Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 23:56:13 CDT From: Nick Dalzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: "MP3's" on 386DX/33 8MB or RAM! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
Hi! I have succesfully succeeded in playing MP3's on an old Gateway 386 that I just picked up! Here's how I did it (these steps are slow if you don't have a LAN, so I'll describe both methods): Without a LAN: * Download "UltraPlayer" for Windows at MP3.COM * Download your favorite MP3 File * Launch UltraPlayer and open the MP3--Don't panic if it doesn't play, it isn't at this point! It will appear in your "Playlist." * Right-Click on the song, and click "Save as WAV File" (this is where a good hard drive comes in! It will take up approx. 40.1MB of SPACE!) * The process will begin--if you have a LAN with a fast server, it is better to download and launch UltraPlayer's WAV file conversion on this computer and play it on the 386! Why? It will take a WHOLE DAY to complete on a 386 stand-alone! (but it will be well worth your while to actually play it on the 386 later!) * After the conversion is complete, CLOSE UltraPlayer, and launch "Media Player." Play the FILE!! YAY! But it might cut out for a nanosecond every minute, but hey! Your playing an MP3 on a 386! With a LAN (Peer to Peer): * Download and begin the above steps on converting the file on the SERVER. * Launch "Windows Explorer" on the 386 Client. * Copy the WAV file from the Server to the 386 Client. * Run "Media Player" on the 386 Client. Play the file! This works depending on the amount of RAM you have, the CLOCK SPEED of the processor, and other circumstances, but it worked for me! You can also try this on 486's as well, without the "skip" problem! But anyone who has a 386 is welcome to try it out! _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 09:30:15 +0200 From: Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: "MP3's" on 386DX/33 8MB or RAM! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Decompressing the MP3 file to WAV before playing.. Isnt that "cheating"? :) Or Botton [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Truth is stranger then fiction, since fiction has to make sense." ----------------------------- http://members.xoom.com/dsdp/ Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 01:27:00 -0600 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: "MP3's" on 386DX/33 8MB or RAM! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 09:30 AM 9/17/00 +0200, you wrote: >Decompressing the MP3 file to WAV before playing.. >Isnt that "cheating"? :) > > Or Botton > at that level of survpc you gotta cheat! anyway, if someone really only had a 386, they could now listen if it was very important bye,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(\ Yolanda ,,,A+,,,,,,\\_/(\ UIN 4898262,,,,,,,,,Q Q \) rockettalk 383426 =(_T_)= http://members.home.net/pippi5 http://members.home.net/villasubrosa/garden "The foot is the end organ of the lower extremity." Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 20:45:02 +0200 From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: MP3 Players for DOS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Ron wrote: >Pretty sure he has all these progs listed. :) > > I have the original .ZIPs/.EXEs for - >DOS: DosAmp, Damp, MPX and FreeCDP >Win3.x WinPlay3 There's also these for DOS: SetEdit (an editor with built in MP3 player), OpenCP IIRC these are some of the addreses: DOSAMP: http://www.nullsoft.com/dosamp.zip DAMP: http://www.damp-mp3.co.uk/ OpenCP: http://www.cubic.org/ (new version out not that long ago - 2.60pre4) However since WinPlay was made by the people that more or less invented MP3s I really think it's the fastest one. I still can't understand why some of you needed to lower the quality when using it. Another important thing I remember is that you should try and get files with 112 as bitrate instead of 128 (112 is the default IIRC from L3Enc until you register - made by the same people). There was a noticably ability in running other programs (mostly Netscape 3.x) at the same time as I played MP3s. However I never experienced any problems (although I only had files up to 192 at the time) if all the computer was doing was playing a MP3. A friend suggested that it might be the cache that differs - I had 128KB on mine, and I remember my SX-25 with that ammount was much faster when playing games then a friends (8KB IIRC). Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 20:46:00 +0200 From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: "MP3's" on 386DX/33 8MB or RAM! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Or wrote: >Decompressing the MP3 file to WAV before playing.. >Isnt that "cheating"? :) Yes it is, especially when using a Windows program to do it. I suggest you use L3dec instead if this is what you want to do. //Bernie http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ... 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