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I would not mind if one could set this value much higher. I got the memory, and either Windows media is unable to stream reliably or all hosts that serve this content are unable to provide a continuous strean of data. Bottom line is it never really worked with the default settings. It certainly is not my internet connection or my computer. Quicktime streams and streams and streams. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;news&#8221; looks like the War of the Worlds PR has started. Video above is in WMV format. The OS X Version seems to run much better after setting &#8220;Buffer&#8221; to 60 seconds under preferences. It lets you enter any two digit number, but silently corrects you to 60. 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