>On Sun, Mar 21, 1999 at 06:37:49PM +0100, Olaf Seibert wrote:
>> On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Laine Stump wrote:
>>
>> > Has anyone been successful at running the RealAudio G2 server FreeBSD
>> > version on NetBSD?
>>
>> Did you notice that there is now also a streaming mp3 protocol? See
>> http://www.shoutcast.com. Mp3 is a publicly-known format, unlike
>> "Real"Audio, and better quality too.
>
>To react like RealAudio does to changing network conditions, I'd think
>it would need to use variable bit rate encoding (and multiple copies
>of the encoded files on the server side?)  VBR isn't part of the MP3
>standard and though it seems Cool I haven't yet found a player that
>handles it without at least occasionally screwing up.  Have you?

MacAMP will play files with differing bit rates.

The MAS3507D I use in my portable MP3 player designs is also compatible.

Grant