On Monday 12 August 2002 08:03 pm, Isaac Curtis wrote: > On Monday 12 August 2002 19:32, you wrote: > > Isaac Curtis writes: > > > Apparently some of the software takes this > > > too seriously, because when I tried using Xmms to play some mp3's, it > > > got a little carried away. It's playing all my songs about 10-20% > > > faster than normal, and I know it's not the files because I can play > > > the exact same ones in Windows without a hitch. Any idea how to reign > > > in my hyperactive software? > > > > Are you reading your mp3's from an NFS-mounted filesystem? I have no idea > > why, but I once had something similar happen and when I copied the files > > locally, it went away. I never did resolve it. Fortunately, I only play > > mp3's from one machine so now they're all local. > > > > -- > > Madness is soil in which creativity grows > > > > - Chris Bielek > > They were originally in /mnt/windows/blahblahblah but I copied them into a > /home/shared/mp3 folder I made. So no, they're neither from the network nor > from a /mnt, but they were originally if that matters. I'm going to take > Derek's advice and try upgrading to see if that helps. While I'm at it, are > there any other, better audio players? What are everyone's favorites? > > PEace, > Isaac I had a similar problem. In my case, the sampling rate for the sound card was set incorrectly. Mine required 48,000 Hz IIRC instead of the default 44,000 Hz. Changing this fixed the speed back to normal. I did this under KDE 2 and I'm now running KDE 3 and I don't remember how or where I changed it.
Linus
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