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Date:      Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:27:20 -0700
From:      Tim Pozar <pozar@lns.com>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1050704663.182e93@mired.org>
Cc:        multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to play new flavor of mp3 files
Message-ID:  <20030413152719.A24622@lns.com>
In-Reply-To: <16025.58261.293960.638611@guru.mired.org>; 05:24:21PM -0500
References:  <reichert@numachi.com> <20030413194228.GC66565@numachi.com> <20030413213928.5D8669E@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> <16025.58261.293960.638611@guru.mired.org>

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On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 05:24:21PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> In <20030413213928.5D8669E@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>, Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> typed:
> > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 03:09:28PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > > > You can find a copy at <URL: http://www.mired.org/broken.mp3 >.
> > > I can't find this here; I get a 404.
> > > FWIW - I've noticed mplayer and mp3blaster will play some files
> > > that mpg123 won't.
> > Heh, not to mention that mencoder can often re-write the file format to 
> > something more acceptable.
> > 
> > I got the same error messages about large blocks, windows and rewinding 
> > from mplayer that I got from mpg123...
> 
> mp3blaster plays it, but produces nothing but clicks. That's what
> plaympeg does.
> 
> Oddly enough, Windows Media Player on XP plays it, and produces funny
> hisses. I'm beginning to believe these things aren't real mp3 files.

I tried it under mplayer, mpg123, audacity, xmms, winamp, Windows
Media Player, Cool Edit Pro, etc. and it didn't play under any of
those.

Tim



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