cristian wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am not familiar with sounds format and I have two questions:
>
> 1. I see Afterstep is using au files and KDE wav files. How can I turn
> the Wav files to au files?
>
.au is a more native sound format for linux, as you can do
# cat file.au > /dev/audio
and it works AFAIK. There surely are many programs out there that can
convert between the two, search freshmeat.
> 2. Some of Wav files from KDE are a horror to hear and I think my old
> sound card(compatible SoundblasterPro, it works with the modules
> existing in kernel 2.2.5 from RH6.0) is maybe the problem.
>
Put your card into a windows box and compare, play the wavs on a box
that has an sb live or similar installed and compare. That should give
you hints.
> When I
> wanted to play a mp3 I saw there are files on 128bit or 64bit with 24kHz
> or 48kHz.What is this all about, i understand nothing. What doc should I
<snip>
It's 128_k_bit and that's the bitrate of the MP3 stream, i.e. 128*1024
bits/sec = 16k/sec.
The other one is the sample frequency, i.e. how often the signal was
sampled per unit time.
See the Sound HOWTO and references therein for more.
Marc
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