Hi Buddy - I guess I will have to take another look at doing more with mpg123. BTW - Do you know what is meant by a "frame" in an mp3 file? I was looking at the switches -k and -n, which can skip and play a specified number of "frames" - but I am not sure what a "frame" is! Chuck. On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Actually, it's a fairly simple problem to fix--playing a .pls file. All it > is (if you've looked at one) is a textfile that goes something like this: > > [Playlist] > Numberofentries=1 > file=http://host.domain:port > > That's it, really. So if you want to play a stream in mpg123, just edit > out everything except the URL and invoke mpg123 as > > mpg123 -@ filename > > Works fine like that. Of course, if you *can* use freeamp, it's easier and > you can just play the pls files, and you can fast-foward and rewind > .mp3's, but it does take a bit longer to load...not much, mind you, but a > bit longer. > > > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV | And if the ground yawned, > Email: davros at ycardz.com | I'd step to the side and say, > Phone: (972) 276-6360 | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" > Voice mail: (877) 791-5298 | --Eddie From Ohio > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh Those who do things in a noble spirit of self-sacrifice are to be avoided at all costs. -- N. Alexander.
