[PD] Tuning mp3cast~

Richard Lewis richardlewis at fastmail.co.uk
Mon Apr 2 16:52:04 CEST 2007


Hello PDers,

I've just taken receipt of a dedicated Debian server on which I intend to run 
an application which uses PD with mp3cast~. I've just managed to transfer the 
application from my laptop to the new server and get it working (or at least 
the PD/Icecast bit anyway).

When I point my MP3 streamer (mplayer) to the stream, however, I get very 
intermittent playback and its status line looks a bit like this:

A:  22.7 (22.6) of 0.0 (unknown) 1273.2% 0%

Is that huge percentage a buffer?

I get the impression that it can't get the data quickly enough from the server 
in order to give smooth, continuous playback. Does that sound likely? And is 
it likely to be the speed of the connection? Running over my LAN in testing 
the playback had a 1-2 second delay, but was smooth.

Could reducing the various rates at which mp3cast~ works make a difference? 
And, if so, which rates and to what levels would make a difference. At the 
moment I have:

sample rate: 44100
bitrate: 128
mode: 1 (joint stereo; the input is stereo)
quality: 4

I'm not really all that knowledgable on what values are valid or extreme for 
these properties.

Any advice would be very welcome!

Cheers,
Richard
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