How to play new flavor of mp3 files

[Mike Meyer]

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In <20030411144310.A8270 at lns.com>, Tim Pozar <pozar at lns.com> typed:
> 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.
> Are these variable bitrate files?  Can they be played under XMMS?
> Can you put the file up someplace to be downloaded to inspect it?

xmms starts on it, then exits without ever making a sound.

You can find a copy at <URL: http://www.mired.org/broken.mp3 >.

	<mike
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