Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:13:53 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: smpatel@umiacs.umd.edu (Sujal Patel) Cc: ache@nagual.ru, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Stereo RealAudio for FreeBSD! Message-ID: <199611231713.MAA05488@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.961123032658.13595B-100000@mickey.umiacs.umd.edu> from "Sujal Patel" at Nov 23, 96 03:27:39 am
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> On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= wrote: > > > > > > > www.realaudio.com has the new RealAudio 3.0 player available for > > > FreeBSD. It supports stereo sound over 28.8k modem! > > > > Could you make binary port please? > > I can't make a port because the download page for the player requires > your Name/E-Mail. It's a very simple install, so I think it'll probably > be ok. > I have been playing with the raencoder for Linux, and it works great on FreeBSD. (Note that I had to brand the static ELF binary.) Also, I have run some careful tests on ra quality, and maybe it is better than I could do with 128Kb/sec, but the CD quality sure sounds like FM quality to me... (Strange hi-freq artifacts.) However, it is cool to be able to compress alot of sound by a factor of approx (10-25):1, and it still sound tolerable. John
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