Re: MP3 players
On 19 Jul 2001 08:37:20 -0500, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:20:44 -0700
> Craig Dickson <crdic@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote:
> >
> > > After reading your mail, I tried each of the output plugins. Only one
> > > produced any sound at all and of course, it was heavily distorted.
> >
> > What do you mean by "heavily distorted"? If it just sounds badly clipped
> > or overdriven, you might try lowering xmms's volume (using its own volume
> > control) or playing with the mixer.
>
> No, it is far worse than being overdriven. The sound is so hosed that it can't
> be recognized as music.
>
> Larry
I had similar problems with xmms for a while. The sound was actually
playing painfully slow (3-4x) and distorted - the track times were slow
as well. You could just make out the track if you listened carefully. To
fix it, I adjusted the settings for the mp3 output plugin to use only 8
bit resolution, mono and 1:4 downsampling. Then my mp3's played okay.
This only happened with certain configurations of 2.4.2 - 2.4.5 kernels.
I never did work out exactly what caused the problem, but now my 2.4.5
kernel works great, at full resolution.
HTH
Craig
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Craig Holyoak
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