On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:18 PM, B W <
stabbingfinger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Marius Gedminas <
marius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:37:36AM -0800, James Paige wrote:
>> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:31:12AM -0800, B W wrote:
>> > > I have two songs. One has a bitrate of 48000, the other 44100. If I
>> > > allow
>> > > Pygame (SDL mixer) to use the default frequency, the playback speed
>> > > of the
>> > > songs is distorted. If I explicitly set the mixer frequency to
>> > > match a
>> > > song so it sounds good, the other sounds distorted.
>> > >
>> > > Reinitializing the mixer is not a good option. There are other
>> > > sounds that
>> > > need to play, and would be interrupted by a reinit. Resampling the
>> > > songs
>> > > is not ideal, either, as Vorbis is a lossy format and sound quality
>> > > is
>> > > obviously lost in re-sampling.
>>
>> Is that a theoretical observation, or can you actually hear the
>> difference?
>>
> Yes, I can hear the difference, especially in high treble fidelity.
>
> Well, it is only one song. I will just exclude it from the pick. Thanks for
> the replies.
>
> Gumm
>