How to play new flavor of mp3 files

[Tim Pozar]

Are these variable bitrate files?  Can they be played under XMMS?
Can you put the file up someplace to be downloaded to inspect it?

Tim

On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 03:04:40PM -0500, 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.
>
> Anyone know what they are and what I can use to play them, and
> hopefully translate them to other formats?
>
>       Thanks,
>       <mike

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