Posted by adham on 08/14/07 03:11

On Aug 13, 8:00 pm, Charles Russell <SPAMworFREE...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
> adham wrote:
> > The mp3 files that seem to work, are the ones with high bitrates, but
> > the one that doesnt has a bitrate of 8 kbps.
>
> > All are mpeg layer 3 files, so i dont think its a question of having a
> > different layer.
>
> > On Window media player, the file plays but will play very fast, and on
> > my mp3 player, all i hear is some sort of static.
>
> What player are you using, and what is the sample rate of your files?
>
> Some players won't handle sample rates lower than 16 kHz. This is a
> dilemma for me, since I have speech files that I would like to compress
> as much as possible, but then I may not be able to listen to them on a
> cheap flash-memory player. Finding a suitable player is complicated by
> the fact that specifications for the players do not seem to be available
> even on the manufacturers' web sites.
>
> On the other hand, I can play bitrate 8kbps, sample rate 8kHz on Windows
> Media Player, with low sound quality (like telephone) but otherwise OK.
> If WMP won't work for you, maybe there is something wrong with your files.

well i use the normal windows media player, and i also have another
media player that came with the ffdshow decoder, or whatever its
called, and that seems to play it perfectly.

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