Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:28:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1050523481.f38b8c@mired.org> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to play new flavor of mp3 files Message-ID: <20030411182758.E99993@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <16023.8152.459169.401590@guru.mired.org> References: <16023.8152.459169.401590@guru.mired.org>
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Mike Meyer wrote: > I've recently started seeing mp3 files that neither mpg123 nor > plaympeg can deal with. I find this rather annoying, and would like to > know if there's something I can use to play them. All my examples are > rather large, so I won't attach one here. But file identifies them as: > "MP3, 32 kBits, 44.1 kHz, Stereo". Playing them with mpg123 results > in errors about not being able to rewind the stream; playing them with > plaympeg results in a random collection of clicks. Yeah, this is the hallmark of VBR coded MP3s. mpg123 won't play them but xmms, and even the old xaudio tools, can play them. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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