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

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

> > I wonder if there's a DOS cdrecord floating around somewhere?
> 
> There is, and it would not work on the CD-ROM burner which did not 
> work with linux cdrecord.  Apart from that it was easy to setup and 
> worked fine for copying CDs.  It is based on an older version (pre 
> kernel 2.6 linux).

I may need to add that to my todo list of things to compile. A newer
cdrecord.

> > I haven't had any troubles with mpg123. As long as you don't outplay
> > your bandwidth, you should be fine.
> 
> Does it actually buffer somehow?

I don't usually need any for 32K stuff. I think the connection does
make a big difference.

> > Then you'd basically need to download first, then play.
> 
> With Realplayer it buffers for a minute ahead of the stream, then 
> starts to play, and there is much less choppiness.  I have watched 
> the graph of the stream and some stations are nearly level and some 
> are roller coasters.

wget -O buffered.mp3 http://www.domain.com/mp3.mp3 &
# Wait 1 minute
mpg123 buffered.mp3

That's how you buffer it for a minute. Is there much choppiness?

David
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