Re: audio on Linux?

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: Greg Varga <http://www.graham.com/~gav>
 > Date: Fri  Jul 17, 11:55am
 >
 > Robert,
 > 
 > The GTS MediaClient is apparently loading properly and attempting to
 > play audio without exception.
 > 
 >   - Do you hear *any* audio?

Not from your Java applet, no.

 >   - Do you have a sound card/speakers?  (I have to ask :-)

Yes.  I regularly use RealAudio.  Works like a charm.  (I am behind an IP
masquerading firewall.  I had to add an ip_masq module on the firewall so
that the RealAudio Player works properly.)

 >   - Do you know if Navigator 4.05 for Linux has a Java
 >     Just-In-Compiler?

I'm pretty sure it does not.

 > Our engineering department has Navigator 4.03 for Linux and it does
 > *not* have a JIT.  The implication of this is that without a JIT, the
 > JVM's performance is limited, and without the speed of a JIT the Java
 > MediaClient cannot decode a compressed audio stream.  Therefore, if
 > your connection is lower than 64Kbps (the mu-law audio bitrate), your
 > audio will sound "choppy" as the "wider" audio stream attempts to fit
 > through the "narrow" pipe.  However, if you have a higher connection
 > speed, with or without a JIT, you should hear KFJC.

I'm on a T1.

 > -Greg
 > 
 > robert writes:
 >  > http://audio.kfjc.org/graham.html
 >  > 
 >  > Netscape Communications Corporation -- Java 1.1.2
 >  > Type '?' for options.
 >  > Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, Graham Technology Solutions, Inc.
 >  > All Rights Reserved.
 >  > $Id: MediaClient.java,v 1.9 1998/01/23 01:32:52 gav Exp $
 >  > GTS MediaClient Activated.
 >  > Reading ad source... 
 >  > Initializing audio stream... 
 >  > JIT not detected.
 >  > Waiting for audio data...
 >  > Playing 64Kbps audio stream.
 > 
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