Can't play MP3s

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On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 20:59:25 +0000, Doug wrote:

> Heck, I asked this question once on one of the linux newsgroups, and what
> I got were suggestions that I look for installed libraries via ls lib/lib*
> command.

I notice you top-post which I got no problem with, I can
work either way.

Here is a tip: Never *top-post* in a Linux newsgroup, it's heavily
frowned upon in most Linux newsgroups.

Paul S
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Hello to all, and really, a lot of thanks to all ahead of time who take the
time with resect to this problem. It is quite the serious one, and I have
no idea how to go about solving it, or even what could be causing it. I'll
try to be very descriptive...for more details just ask:

The Problem: I can't play MP3s clearly on ANY player, including winamp 2,
2.09, 2,9, 3, Windows Media Player, or RealPlayer. As a matter of fact I
get bad quality on avi's as well, divx inclusive. What I mean by clearly is
that if I'm playing a song lets say, the music is loud and clear, but the
singers lyrics can hardly be heard. Basically, the song sounds as if it
were recorded in a church where the echo would drown out any words in the
song, and actually, this echo is there. It sounds really weird, and I must
admit it's very hard to describe.

The System: Pentium 200 Mhz, yes its old, but all worked fine 1 month ago
(I've posted with regards to this problem before, but then when I thought it
wen't away, it's back now...fresh after an all complete system reinstall),
32 megs or RAM. Like I said, it played mp3's fine 1 month ago, and I have a
Pentium 133Mhz with 16 megs or RAM playes MP3s just fine!

Actions taken up to now: as I stated, this problem occured before, and then
went away again. It was suggested by a few that this problem could be
caused by add-ware shipped with kazaa. When the problem again came back (2
days ago), I finally decided to re-format the entire system (fdisk, format
...the whole nine yards), then installed win95 and win 98 (clean and from
scratch). After getting win98 installed on the system, I installed the
basic drivers for sound card, network adapter, video driver, and then tried
winamp. And to my complete surprise, the same thing happens, the song/audio
file, etc.. playes really strange, with a sort of echo in the background
with the lyrics drown out by the instrmentals (almost as if the "lyric
layer" was decreased in volume while the "song layer" was increased in
volume - if that's making any sense). Then I tried Windows Media Player
6.4, and the exact same thing occurs, can't play avi's, mp3... (didn't try
other compressed audio formats). It does play cd's, but that of course is
no surprise as playing cd format cd's isn't all that difficult for a cd-rom.
I should also mention that when I play these songs on any player, my
processor activity does not rise above 5%, thus eliminating the possibility
that the old pentium is having problems keeping up with the decompression.
Also, I was suspecting the sound card, but as already mentioned, I can play
cd's just fine...

Well, that's all I can think of which seems relevent for the time being...
.

Doug

Doug wrote:
> Hello to all, and really, a lot of thanks to all ahead of time who

> time with resect to this problem. It is quite the serious one, and

> no idea how to go about solving it, or even what could be causing

> try to be very descriptive...for more details just ask:
>
> The Problem: I can't play MP3s clearly on ANY player, including

> 2.09, 2,9, 3, Windows Media Player, or RealPlayer. As a matter of

> get bad quality on avi's as well, divx inclusive. What I mean by

> that if I'm playing a song lets say, the music is loud and clear,

> singers lyrics can hardly be heard. Basically, the song sounds as

> were recorded in a church where the echo would drown out any words

> song, and actually, this echo is there. It sounds really weird, and

> admit it's very hard to describe.
>
> The System: Pentium 200 Mhz, yes its old, but all worked fine 1

> (I've posted with regards to this problem before, but then when I

> wen't away, it's back now...fresh after an all complete system

> 32 megs or RAM. Like I said, it played mp3's fine 1 month ago, and

> Pentium 133Mhz with 16 megs or RAM playes MP3s just fine!
>
> Actions taken up to now: as I stated, this problem occured before,

> went away again. It was suggested by a few that this problem could

> caused by add-ware shipped with kazaa. When the problem again came

> days ago), I finally decided to re-format the entire system (fdisk,

> ...the whole nine yards), then installed win95 and win 98 (clean and

> scratch). After getting win98 installed on the system, I installed

> basic drivers for sound card, network adapter, video driver, and

> winamp. And to my complete surprise, the same thing happens, the

> file, etc.. playes really strange, with a sort of echo in the

> with the lyrics drown out by the instrmentals (almost as if the

> layer" was decreased in volume while the "song layer" was increased

> volume - if that's making any sense). Then I tried Windows Media

> 6.4, and the exact same thing occurs, can't play avi's, mp3...

> other compressed audio formats). It does play cd's, but that of

> no surprise as playing cd format cd's isn't all that difficult for a

> I should also mention that when I play these songs on any player, my
> processor activity does not rise above 5%, thus eliminating the

> that the old pentium is having problems keeping up with the

> Also, I was suspecting the sound card, but as already mentioned, I

> cd's just fine...
>
> Well, that's all I can think of which seems relevent for the time

> .
>
> Doug
>
>
Even though you may have revamped everything while you were doing so

DRIVER for your SOUND card may have gone through many incarnatiuon So

you need to know the king of sound card you have AND go to their Web
Site and download any upgrades. Lastly, I know what you had worked
before BUT sound files are huge only visual files (photos) are bigger.
512K is minimal RAM. THe king of CPU ypou have can affect sound (is

part of your motherboard-inregrated-thus no sound cars" Lastly, you

go to Conbtrol Panel and look at ALL your sound control choices-you

check the wroing box and hear weird sounds forever, Goods Luck