Sound Problems

[Jonathan Hutchins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "frank paxton iii" <ng0n at kc3ol.dynip.com>

> > > Jeremy: My sound skipping occurs only in XMMS...not the CD player or
> > > Real Audio.

When you're playing back MP3's, you have a lot more processing to do.  Even
playing a WAV or other uncompressed file requires more intense processing.
CD playback is essentially a signal passthrough, and RealAudio is optimized
for low data bandwidth, so those aren't as processor intense.