04-11-2015, 02:38 PM
Solved the mystery of the music playing as if its in fast forward.
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/index.htm
Downloaded GSpot that allows you to view Codec information for a particular MP3 file.
I viewed all of the files that played in fast forward, and all of them had one thing in
common, it appears to be compressed as 22050hz instead of 44100hz which is what
the player is streaming at.
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Also ... I suspect that although the player is capable of playing/streaming .WAV files,
i think they might be responsible for certain website players stalling out.
So I'm going to see about converting some of the Wavs to mp3 and see if that
resolves that issue.
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On another note, i discovered you can change buffer settings for your player.
Winamp -> Options -> Preferences -> Plug-ins -> Output -> Nullsoft DirectSound Output v2.64 (double-click) -> Buffering
the lower the buffering, the faster it will queue the next song as soon as you change it.
the higher the buffering, will create a longer delay in song queuing, but is less likely to
create stuttering if your connection were to slow down or drop out.
Also there is a tab to change fading options before/after your songs.
I did have "Nullsoft WaveOut Output" selected, and this created a lot of stuttering
and Left / Right channel spiking. Switching to NullSoft DirectSound resolved this.
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/index.htm
Downloaded GSpot that allows you to view Codec information for a particular MP3 file.
I viewed all of the files that played in fast forward, and all of them had one thing in
common, it appears to be compressed as 22050hz instead of 44100hz which is what
the player is streaming at.
- - -
Also ... I suspect that although the player is capable of playing/streaming .WAV files,
i think they might be responsible for certain website players stalling out.
So I'm going to see about converting some of the Wavs to mp3 and see if that
resolves that issue.
- - -
On another note, i discovered you can change buffer settings for your player.
Winamp -> Options -> Preferences -> Plug-ins -> Output -> Nullsoft DirectSound Output v2.64 (double-click) -> Buffering
the lower the buffering, the faster it will queue the next song as soon as you change it.
the higher the buffering, will create a longer delay in song queuing, but is less likely to
create stuttering if your connection were to slow down or drop out.
Also there is a tab to change fading options before/after your songs.
I did have "Nullsoft WaveOut Output" selected, and this created a lot of stuttering
and Left / Right channel spiking. Switching to NullSoft DirectSound resolved this.
