Question?
Does the down sampling work for streaming players?
I've tried streaming with winamp using both the url format and
by changing bitrate in the player settings. Neither provided a
down sampled stream.
---- On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, kdf (slim-mail (AT) deane-freeman (DOT) com)
wrote:
> Quoting John Gorst <john_gorst (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>:
>
> > kdf wrote:
> >
> > > You can do what you want by using a line in
convert.conf:
> > > mp3 mp3 http SetTopIP
> > > [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -b 320 $FILE$ -
> > >
> > > The SetTopIP will identify your settop box to the server,
and removing
> > $BITRATE$
> > > in favour of a hardcoded rate ensures that conversions for
that player are
> > set
> > > at 320.
> >
> > Thanks for that, works a treat.
> >
> > In case anyone is new to this (as I am) replace [lame] with
$lame$, make
> > sure that you have lame(search for a download site on
google, you cant
> > download it from lames homepage for legal reasons) installed
on your
> > system (in c:\windows\ for windows users).
> >
>
> To clarify, [lame] is the new format of the convert.conf for
nightly builds
> within the last week or so. $lame$ should still be
compatible. The differnce
> is that [lame] lets the server check for the binary and ignore
the line if lame
> is not found. This way, the wong will still play at its
native bandwidth if
> lame isn't found, instead of skipping to the next song.
>
> -kdf
>
Does the down sampling work for streaming players?
I've tried streaming with winamp using both the url format and
by changing bitrate in the player settings. Neither provided a
down sampled stream.
---- On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, kdf (slim-mail (AT) deane-freeman (DOT) com)
wrote:
> Quoting John Gorst <john_gorst (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>:
>
> > kdf wrote:
> >
> > > You can do what you want by using a line in
convert.conf:
> > > mp3 mp3 http SetTopIP
> > > [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -b 320 $FILE$ -
> > >
> > > The SetTopIP will identify your settop box to the server,
and removing
> > $BITRATE$
> > > in favour of a hardcoded rate ensures that conversions for
that player are
> > set
> > > at 320.
> >
> > Thanks for that, works a treat.
> >
> > In case anyone is new to this (as I am) replace [lame] with
$lame$, make
> > sure that you have lame(search for a download site on
google, you cant
> > download it from lames homepage for legal reasons) installed
on your
> > system (in c:\windows\ for windows users).
> >
>
> To clarify, [lame] is the new format of the convert.conf for
nightly builds
> within the last week or so. $lame$ should still be
compatible. The differnce
> is that [lame] lets the server check for the binary and ignore
the line if lame
> is not found. This way, the wong will still play at its
native bandwidth if
> lame isn't found, instead of skipping to the next song.
>
> -kdf
>
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