[MP3 ENCODER] soundcards

Hello, not purely mp3, but... I want to buy a soundcard, and am hesitating between the SoundBlaster 128 (~25$) and the SounBlaster 1024 Live (~60$). Main Usage: - playing my mp3 collection (mainly 128kbs quality) on my (very standard) HiFi equipement - converting my old audio tapes to mp3

[MP3 ENCODER] Lame as .acm-codec? (Gaby? Dmitry? Nathan?)

Hi, I don't know how hard it is to get lame converted to a win32 codec, but I think it would have it's uses. Any win32 people wanting to give it a shot? I first was recalcitrant to the idea, but this mail has shown me a different perspective (it's like the 10th I get of these): ZM Hi, ZM ZM

RE: [MP3 ENCODER] soundcards

Pierre I just bought a SoundBlaster 1024 live and compared to my old SoundBlaster 16 ASP I see no advantage for doing what you want unless you intend to listen with a 4 speaker set up (2 rear) I know of no improvement in SNR or distortion. Bill -- From: Pierre

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] soundcards

Hello, not purely mp3, but... I want to buy a soundcard, and am hesitating between the SoundBlaster 128 (~25$) and the SounBlaster 1024 Live (~60$). Main Usage: - playing my mp3 collection (mainly 128kbs quality) on my (very standard) HiFi equipement - converting my old audio tapes

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] soundcards

Does your CD-ROM drive have a digital output? If so, you should get better sound from your CDs... "Otto-JR, William F" wrote: Pierre I just bought a SoundBlaster 1024 live and compared to my old SoundBlaster 16 ASP I see no advantage for doing what you want unless you intend to listen with

[MP3 ENCODER] MP3 Programing question... (1 or 2 m's ?) :)

Hi guys, recently i've been thinking of doing a program that scans a dir, reports the TOTAL time of all mp3 (MM:SS) and writes a file with that info. Only problem is that i can't seem to find any info on this how to read this things out of CBR/VBR files, any1 know where i can get such info ?

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] MP3 Programing question... (1 or 2 m's ?) :)

David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, recently i've been thinking of doing a program that scans a dir, reports the TOTAL time of all mp3 (MM:SS) and writes a file with that info. Only problem is that i can't seem to find any info on this how to read this things out of CBR/VBR files, any1

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] MP3 Programming question...

David [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks, but .. hmm guess i'de have to do some modifications for it to work in win32 Yes, sorry; I prefer to develop under Linux. The code could still be used as a guide. Note that while the code works with any audio layer, maduration.c doesn't support MPEG

[MP3 ENCODER] MAD and Napster clients

Rob Leslie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: A more complete implementation can be found in the MAD distribution: http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/ Ooooh! I like! :-D In fact, I just hacked up TekNap (a curses-based Napster client clone, see http://www.teknap.com/) to use this for

[MP3 ENCODER] Off Topic Advice Please

Which encoding engines are being used in MusicMatch and Realaudio Jukebox? I seem to remember some discussion here about the Fraunhoffer encoder in MusicMatch being crippled (not bitrate limited but missing some "features"). Which program has the better encoder? Can either one use LAME as an