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

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:15:07 +0000 (UTC)
> sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > > > Even DOS cdroast comes with a way to make wav into mp3.
> > >
> > >   In DOS, I would recommend using Bladeenc, or even Lame, to convert .WAV to 
> > > .MP3.
> > > And CD2WAV will rip the CD tracks into .WAV files.
> >
> > I found both of these precompiled for DOS and even libc5.
>
>     Yes, I use both in DOS and Linux (making MP3s is a bit of a hobby).
>
> > I used (once)
> > whatever came with DOS cdroast, and also cd2wav in DOS, but I could not
> > find any way to write .wav files to a CD in DOS.
>
>    I have a DOS package that is supposed to do all that, but I have not yet 
> got it to work.
> It requires a specific driver (which is included) to be loaded before it can 
> write to my IDE CD burner, and it got to be too complicated. So I have only 
> been burning CDs with Linux.

Is this aspi.sys? (scsi driver that goes into config.sys - this is what 
DOS cdrecord seems to use).  What is your package?

> > >   BTW: Sindi, I doubt that most MP3 players will do a good job on
> > > streaming MP3s over a dial-up link. The one exception may be Realplayer,
> > > which IS able to buffer the stream.  And this really amounts to a
> > > download and THEN play routine, anyway.
> >
> > Thanks.  So it is not just my bad connection?  I notice Realplayer takes a
> > minute or so to get going, but even with a buffer, if I can only download
> > at 2.7Kbytes/sec max (and variable), which is 22Kbit/sec, it is not going
> > to keep up with 32Kbits/sec or even 24Kbit/sec for very long.

>    To successfully stream anything in real time, I think you need to 
> have something faster than dial-up - even if you have quite a good one, 
> like mine most of the time.  I no longer bother to get anything to 
> "stream". If I can't download first and then listen, I don't want to 
> hear/watch it.

I could tolerate the occasional missing notes with Realaudio, which is 
better quality than we get on the radio here.  Only classical stations are 
50-75 miles away.

> > mpg123 appears to be doing some sort of buffering since it keeps telling
> > me 'cannot rewind stream by 1208 bits' (followed by 455 and 267 bits) but
> > eventually gets a little less choppy.

>    This would be in response to some kind of artifact embedded in the 
> MP3 file. Newer mpg123 versions handle this stuff without blinking.

This is the latest mpg123 version available.  Version r.  I will some day 
attempt to compile the later mpg321.

> > Would Mplayer buffer realaudio as well as Realplayer?  Realaudio streams
> > are inherently choppy from most stations.

>   I haven't looked for a way to do it, but I doubt it will be any better 
> than realplayer. I use the latest MPlayer I compiled just a couple of 
> months ago, running in SW9.1, but I still think it is more sensible to 
> fully download any multi-media before invoking the appropriate player.

I hope David will find the time and space to share his 5MB statically 
compiled MPlayer.  James seems to have space to host lots of programs.

> Regards,
>         Ron
>
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