Re: What can make MP#'s play at the wrong rate?
On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 12:06:49PM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:14:02 -0400
> stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 02:48:59PM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote:
> >>On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:04:43 -0400
> >>stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote:
> >>>On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 11:38:16PM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote:
> >>>>On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 15:43:30 -0400
> >>>>stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 've swaped teh CPU on a Debina machien, and now my MP#'s play at
> >>>>> the wrong ptich, like a tpe played at a speed slower than it was
> >>>>> recorded.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Where do I need to look to troubleshoot/fix this isue?
> >>>>
> >>>> Are you sure it's just MP3s? If you play back e.g. a .WAV (PCM
> >>>> audio), does it also play back with the wrong speed?
> >>>>
> >>> That seesm likely. I have not tried it, but my suspicion is thta the
> >>> problem is common to all DAC.
> >>>
> >>> Given that, where should I strat looking?
> >>
> >> Can you try it? Maybe dload a .wav from somewhere on the web and
> >> play it and see what happens? I'd hate to spend a lot of time
> >> thinking about it and then find out I was barking up the wrong
> >> tree.
> >
> > OK, I was able to confirm that a .wav filed played with the "play"
> > command also plays at the wrong tempo.
> >
> > Where should I start looking for the problem?
>
> I'm assuming that the .wav file you tried was one you fetched
> from some other machine -- that is, it wasn't created on your
> machine, from decoding an MP3 or something like that.
Correct, it came from another machine that I store my music files
on, and it plays fine over there.
>
> OK, there are two possibilities that occur to me.
>
>
> Assuming that this is the problem, you might need to set the
> correct timings by hand, either through adjusting the appropriate
> BIOS settings manually, or by bypassing BIOS timing altogether
> and using jumpers/dipswitches on the board to set things properly.
>
> Let us know . . .
Thanks.
I'll take a look at that, as it all seesm to make sense.
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