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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

MPD plays songs faster than it should

MPD sounded like it was playing songs faster than it ought to, so I checked... And lo and behold, it was. What was 4:19 in MPlayer (and sounded normal) was 4:13 in gmpc (and sounded faster than it did with Rhythmbox). Uncommenting the

audio_output_format     "44100:16:2"

line in mpd.conf and restarting MPD did not help. What exactly is going on here?

(Other than this minor problem, I ought to say that MPD is working very well. In fact, it's pretty much the best music player I've ever used.)

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: MPD plays songs faster than it should

read the faq
http://mpd.wikicities.com/wiki/FAQ

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: MPD plays songs faster than it should

D'oh, me = f*ing idiot. :oops:

*RTFM... RTFM... RTFM...*

Edit: Libao has ALSA compiled in, and is version 0.8.6-1. Enabling or disabling audio_output_format makes no difference. MPD is not using up an abnormal percentage of CPU power.

Edit again: Hmm, looks like enabling audio_output_format solved the problem. Weird.

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: MPD plays songs faster than it should

what client are you using with mpd?

in case you havnt found it yet, gmpc is awesome

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: MPD plays songs faster than it should

I'm using gmpc right now... IMO, it's a little better than glurp.