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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>

> I think this is because mpg123 does not buffer like Realaudio or WMP do.

If you wget it to start the download, then use mpg123 to play it, you'll
get pseudo-buffering.

> www.classicalwebcast.com lists many others but most of the links no 
> longer work and if they do I got 'illegal header' (would not play) 
> or 'connection refused' or once 'Server Full 504' 
> (http://audio.ibiblio.org:8000/wdav-24k).

That must be very popular.

> I just got through to wdav at 24Kbit/sec 16000 Hz mono!
> 
> Still a bit choppy but I would not want lower sampling rate.
>
> Is there some linux mp3 player that buffers better?

Quite a few. Xmms, x11amp, MPlayer, Xine...

However, if you can't play it without chopping, it may be
beyond the limits of your connection anyway. If only there
were more streams in Vorbis or Speex...

David
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