The only way I ever got a 486 class PC to play MP3
was to use the AMD 5x86 on a 40Mhz bus so it was
running at 160Mhz. The version of WinAMP available
at the time had an option to cut the playback
quality to 22Khz and downmix stereo to mono. Even
at that it would only play without skipping if
sure if you ran DOSAmp (or damp, xmms, etc) or something, it wouldn't
Gee, could that sentence get more redundant?
Nah, I don't need to proofread. :)
(Yes, I realize the redundancy of this post.)
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SoundApp claims to be able to do it. I've tried it on my 030-040 (upgraded
IIci) but the file won't un-SIT. It's corrupted.
I'll post my results when I get it to unstuff.
-- Deven
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sure if you ran DOSAmp
SoundApp claims to be able to do it. I've tried it on my 030-040 (upgraded
IIci) but the file won't un-SIT. It's corrupted.
I'll post my results when I get it to unstuff.
-- Deven
Forget it. SoundApp doesn't claim to run mp3's on 68k Macs. It isn't
able to do that. It is however able to
Actually, no, SoundApp DOES claim to play Mp3's now on 68k Macs. You must be referring
to an old version.
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So I gave the program a spin on my Q630 that acts as a headless MP3 file
server on my LAN. At first I couldn't get the file to unstuff on the Q630,
probably due to the older stuffit expander on the machine. So I mounted the
Q630 hd on my iMac and unstuffed it on the iMac.
I control the Q630
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From: macdrivers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: play mp3's on 020 or up Macs
So I gave the program a spin on my Q630 that acts as a headless MP3 file
server on my LAN. At first I couldn't
At 07:33 -0400 on 07/09/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
SoundApp claims to be able to do it. I've tried it on my 030-040 (upgraded
No, it doesn't. It can *convert* them, but it can't play them in real-time.
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The FAQ
I forgot to mention that this app also plays MP3's on
an 020 or up. It was written by Mark White and tested
on a SE/30. I have not used it yet. Have fun!
ftp://ftp.jagshouse.com/pub/mpg123mac68k.sit.hqx
JAG
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At 15:41 -0700 on 06/09/01, JAG wrote:
I forgot to mention that this app also plays MP3's on
an 020 or up. It was written by Mark White and tested
on a SE/30. I have not used it yet. Have fun!
As in plays without converting to AIFF *first*? As in decodes on the fly?
p
I guess there's only one way to find out. :-)
Terry
Well, yeah, but most people I've talked to, including a lot of Mac
programming experts with experience in the field, have said the 68040's
FPU
- let alone an FPU-less '020-based Mac - is far too weak to decode MP3s on
the fly, in real
At 20:04 -0400 on 06/09/01, Terry Mathews wrote:
I guess there's only one way to find out. :-)
...and I'm camping for the weekend - or will be tomorrow - so I'm away from
my stash or I'd test it right now...
Who's volunteering? :)
p
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There is just no way an 020 (meaning a Mac II or LC)
is going to play MP3 in realtime. Even if it is
super optimized a IIci with a 50Mhz DayStar 030
is going to struggle.
--- Terry Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If it's a full port of mpg123, it should play any
MP2 or MP3 audio.
Terry
I dunno, there's a chance this will work good. Mpg123 has a patch that makes
it use all integer math. It was developed for the Acorn RISC chips, but
works on all platforms. This is also an open-source program that has been
under constant development for years. I'm not kidding, years. I always
--- Alex Allee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now that I think about it, you can play MP3s on a
486. Not
particularly well, but a 486/100 will do it
real-time.
I've hit a brick wall on the 475. mpg123 crashes out
due to a lack of
FPU (At least that's what it says) and all of my
Quadras
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