From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 23 09:17:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA03125 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 09:17:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from dyson.iquest.net ([198.70.144.127]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA03119 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 09:17:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.2/8.6.9) id MAA05488; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:13:53 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199611231713.MAA05488@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Stereo RealAudio for FreeBSD! To: smpatel@umiacs.umd.edu (Sujal Patel) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:13:53 -0500 (EST) Cc: ache@nagual.ru, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Sujal Patel" at Nov 23, 96 03:27:39 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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