing radio online, particulary playing a "stream" (heh, it is a stream, isn't it ??) referred to with files with the .pls extension, used also in Winamp (and probably in many other apps also)



And not just Internet radio in general, but one particular "conspiracy teory" station (Infowars - Alex Jones), heh it's just so amusing.

http://sce.m2ktalk.com:8000
http://sce.m2ktalk.com:8010



I somehow have feeling that Winamp performed the "streaming" in better manner (and I do not use Winamp anymore), so I am interested:

how/where in the configuration interfaces to "optimize" streaming (bufferring, etc.) for dial-up connections.



P.S., But anyway, now I got used to use VLC also for streaming, even if it's currently a bit more delayed, but anyway, when I mentioned that I do not use Winamp anymore ...

My thinking is - why to install another program (Winamp), if VLC is already there (i.e., on my disk), and well hehe in the "no-setup form". I am somehow obsessed with "no-setup" or "no-installation" programs, i.e., no installation procedure/wizards, no shortcuts created, no registry messing (it sure writes to registry after on first execution), Objects/libraries registering on installation, etc.



So please, please keep it available also in the .zip binaries FOR EVER ...



And if anyone is interested a bit more in this,("no-setups" vs. "setups"), please see my home page below, particulary the section: "NO-SETUP" APPS PRINCIPLE

http://users.volja.net/tayiper/principles.html



Thanks for any reply.