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

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
 
> >>
> >> Try:
> >>
> >> mkfifo audiodump.wav
> >> mplayer -ao pcm http://(URL of streaming mp3) & play audiodump.wav & fg; 
> >> fg
> >
> >
> > I tried various combinations (using the latest compiled mplayer, 
> > which now installs properly) and if I mkfifo audiodump.wav, 
> > mplayer does not seem to write anything to audiodump.wav (I have 
> > a 0 file) though it says something about filling a cache.

That is good. I emphasize: The filesize of the audiodump.wav FIFO
does _not_ need to change for this to work. It can stay at zero.
If, instead of playing the audiodump FIFO, you run

-----------------
cat audiodump.wav
-----------------

Does this produce garbage to the screen? If so, MPlayer is working
correctly, and play is not handling the FIFO correctly. I don't
know why?

> Will this also play Windows Media Player?

Yes. I have yet to find a Windows Media file which it will refuse
to play due to a missing codec. The video part works great, too.
Much smoother output than Windows Media Player itself, IMO.

> Not a skip yet, in any format.

Wow. Good connection?

> I think Mplayer also does OGG but stations which broadcast that 
> also broadcast some other format.  Is there some advantage to OGG 
> over MP3?

It handles Ogg files, both Vorbis (musical audio) and Theora (video).
Vorbis appears in roughly 90+% of all .ogg files. There are other
Ogg formats, too, but they are rare. If you find a FLAC or Speex file,
you will need the specialized players.

> Despite the big dump file, this is infinitely nicer to use than 
> Realaudio or Xine.

Good.

David
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