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Strida
12-28-03, 02:27 AM
In the 'info' section of Foobar for a variable mp3, it shows the bitrate @ 161, even though I know it goes higher and lower than this number.

Does Foobar just round off and slap the 161 onto the whole song? Or, does it just avg. the number but actually play whatever bitrate it's supposed to be.
Maxvla
12-28-03, 02:47 AM
i would suspect its just an average for the entire song. unlike other players it doesn't update as it plays. its playing the way its supposed to :)
Strida
12-28-03, 05:02 AM
Alright, sounds good. I figured that the almighty god of mp3 players wouldn't do something so drastic as to take the quality down a notch (or many!).
PatrickBateman
12-28-03, 09:51 AM
winamp has settings to display "average bitrate" instead of played.

"Foobar" is the best mp3 player???
I hadn't heard.
Zim2411
12-31-03, 11:16 AM
Winamp displays the current bit rate at that time, but right next to displays the average.

Foobar is the ultimate you say?

I'm sticking with Winamp.
Strida
01-01-04, 01:56 AM
Well it is IMHO one of the better if not best ones.

Once you tweak some of the many, many options they give you, you can get it sounding great.
james.miller
01-01-04, 02:06 PM
foobar is by far the best sounding. It doesnt have the best interface, but the sound is equal to none right now.


By the way, Foobar2000 >> preferances >> Input >> Standard inputs

at the bottom of the menu, you can set it to display the real-time bitrate for VBR files, if you want to:)
Zim2411
01-02-04, 07:45 PM
Originally posted by james.miller
foobar is by far the best sounding. It doesnt have the best interface, but the sound is equal to none right now.

Ack! Interface is terrible! Can something get any worse?!

The audio quality is a tiny tiny tiny bit clearer then Winamp3. But the interface just comepletely ruins it.
Maxvla
01-02-04, 09:58 PM
Originally posted by Zim2411


Ack! Interface is terrible! Can something get any worse?!

The audio quality is a tiny tiny tiny bit clearer then Winamp3. But the interface just comepletely ruins it.
exactly.. except i think the audio is significantly better, not alot but noticeable.

interface is still horrible :o
james.miller
01-03-04, 08:39 AM
bah i couldnt care less lol the sound rocks, and thats all the matters to me:)