mad-user October 2001

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24bit Output in WinXP on a MX300
by Geoff 17 Jan '02

17 Jan '02

Has anybody gotten this combo to work? I ask because 24bit output works for MX300 (and I assume all Aureal cards), under WinME. Any help would be great Thanks, Geoff

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Audigy
by Matt Makauskas 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

Hello, just a question about the new Creative Audigy cards... are they able to playback the 24-bit audio that MAD produces. I think I'd be be willing to pick one up (the Value OEM is only 110 Canadian $$s) if it could pass the MAD plug-in for WinAMP output out it's SPDIF at 24-bit. thanks, MAtt

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14.1b and streaming
by George Pantazopoulos 28 Oct '01

28 Oct '01

Heya Rob, 14.1b still handles streaming audio (with the usual gaps) even though I have the option unchecked. I have to disable MAD completely to let Nullsoft's streaming support take effect. Btw, I got your postcard, thanks! :) Did my donation have anything to do with the recent flurry of updates? George

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Re: [mad-user] Live! problems with VIA?
by Ian Scott 28 Oct '01

28 Oct '01

At 01:14 PM 10/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I've got a Live! MP3+ on a Via board, and haven't had any problems. Well, >not with audio, anyway. I don't know the model number off the top of my >head, but it's the dual 370 that CompUSA was selling for $100. > >What kind of problems should I be looking for? The big problem is with boards that have VIA VT82686B southbridge chips. The SBLive isn't the nicest card with regards to the PCI bus so VIA enabled some workarounds in their chipset. Unfortunately this workaround causes data corruption with the ATA100 controller. It's best demonstrated by trying to copy a large amount of files (>100MB) between two drives. The latest VIA 4in1 drivers should fix this, but no guarantees of course. >Also, while we're on the subject, what soundcard /would/ pass through >24-bit without dicking with the stream somehow? Anything with the ICEnsemble ICE1712 ENVY24 chip does excellent. This includes the Terratec EWX 24/96 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 that George Pantazopoulos mentioned earlier. M-Audio makes several other boards that have the ICE1712, such as the Delta DiO 2496, Delta 66, etc. Hoontech/STAudio also has a board with this chip called the Soundtrack Audio DSP24 Value. Ian

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Suggestions for MAD plugin
by leolo＠terra.es 28 Oct '01

28 Oct '01

Dear Sir, Will you please add info about where exactly in the file was the MPEG header found? Winamp does this, and it's very nice, because you can easily check which files have id3v2 tags and which ones don't. Also, it's helpful because there are some strange mp3 files which have a RIFF/WAVE header in them, and the MPEG header is usually found in byte 70 or 72 instead of byte 0. And, if you don't mind, it would be great if your plugin had an option to remove that annoying RIFF/WAVE header. Lastly, I'd love another option to remove id3 tags (both version1 and version2) Thanks a million. Best regards.

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Live! problems with VIA?
by Kevin Cody Jr 28 Oct '01

28 Oct '01

On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 mad-user-request(a)lists.mars.org wrote: > Subject: Re: [mad-user] Audigy > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 15:52:43 +1100 > > Problem is, although the card accepts 24-bit in and out it's processed at > 16bit. AFAIK there's no way to bypass this since you're just passing through > data (no need to convert to analogue). Also, you may not be able to get > 24-bit working if you use NT (NT4/2000/XP). > > Otherwise the Audigy is a good buy, particularly as it doesn't have the same > problems with VIA motherboards as the Live does. I've got a Live! MP3+ on a Via board, and haven't had any problems. Well, not with audio, anyway. I don't know the model number off the top of my head, but it's the dual 370 that CompUSA was selling for $100. What kind of problems should I be looking for? Also, while we're on the subject, what soundcard /would/ pass through 24-bit without dicking with the stream somehow? - Kevin Cody Jr

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file length not displayed
by Matthias Pleines 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

hi! has anyone the same effect with winamp mad-plugin v0.14.1b? ...or is it a bug? when starting an mp3-file by doubleclicking on it, so that it will be played immediately after the start of winamp, the file length is not displayed in the playlist. Only when I go into the file info dialog window and exit it, the time is displayed. This effect only occurs on the file that will be played on the start of winamp. Greetings Matthias, Germany --- www.Matthias.Pleines.com

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Stream with a different plugin
by Kenneth Oransky 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

Hi, I want to play local mp3 files with MAD but I want to get streams with Winamp's plugin. I thought the instructions said to uncheck streams in MAD. I did this but I still get streams through MAD. I have removed the default file extensions in Winamp's plugin. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Ken

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MAD 0.14.1b available
by Rob Leslie 23 Oct '01

23 Oct '01

MAD version 0.14.1b is now available. Since the release of 0.14.0b, a number of issues were immediately raised that warrant a new release. Directly from the CHANGES file: - Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest upstream versions. - Enabled libtool versioning rather than release numbering. - Renamed `libid3' to `libid3tag' and enabled installation as a separate library. - Enabled the plug-in for Winamp to use libid3tag. - Fixed a NetBSD compatibility issue in audio_sun. - Fixed a FreeBSD compatibility issue in audio_oss. - Modified the audio_null output module to compute peak amplitude. - Changed the peak amplitude computation to avoid evaluating log10(0). - Improved the documentation in minimad.c. - Several other small fixes. The source code is here: ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/ The plug-in for Winamp is here: http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/mad-plugin/ Cheers, -- Rob Leslie rob(a)mars.org

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MAD 0.14.0b available
by Rob Leslie 19 Oct '01

19 Oct '01

MAD version 0.14.0b is now available. Highlights of this release include: - a new ID3 tag manipulation library implementation - a new dithering algorithm for (hopefully) even better sound quality - keyboard controls for `madplay' (see the man page for details) - a fix for `madplay' segfaults on files that are a multiple of 4K - improved code portability, and new MSVC++ project files - other various small code improvements The new ID3 tag manipulation library is the most significant addition. The library has full support for reading ID3v1, ID3v1.1, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, and ID3v2.4 tags, as well as support for writing ID3v1, ID3v1.1, and ID3v2.4 tags. Currently the only thing to make use of the new library is `madplay' for displaying tag information, however I also intend to use this as the basis for implementing ID3v2 support in the MAD plug-in for Winamp. Yes, it's coming soon! The new dithering algorithm is intended to address the slight audio deficiencies of the old one. It should produce better sound in theory, but your ears are the best judge. Please test it and share your feedback. The source code is here: ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/ The plug-in for Winamp is here: http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/mad-plugin/ Cheers, -- Rob Leslie rob(a)mars.org

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