Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 07:20:49 -0800 (PST) From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] echo indigo
--- Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 01:07:05 -0800 (PST) > From: Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] echo indigo > > > --- Stefan Katletz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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). > > That was my experience with Linux... tho' Neil did > get > Mandrake set up on my 50 so that I could play MP3s > in > the iceman X shell relatively well. iceman probably > drew as few resources as I'd guess an X shell can > manage. But the Windows virtual memory managment in > Win98 on the 50 did a better job. Still it was only > incrementally better. I could really only multitask > with simple programs like Notepad and Wordpad > without > the MP3 playback dropping out. why would you use virual memory in linux to play mp3's? what you need to do is make a 4-10 meg ramdisk and play the mp3s off that if you want to use vm. otherwise just reserve enough memory as a cache to play them. make sure you use a player that will do that. the nice thing about linux is memory is properly used so the operating system is not taking it all to run. that means everything runs much faster plus you can run more programs simutaneously than you can under windows. > > > >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 :-). > > I think John is referring to the old school > audiophile > beef with digital\CD\semiconductor audio playback > vs. > analog\vinyl\tube based audio. Right John, or not? close:) but no. I always compare to live. if it don't sound live I don't like it:)!! > > > Therefore I use a little FM radio > > transmitter connected to the headphone jack. > > I had an IRock from Radio Shack that died a while > back. It only broadcast on 4 frequencies at the > bottom of the FM band. There's one out now that > broadcasts across the FM band. Is that what you > have > Stefan? > > > and I can put the libby > > anywhere my little kid can't play with it... > > Heh... never thought of that. Quite the plus! > > Are you, or is anyone else with Linux on their Libby > aware of Windows emulation called WINE? I was > reading > through the Hydrogen forums and found where, while > there is no Linux based version of the excellect > Foobar2000 audio freeware, people have gotten the > Windows based player working on their Linux OS based > systems via WINE. yes -- tried it but couldn't get it to work -- its a toughy to get going. I think my problem is I didn't compile X or WINE properly. But judging from other emulators that run under linux it should be at least as fast as windows if not faster. > > I'd be really interested in hearing whether or not > Linux on any of the Libs could power both WINE and > Foobar2000. what's foobar? > > Here's the main thread on the topic that's been > running for a year and a half over at the Hydrogen > forums: > > http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=6600&hl=wine,and,linux > > Matt > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > > > > >
