Re: [TCLUG:18008] Playing MP3s on old hardware

[Tim Sandquist <tsandqui@yahoo.com>]

You could also try mpg123 --aggressive
it might work.  No guarantees though.

Tim

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Perry Hoekstra wrote:

> Yaron wrote:
> > 
> >   Hi,
> > 
> > Ok, since I now have an AUX input in the acr, I figured I'd try loading up
> > a laptop with MP3s, just to see if it works. And maybe for really long
> > trips. Unfortunetly my laptop's a crappy old P75. I'm not surprised it
> > can't handle MP3s under X, but it can't even handle them without X
> > running.
> > 
> > Anyone know if there's anything I can do to get an old P75 to play MP3s
> > decently? I don't want to reduce the bitrate further. I wouldn't have a
> > problem hacking up this laptop (;
> > 
> 
> Seems to me there was a post long time ago about a person who was
> experimenting with the lowest level of hardware for MP3s.  If memory
> serves, this person stated that the lowest level found is a P90 with
> absolutly nothing else going on.
> 
> -- 
> Perry Hoekstra
> Consultant
> Talent Software Services
> dutchman@mn.uswest.net
> 
> If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is
> no woman around to hear him... is he still wrong?
> 
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