Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 21:28:22 +0800 (KRSS) From: Victor Sudakov <vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su> To: rostewa2@vt.edu (Brandon Stewart) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem playing MPEG files Message-ID: <199804081328.VAA00632@vas.tsu.tomsk.su> In-Reply-To: <352A5410.22707C3D@vt.edu> from "Brandon Stewart" at "Apr 7, 98 04:28:00 pm"
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Brandon Stewart wrote:
> Victor Sudakov wrote:
> >
> > Brandon Stewart wrote:
> > > Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > > > vas: {10} mpg123 -t mc.mp3
> > > > High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3.
> > > > Version 0.59k (1997/07/13). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp.
> > > > Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more!
> > > > THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
> > > >
> > > > Playing MPEG stream from mc.mp3 ...
> > > > MPEG 1.0 layer III, 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo
> > >
> > > My guess is that this is a software error. Try using a different player,
> > > such as splay, or amp. Many of the players do not support all layers of
> > > encoding, and last I checked, mpg123 was one of these.
> >
> > I have now tried both splay and amp. The result is weird: I can hear some
> > very frightening noise from the speakers, which slightly resembles the songs
> > I am trying to play. In fact, I can even guess what song is being played.
>
> Are you using a sound blaster compatible card? I have had the exact same
Yes, I am.
> results for sound blaster cards on two different computers. I do not
> know the answers, so I'll through it the rest of the list.
>
> Does anyone here know the reason why sound quality on sb compatible
> cards is so horrid?
And besides, does anyone know why the sound quality on the same card and on
the same mp3 file is quite good when the card is used under Windows or OS/2
on the same computer?
>
> The only suggestion I can offer is to try luigi's sound driver, which
Where do I obtain it? I am running FreeBSD 2.2.2
> should be discussed in LINT. Its a device or controller pcm, I believe.
>
> Another thing I have to say is that even though sound is horrid when
> playing wave or mp3 files, sound should not be so bad if your sound card
> is connected to the cd-rom and you use a utility (such as xcd) to play
> cds.
Sure, not even CDs, but timidity, xanim, 'cat file.au > /dev/audio' work
very well and the quality is good. Only mp3 files cannot be played.
--
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