At 12:16 23/06/2000 +1200, Ross Levis wrote:
>Mathew Hendry wrote:
>
> > > From: Ross Levis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >
> > > apparently the Windows
> > > ACM doesn't support VBR and I think it was abandoned. I'm
> > > not sure where the
> > > problem is because I'm fairly sure that the Fraunhofer ACM
> > > does play VBR MP3 WAV files.
> >
> > It does, because the *output* is CBR. That's where the limitation lies.
>
>Of course the output will be CBR. As I understand it, all sounds regardless
>of codec are effectively decoded to PCM before being sent to the
>soundcard. So where is the limitation then?
In the output, which must be CBR... ACM can't produce VBR output, so it
can't produce VBR MP3s.
-- Mat.
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