Sometimes, network conditions can cause audio packets to arrive out of order, to be lost in transmission, or to take longer to get to their intended destination than expected.

有时候，网络状况可能导致音频包不能按序到达，或者在传输中丢失，或者比预期花更多的时间到达目的地。

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When they get to the streaming server, the server responds with a flood of packets containing the audio.

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