Streaming MP3s from tape

[M. Osten]

could you add a few details?  did you tar the mp3's to the tape drive?
what kind of tape drive do you have? have any idea what file is the free
amp que? I would like to be able to re-encode all of my mp3 files at a
lower bit rate, and stuff them to tape.  I need the location of the cue
file to make freeamp work with icecast and a cgi request page.

On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Randy Rathbun wrote:

> Well, I have done more experimenting with this. mpg123 really, um, stinks. Ran
> into a small problem with the input buffer not being big enough (it defaults to
> 0, so I bumped it up) but the thing likes to chop off the last few seconds of a
> song. Plus, every time I do anything on the machine the player goes into
> stutter mode. 
> 
> So, I found FreeAmp. Awesome package. I dumped XMMS as soon as I saw it. XMMS
> will not read from a tape at all that I can see. But FreeAmp does - and it does
> not exhibit any of the stuttering/chopping songs off like mpg123. Just do a
> freeamp /dev/tape and it starts running. 
> 
> Anyway, if anyone is looking to play mp3s off a tape drive, those are my
> experiences. 

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Michael Osten