Re: MP3 decoder?

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

In article <19990819044934.23147.00000590@ng-fk1.aol.com>,
supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

> I've done it before.  In fact, I have quite a collection of large audio
> files on my IIGS hard drive.  I use the PC to do the decoding,
> down it to about 22Khz or 44Khz at 8-bit mono (I've done both, but
> the 44Khz convert less because it slows down on my PC since
> I've only got 32MB of RAM and Windows has to generate a huge
> swap file to do the processing).  I then save it as a raw, unsigned
> format sound file onto an MS-DOS Zip disk.  The Ensoniq's
> frequency balance is a little different than my PC's sound card
> and my IIGS speakers are also a little different, so I also use
> the graphic equalizer to adjust before saving to Zip disk.
Ah. This in itself is interesting, but I think I knew of it already...I
was simply curious if someone had actually made the time to write a
utility to convert a MP3 on a IIgs, which to me seems unfeasible and such.
Although I wonder how you would 'down' to 44khz...Are there MP3s out there
in, say, 88khz or something? Heh. I can listen to a gigantic high-quality
16-bit stereo AIFF on this computer with no slowdown at all, and it's a
'getting long in the tooth' centris 610 with 32mb of ram. I'm even
listening to one right now as I type here, download a file with FTP, and
have a big picture file open...guess just goes to show the inefficiency of
windows when compared to the illustrious Mac. :P

> I could send you a sample conversion if you have your own
> ftp space with an incoming folder or I can walk you through
> your own conversions need be.
Nah, it's ok. I know what you mean. I'm happy enough listening to AIFFs on
my mac though, it would be way too much work to get them onto the IIgs
just so I can listen to them through that crummy little speaker. And I
don't feel like dragging the Apple speakers out there.