I thought that SB128 and 040 can play mp3s!!!

[Framiga]

indeed! the 040@40 Mhz is the bare minimum for MP3 at full quality even if you'l get an expensive MP3 player box only then ;-)

IIRC (when i had a 040@28Mhz) i used the original plain 2.4 mpega.library and Paula (with 14bit driver/calibration). OR when i got the Repulse card, AHI 4.180 because it is the ligher(?) available.

[Framiga]

.If only I could get an idea WHAT is wrong in my system..
..AHI is set correctly (IMHO), I have chosen SB128 HiFi 16 bit stero ++ modes, but I think that bottleneck in my system (beside the CPU) is 4xEIDE disk controller.. simply IDE consumes so much CPU power..

theres nothing wrong with your 040 system!

swift240 was speaking about his Apollo 1240 at 40Mhz... its all another matter with a 040@40Mhz!

You can only play MP3 at 22050 using an original mpega.library 2.4, AHI 4.180 and mpega or an old version of SongPlayer (the latest is more heavy)

Ah... if you use SongPlayer, set a large buffer and DON'T enable the tones (or leave it at 0)

and install asyncio.library, then enable it in SonPlayer prefs.

[Framiga]

@MASACREWILL

i didn't noticed you have a 40 Mhz CPU.

Anyway follow what i wrote about software.