Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 15:23:38 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1050611019.159dd3@mired.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to play new flavor of mp3 files Message-ID: <16024.30154.929728.852393@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030411182758.E99993@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <16023.8152.459169.401590@guru.mired.org> <20030411182758.E99993@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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In <20030411182758.E99993@carver.gumbysoft.com>, Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> typed: > 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. xmms didn't play the one I tried it on. Where do I find "the old xaudio tools"? <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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