Re: low bandwidth ogg playing.

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:18:55 +0100, Andy Baxter wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:13:56 -0400, Ben Winslow wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 12:15, Andy Baxter wrote:
>>> Xmms doesn't play ogg files well if they are encoded at low bandwidths.
>>> I've made a test file (short sample of a jimi hendrix tape) which sounds
>>> OK when played through ogg123, but awful when played through xmms.
>>> 
>>> see www.niftybits.ukfsn.org/misc/test-ogg-direct.ogg
>>> 
>>> This has a bitrate of about 12 kbps mono, which is useful for peer to peer
>>> broadcasting where 2 upload streams are needed to keep the stream fanning
>>> out.
>>> 
>>> It plays OK in zinf as well.
>>> 
>>> It was encoded using the following parameters:
>>> 
>>>  oggenc -b 12 -M 18 --managed --resample 11025 --downmix
>>>  Wed-Sep-22-04-0\:1\:45.wav -o test-ogg-direct.ogg
>> 
>> 0.02£ says you're using the ESD output plugin...
>> 
>> (ESD's resampler sucks.  Hard.)
> 
> it's the standard alsa output plugin. The disk writer plugin works OK, so
> it looks like it's more to do with the resampling than the ogg input
> plugin itself. I get the same kind of distortion when I play a 11025 Hz
> wav file.

P.S. i just found out it sounds better using the crossfade output plugin,
and then sending this through the alsa output plugin.