Subject: [linux-audio-user] Re:why does files created on mac gets played inhalf the speed?
From: micro-people (imuzik@geocities.co.jp)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 04:50:26 EET
thanx 4 reply
am usually wrong but well..
mpg123 made@mac.mp3
shows the info of the file
and it says it is stereo
it is also the same with that of
the same file played by
the windows version of mpg123
this win version plays it ok
oh
but mpg123 also shows
that there is a junk at the biginning of the file
made@mac.wav
is also ok at windows
but half the speed at slackware
btw
workbone plays the cd ok
mmm
> > all the .mp3 files created @ MacOS9
> > becomes half the speed when played by
> > mpg123 @ slackware
> >
> > things are the same with
> > .wav files played by doing
> > play made@mac.wav
> >
> > my
> > GatewaySOLO(PentiumMMX150Mhz+48MB-RAM) has
> > ESS's ES1888 on it
> > and recently started making sounds
> > via
> > modprobe sb
> >
> > files recorded with
> > rec newthingviamic.au
> > plays ok
> > even though the quality of it is no good
> >
> > am a prompt mode only csounder
> > and wanna keep the machine that way
> > but
> > if i switch to mandrake
> > will this aspect be easily solved?
>
> This is a guess and may be wholly wrong. It sounds to me as if your Mac is
> writing a stereo mp3, but flagging it as mono (possibly failing to insert
> a flag), and then your Linux box is playing it back as a mono file so each
> frame becomes 2 hence it goes half speed.
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