From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 25 19:31:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA25390 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 19:31:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from info.tsu.ru (info.tsu.ru [212.192.100.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA25377 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 19:31:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by info.tsu.ru (8.8.7/8.8.7) with UUCP id KAA20127; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 10:32:07 +0800 (TSD) (envelope-from vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su) Received: (from vas@localhost) by vas.tsu.tomsk.su (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21574; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:43:33 +0800 (KRSS) From: Victor Sudakov Message-Id: <199804260143.JAA21574@vas.tsu.tomsk.su> Subject: Re: Problem playing MPEG files In-Reply-To: <199804081328.VAA00632@vas.tsu.tomsk.su> from "Victor Sudakov" at "Apr 8, 98 09:28:22 pm" To: vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su (Victor Sudakov) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:43:32 +0800 (KRSS) Cc: rostewa2@vt.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Victor Sudakov wrote: > Brandon Stewart wrote: > > Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > > > Brandon Stewart wrote: > > > > Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > > vas: {10} mpg123 -t mc.mp3 > > > > > High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. > > > > > Version 0.59k (1997/07/13). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. > > > > > Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more! > > > > > THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! > > > > > > > > > > Playing MPEG stream from mc.mp3 ... > > > > > MPEG 1.0 layer III, 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo > > > > > > > > My guess is that this is a software error. Try using a different player, > > > > such as splay, or amp. Many of the players do not support all layers of > > > > encoding, and last I checked, mpg123 was one of these. > > > > > > I have now tried both splay and amp. The result is weird: I can hear some > > > very frightening noise from the speakers, which slightly resembles the songs > > > I am trying to play. In fact, I can even guess what song is being played. > > > > Are you using a sound blaster compatible card? I have had the exact same > > Yes, I am. > > > results for sound blaster cards on two different computers. I do not > > know the answers, so I'll through it the rest of the list. > > > > Does anyone here know the reason why sound quality on sb compatible > > cards is so horrid? > > And besides, does anyone know why the sound quality on the same card and on > the same mp3 file is quite good when the card is used under Windows or OS/2 > on the same computer? > > > > > The only suggestion I can offer is to try luigi's sound driver, which > > Where do I obtain it? I am running FreeBSD 2.2.2 > > > should be discussed in LINT. Its a device or controller pcm, I believe. > > > > Another thing I have to say is that even though sound is horrid when > > playing wave or mp3 files, sound should not be so bad if your sound card > > is connected to the cd-rom and you use a utility (such as xcd) to play > > cds. > > Sure, not even CDs, but timidity, xanim, 'cat file.au > /dev/audio' work > very well and the quality is good. Only mp3 files cannot be played. > I have found the solution to the problem, and I think I should share it with everyone here. I installed a new version of mpg123 (Version 0.59o (1998/Feb/08) and it now plays MPEGs quite well. So the problem turned out to be that of the player. Thanks to everyone who tried to help. -- Victor Sudakov mailto:vas@obluo.tomsk.su http://www.obluo.tomsk.su/~vas PGP public key: finger vas@obluo.tomsk.su To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message