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

On Thu, 19 May 2005, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Sindi,
>
> On Wed, 18 May 2005 20:56:57 +0000 (UTC)
> sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> > In DOS, msp will play .wav, .mid and .mp3 files.  DOSAMP also plays .mp3
> > files.
> >
> > In linux I can only play .wav files (with sox or mplayer).
> >
> > Is it likely I could play streaming mp3 in DOS using wget and dosamp or
> > msp?
>
>    No, not unless you fully download first, then play the file.
> Remember, DOS is not multi-tasking.
>
> > Does | work in DOS?
>
>    Yes.

When I tried using the same script with dosamp that I used with mpg123
(wget -O http://..... | dosamp) then dosamp complained about not using the 
right format.  I was able to download part of a streaming mp3 and then 
play it after I stopped the download.  Dosamp did not even require that 
the file name end in .mp3.

Maybe DOS cannot multitask like this - wget and dosamp cannot be used at 
the same time.   In which case I cannot do streaming audio in DOS, as 
people already told me.

This and scanning are the two main reasons I switched from DOS to linux.
So now I can use this computer to scan sheet music and print it, but it 
will not play internet radio for me.

> Regards,
>         Ron
>
>
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