Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 07:08:34 -0800 (PST) From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] echo indigo
--- Stefan Katletz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 09:19:55 +0100 > From: Stefan Katletz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] echo indigo > > John Musielewicz wrote: > > >yes under linux there are more system resources > >availible than under any version of windows. the > >reason is the smaller kernel. > > > > > my 50ct is mostly running linux (debian sarge, > though there is still a > win98se installation lying around). I don't use X > for mp3 playing, just > text console and mp3blaster. But that takes most of > the resources, doing > anything else creates clicks/white noise (even > though I overclocked it > to 100MHz). Enough free memory will only decrease > the frequency data is > read from hard disk. Have you tried madplay or mplayer? madplay is the best player I've used so far for music and mplayer is the best for music videos and movies. I'm using the latest kernel 8.6.7 -- I think... > > >they seem to playback the same under both systems > >though. > > > >digital music does not sound that good no matter > how > >you play it back. > > > > > I can't complain about the quality, if you don't use > the internal > speaker :-). The only problem is the low signal on true:) the internal speaker is nasty. have you tried replacing it with one of those flat panasonics? one of those should fit behind the lcd but the libby amp may not drive it. As far as quality the 16 bit d/a just isn't good enough I find to reproduce sound. not even close to real live sound. even 24 bit is bad but much better. john
