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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Skeptikus on January 23, 2004, 06:02:47 pm
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JimH wrote:
Can you start a thread on this? I don't think this is a bug.
Situation is that a RealOne and Nero, just two examples, play VBR 192 - The album is Quantic, The 5th Exotic - without a glitch.
MC (version 8, 9, 10) does not, i.e. the beats sound like on the verge of a heart attack (sorry for this metaphor).
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What format? Where did the files come from? What software was used to encode the files?
VBR 192
Not sure what you mean by this. Generally a file is either VBR or it is CBR (constant bitrate), like 192kbps. 80-90% of my library is VBR files in various formats and I have no problems playing them in MC10.
Rob
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I used RealOne.
VBR 192 means ~192: Real calls this average Bitrate.
(Usually I use Real for mp3 encodings, MC for ogg.)
I "saved the tracks" (Real) from my CD to PC with Real's VBR ~192.
Uploading the file (5MB) to this forum would probably be against forum rules, let alone, hm, illegal?
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Real calls this average Bitrate.
Oh. That's what I thought everyone called it (ABR for short). That's why I was confused when you said VBR.
Anyway, did you disable Real's drm/copy protection (assuming it has an option to disable it) when you ripped the tracks? I suppose there might be a possibility that it could cause playback problems.
Rob
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Anyway, did you disable Real's drm/copy protection (assuming it has an option to disable it) when you ripped the tracks? I suppose there might be a possibility that it could cause playback problems.
The CD was/is not protected, I can play the file on my mobile phone, so I assume no drm/cp.
I'm gonna rip it again, with MC and with Real, and check.
Thanks
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I'm gonna rip it again, with MC and with Real, and check.
I ripped it again. (BTW MC plays the CD correctly).
Ripper: Real,
VBR/ABR 192 and 160
Real, Nero play them ok, MC doesn't, at both rates
mp3utility detects a sync error in the 192, but not the 160, anyway
since MC stumbles irrespective of the rate I don't know what
to make of that.
Ripper: MC
VBR high
MC plays it fine, Real, Nero too.
But now the strange bit. As a baseline I ripped at constant BR 192 and 160 respectively, no errors according to mp3util. SAME results, i.e. MC stumbles, the other players don't (2 on my PC, 2 on my phone).
Is it time to give up?
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The CD was/is not protected
I wasn't talking about copy protection on the cd. Real maybe/probably has an option to enable/disable copy protection that is added during encoding. However, it sounds like this probably isn't the problem.
Try posting your system info (Help/System Info), maybe someone will see something there that could be causing problems for you.
Rob
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That sounds like a non-standard format. Can you play the files with any other player?
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That sounds like a non-standard format. Can you play the files with any other player?
Yes: realOne, Windows Media Player, Nero Media, Nero Wave editor, Foobar2000, Unrealplayer (UIQ).
For what it's worth, my system information:
Media Center Registered 10.0.43 -- C:\Programme\Media\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1773 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 639 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1276 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)
Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:Normal CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive E: Copy mode:Normal CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive D: PHILIPS DVD+RW-D01 Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:12 MaxSpeed:12 BurnProof:No
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: No / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None