Re: MP3's and CDJ

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1) I too have noticed that the last .5 - 1 sec gets cut off. It is not an MP3 thing because my MP3s play fine to the end in Winamp.
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I'm checking into it. It may be the decoder itself, in which case I'm SOL. Could you send me a MP3 which is clearly cut off? Most of mine seem to fade to zero first and so I don't see any problem. I'm not trying to start a MP3 trading ring or anything.... :)

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2) Along a second note. I always record my MP3s in 256kb/s because the higher quality is noticeable with a good stereo. However, CDJ reports these files as having enormously long playing times (on the order of 1K to 2K minutes).
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Send me the file...

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3) I would resubmit the request to be able to group the MP3s into albums. It would make the library list a _lot_ cleaner.
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That's the plan - we'll see how quickly I can get to it.

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4) From time to time CDJ will start playing both a normal CD from our player and an MP3 at the same time. While this "Feature" can have rather cool effects(we almost like it), I figured I aught to mention it. I can try and get a log file, but it doesn't happen with much frequency.
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Could you tell me what the situation is? Are you playing a CD and the MP3 is next and it happens, or what is the case?

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5) From time to time CDJ will just hang trying to play an MP3. I actually suspect that something funny is happening with our sound card drivers. I just figured I'd mention it to see if anyone else was having the problem. BTW, along these lines. It would help, Colby, if you were to release and reopen the sound card each time you want to play a new MP3. I believe right now if CDJ is running, it has control over the card.
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This is driver dependent. In my case I can have multiple sound streams going due to WSS / DSOUND driver support. I'm going to make a change to the player so that it will release the output device when it's not playing, which should help you out.

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6) As of yet I have not noticed any event for an MP3 playing (you have events for each CD player that might be playing). While we don't use this functionality yet, I could see a need to be able to switch a mixer or something for when the MP3 is playing. Just a suggestion.
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