BL streaming MP3, was Re: [BL] Re: broken windows needs replacing

sindi keesan keesan at sdf.lonestar.org
Tue Apr 19 16:11:56 EDT 2005


On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan at sdf.lonestar.org>
>
>>>> mp3123 `wget -O - http://path/to/m3u/`
>>>
>>> The answer was so simple that it eluded me. :)
>>
>> The m3u file I looked at contained the URL for a .pls file - will
>> this still work?
>
> No.
>
>> I have looked for other mp3 players newer than 2000 and found:
>>
>> mp3blaster (Nov. 2003) - CLI, source or static binary (which might
>> need a later glibc).
>
> Static = no library needed?

No ncurses needed?  I have not looked at this as it is a 1.1MB download 
which would take me 20 minutes.  The static version is not the latest, it 
is at least 2 years older.  There seem to be changes to the MP3 format 
which keep mpg123 from working at some sites so newer would be better.

>
>> Binary is 584K or 1.1M depending on the
>> version.
>>
>> MAD - used in many other players (CLI?)
>>
>> Zinf 2.2.5 - also does Ogg Vorbis and Shoutcast.  GUI.  2MB source
>>
>> mpg321 -prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mpg321 is one download site.
>> Get mpg321-0.2.10.tar.gz source (111K) from 2002
>>
>> Based on MAD, xmms and plaympeg code and billed as a drop-in replacement
>> for mpg123, which has not been updated since 2000.
>>
>> I may attempt some day to compile this for BL2, but I am sure David
>> could do it faster.  (I still have not gotten to the Matrox kernel).
>
> I'm not sure about the faster bit. I don't have the BL2 development
> things, just uClibc and libc5.

A libc5 version should work in BL2 since I already added libc5 for 
netpbm.  (But in my experience lynx compiled completely statically refused 
to work online until I gave it glibc6.  Worked fine offline.)

I don't think there is much point to my getting a better mp3 player 
without a better ISP.  My 'faster' ISP (the one that does 24K with a few 
blips) is also free (10 hours/month) and probably overcrowded.  The 
unlimited free account (at a local community college) did not even work at 
24K.  I wonder if paying $5/month (no webspace or telephone support) would 
provide a faster connection.  It is getting a bit annoying to download 
programs at a fluctuating 0-2.7K and get bumped off after 62 minutes and 
not be able to access google (lynx times out and starts looking for 
www.google.com.edu) after 4 pm.

Last time I tried Realaudio it was with a paid ISP.  I should put BL3 and 
an MP3 player onto the parport drive and try it out on someone else's 
connection.   I have glibc 2.2.5 in BL3 for use with xpdf and opera and 
I can simply copy over the BL2 mpg123.  I will up the .img size to 60MB.
I would probably also need an external 56K modem.  A neighbor with linux 
is also shopping for a cheap ISP.

The neighbor next to the one with the 'dead' computer is also interested 
in linux.  They both have university accounts and only want to browse, do 
email, and write letters.

  >
> David
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