On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 04:31:39 +0900 micro-people <imuzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > excuse me but still cannot solve this problem > can someone give me a hint? > > the problem is this > > all the .mp3 files created @ MacOS9 > becomes half the speed when played by > mpg123 @ slackware > > things are the same with > .wav files played by doing > play made@xxxxxxx > > my > GatewaySOLO(PentiumMMX150Mhz+48MB-RAM) has > ESS's ES1888 on it > and recently started making sounds > via > modprobe sb > > files recorded with > rec newthingviamic.au > plays ok > even though the quality of it is no good > > am a prompt mode only csounder > and wanna keep the machine that way > but > if i switch to mandrake > will this aspect be easily solved? This is a guess and may be wholly wrong. It sounds to me as if your Mac is writing a stereo mp3, but flagging it as mono (possibly failing to insert a flag), and then your Linux box is playing it back as a mono file so each frame becomes 2 hence it goes half speed. James -- James Tappin, O__ "I forget the punishment for using james@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- \/` Microsoft --- Something lingering http://www.tappin.me.uk/ with data loss in it I fancy"