On Monday 09 May 2005 19:43, Dave Phillips wrote: > James Stone wrote: > >On Mon, 09 May 2005 17:08:02 -0400, M P Smoak wrote: <snip> > >>Who's problem is it; theirs or Alsaplayers? > >> > >>Marv > > > >Dunno.. sounds fine to me. > > > >The changing bitrate is normal for ogg streams AFAIK. > > MP3 and OGG files can be encoded using what is called a > variable bit rate (VBR), which is why you see the fluctuating > values. > > Best, > > dp Well, it's working here now. Still wonder where the distortion crept in. But would bet it was at the streamer. This was the first time I ever heard a distorted steam and was ugly. Marv