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

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- 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.

Maybe you can compile it for DOS.  There was, I think, something about 
kernels before 2.5.something that simply won't work with cdrecord and 
certain models of CD-ROM burner.  Mine is a Samsung, burns at 4X (in DOS, 
anyway).  So even compiling cdrecord, latest version, is not going to make 
it work with this burner unless one uses a later kernel than 2.2.16.
I posted to the list about this last year.  Can you compile kernel 2.6 and 
modules with uClibC?


I have a 2X burner that works fine in linux, so it is not the age of the 
burner, just something about how they were made.

> > > 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.

I will try at a friend's house eventually.  Don't really need internet 
radio enough to pay $7/month for a connection when I have one that works 
already for most things and our library has CDs I can now copy with BL2. 
But it has been very interesting trying this out and my neighbors may want 
to use it on their better connections.

> > > 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?

I will check later - currently online with DOS (via local bbs). I have 
already tried something like this - I started to download a large MP3 file 
(128K) and I was able to play it before it finished.  It stopped in the 
middle, of course.  But to listen to something broadcast at 32K, on a 
connection that averages 20K (or less), I would need to download for 10 
minutes and then listen for 20 while continuing to download, then start 
over again.  On top of which I could not really use my internet connection 
for anything else at the same time.

Back when I had a paid ISP I could listen to Realaudio at 24K and still 
have half the bandwidth to read email in.

> David
> --

Sindi