How to play new flavor of mp3 files

[Mike Meyer]

In <20030411182758.E99993 at carver.gumbysoft.com>, Doug White <dwhite at gumbysoft.com> typed:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Mike Meyer wrote:
> 
> > I've recently started seeing mp3 files that neither mpg123 nor
> > plaympeg can deal with. I find this rather annoying, and would like to
> > know if there's something I can use to play them. All my examples are
> > rather large, so I won't attach one here. But file identifies them as:
> > "MP3,  32 kBits, 44.1 kHz, Stereo". Playing them with mpg123 results
> > in errors about not being able to rewind the stream; playing them with
> > plaympeg results in a random collection of clicks.
> Yeah, this is the hallmark of VBR coded MP3s. mpg123 won't play them but
> xmms, and even the old xaudio tools, can play them.

xmms didn't play the one I tried it on. Where do I find "the old
xaudio tools"?

	<mike
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