From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mhonline.net(bandaid.mhonline.net[204.97.156.9]) (2384 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:smtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 08:21:08 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: (qmail 23587 invoked from network); 1 Mar 2001 13:21:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO 209-23-55-73.ip.termserv.net) (209.23.55.73) by smtp.mhonline.net with SMTP; 1 Mar 2001 13:21:04 -0000 Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 08:22:38 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: unexpected trplayer behavior In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: Hi Geoff - Matt has eliminated trplayer as a possible cause - he has found that my file malfunctions in the same way when run on RealPlayer 8 without the trplayer interface. I have asked for Peter Godman's help, so we shall see. As for the bit rate deal, I have a few files which were recorded at 8000 sampling rate, and compressed to a bandwidth of 3kb, where trplayer reports "bit rate 8k" - but other .rm files which seem to correctly report bandwidth as the bit rate. Chuck On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi: > > Your problem is definitely something for Matt Campbell to comment on. As > to bit rate, this *should* always be bandwidth/data rate. In theory at > least, the figure reported by the B command should always be the same for > locally stored readmedia files and non-VBR MP3 files. I've not tried VBR > MP3 files so I'd be interested to know what people find happens with them. > I do know that trplayer reports 24.0kbps for 20kbps MP3 files, both > streaming and not. Anyway, the B command should also return the same > measurement when listening to an MP3 stream. If you're listening to a > realmedia stream via a realserver, the number may well change (along with > the quality) as the server will try to compensate for fluctuations in > bandwidth, etc. Note here that the stream you actually receive is in fact > changing, which is why the measurement changes. > > Geoff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh The Moon is Waxing Crescent (34% of Full)