On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Marius Gedminas <mar...@gedmin.as> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:37:36AM -0800, James Paige wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:31:12AM -0800, B W wrote: > > > I have two songs. One has a bitrate of 48000, the other 44100. If I > allow > > > Pygame (SDL mixer) to use the default frequency, the playback speed > of the > > > songs is distorted. If I explicitly set the mixer frequency to match > a > > > song so it sounds good, the other sounds distorted. > > > > > > Reinitializing the mixer is not a good option. There are other > sounds that > > > need to play, and would be interrupted by a reinit. Resampling the > songs > > > is not ideal, either, as Vorbis is a lossy format and sound quality > is > > > obviously lost in re-sampling. > > Is that a theoretical observation, or can you actually hear the > difference? > > Yes, I can hear the difference, especially in high treble fidelity. Well, it is only one song. I will just exclude it from the pick. Thanks for the replies. Gumm
