MASPlayer users wanted

[MozzerFan]

Hi,

I have a MASPlayer pro and tested the new beta-libs.
Unfortanately there's still a bug in it that was already there with the old version. When I'm playing an MP3 with
a sampling-rate lower than 44 Khz (for example a 96 kbit mp3 at 22 Khz) playback is taking place, but I can hear no sound at all. All is well with a 96 kbit at 44 Khz MP3.
It happens with plain MP3's but also when playing shoutcast
streams. I already mailed Paul Quereshi about this, but unfortunatly he no longer has an Amiga with a developer environment. He did say it probably was a timing problem. With normal Mp3's it's not much of a problem, because the mas-player can easily cope with higher bitrates and sampling rates,  but I listen to internet radio quite a lot, so I hope you can look into it.
Thanks anyway for your efforts.

Greetings,
Lloyd

[MozzerFan]

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Hmm, I got a sneaky feeling it's a limitation of the hardware. I remember having the same problem on low rates myself when I first got the MASPlayer, and got in touch with Paul about it, he seemed to think the same too at the time. I'll have a look though and see if there's anything I can do about it.

Thanks for trying it though. I found out that there's no difference on an '040/40, but '020 and '000 should benefit from less CPU use. I'm just looking at trying to stop the playback stuttering when you change volume on 192kbit MP3s.
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Actually I don't think it's a limitation of the hardware,
because masmpeg.device in combination with Amplifier plays
low rates just fine. Anyway thanks for looking into it.

I have a 060/50 myself so I can't really say something usefull on the stuttering when changing volume issue.

Thanks again for updating the software.

Greetings,
Lloyd

[MozzerFan]

Works great here. Like you said, volume changes are a bit slow, but I sure can live with that.
Thanks very very much for this update.

Greetings,
Lloyd