RE: [LI] which sound card?

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

Forget it, your computer is too slow to play MP3's unless you compile
players to use some realtime mode, in which case the rest of your
computer freezes while MP3's are playing.  Tough.

-- Raju

>>>>> "Benny" == Benny Mathew <Benny@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Benny> Hi guys..  I have an Opti 16 bit PCI sound card... which is
    Benny> autodetected by the system...  the sound card works well on
    Benny> .wav, .midi, .mod files.... but when I play MP3 files it is
    Benny> horrible.... it does not play it smoothly... it skips
    Benny> portions of the song...  all I hear is some abrupt
    Benny> sounds...  I feel it is not able to keep up with the
    Benny> speed...  I don't know if it is because of the sound card
    Benny> or because of my system CPU. or the software...

    Benny> I have a 486DX4 100MHz (PCI) 16MB RAM

    Benny> any help on this will be greatly appreciated...
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