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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- 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.

I have not managed to get this working - I just get the help page for 
mpg123 and 'broken pipe'

wget -O - http://audio.ibiblio.org:8000/wdav-24k|mpg123

Is the above correct?

I also tried mpg123 `(paste in the above string not including |mpg123)`

> > 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...

These all sound like large GUIs.  I will look more into mpg321 and 
mp3blaster.

> 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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