Re: [MP3 ENCODER] (Off-topic) Real Audio vs. MP3 on internet hops

[Michael CHENG]

On Sat, 13 May 2000, Bill Eldridge wrote:
> We're trying to figure out why Real Audio signals
> seem to degrade (flanging, smacking, etc.) over
> excessive router hops, while our MP3 streams
> seem to suffer less (until they lose sync & pop
I had the feeling that Real streams try to "correct" for 
lost or late packets.  In early incarnations, I think they just 
repeated packets they already had (which would probably 
give the flanging thing).  Not sure what current implementations do.
Not sure what mp3 stream players do.  They may just hold on the 
last sample and wait for the next packet.

later
mike

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