[Gllug] mp3 encoding from Real Player output

[Stuart Children]

On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 23:19, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Thu 01 Jan, Stuart Children wrote:
> > I have a DXR3 and it works pretty well. I had to play a little to get
> > the module options right initially - there are variations based on
> > models which the module can't work out itself (last time I checked
> > anyway). The only issue I have is that the audio sync tends to go a
> > little which I find annoying. That could be my system though.
> > 
>    If you are referring to lip-sync, much of the time it does not exist,
> especially on news programmes. There are picture delays in many pieces of
> video manipulation kit, while the sound often takes a different route, and
> the audio delay should be adjusted to suit (subject to time and budget
> constraints).
[snip]

I am, but I wasn't referring to just broadcast data. I often get it on
mpeg4-like files, and the delay tends to get worse with time. The main
culprit there is my CPU having to do all the decoding for both the audio
and video in the original file and then send it to the DXR3 as mpeg2; or
the decoder hiccuping a little whilst dealing with a poorly encoded file
(which can be got around to an extent with some frame dropping). I don't
think there's much else you can do is there, because there's no actual
sync information, just two streams of data. I also sometimes experience
it whilst playing DVDs - tho a lot less often.

This happens normally of course, but my experience is that it's more
noticeable [to me on my system] using the DXR3 to a TV than my normal
graphics card to my CRT.

Cheers

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Stuart
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