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d0pefish · 03-24-06, 11:57 PM

I agree that MP3 decoder quality can vary sometimes. I too read about the TCPMP crowd going for speed over anything, so yes, they may be trading off a little quality for speed and lightweightedness.

Then again, bear in mind that at the moment, TCPMP seems more video oriented than audio; although it can play some audio formats that other players cannot (MusePack - one of my favorite formats). Maybe any quality/speed changes could be made into options...? :)

I'd guess and hope that GSPlayer's shouldn't be making any of those tradeoffs; either way it sounds pretty good to me and doesn't seem to use any more or less CPU time / battery than it should be. I don't think any differences in MP3 decoder quality between the likes of PocketMusic, Pocket Player and GSPlayer would be noticable at all - if there were any, they'd be really superficial unless they had some kind of deliberate low quality mode or something.

In any case, if I wanted quality but keeping thing file size down, I'd be using something like Vorbis and not MP3. Nowadays, MP3 quality is starting to look quite poor compared to newer codecs; aacPlus is fantastic for really low bitrates if you're tight on space. :)

With regards to iPlay, I'm honestly really happy for you that you are having a good experience with iPlay and the author, and that you're happy with the program. But to all those who can't reach his website and can't get a response out of him, it's kinda bad and off-putting, not to mention downright frustrating. It wasn't so much him not listening to requests for features, but more like not listening at all.

His product would be wayyyy more popular and successful if he'd come forward and mingle with his (potential) customers a bit more. People can't even try the demo because of this long-term problem with his site. It doesn't make sense...

@dvard:
Unfortunately GSPlayer doesn't have gapless. I hope the author updates it some time to add it in, or at least add CUEsheet support which would be better than nothing. GSPlayer is open source; maybe someone could work on it? :)

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d0pefish Aximsite Minor League Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England Posts: 209 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I agree that MP3 decoder quality can vary sometimes. I too read about the TCPMP crowd going for speed over anything, so yes, they may be trading off a little quality for speed and lightweightedness. Then again, bear in mind that at the moment, TCPMP seems more video oriented than audio; although it can play some audio formats that other players cannot (MusePack - one of my favorite formats). Maybe any quality/speed changes could be made into options...? :) I'd guess and hope that GSPlayer's shouldn't be making any of those tradeoffs; either way it sounds pretty good to me and doesn't seem to use any more or less CPU time / battery than it should be. I don't think any differences in MP3 decoder quality between the likes of PocketMusic, Pocket Player and GSPlayer would be noticable at all - if there were any, they'd be really superficial unless they had some kind of deliberate low quality mode or something. In any case, if I wanted quality but keeping thing file size down, I'd be using something like Vorbis and not MP3. Nowadays, MP3 quality is starting to look quite poor compared to newer codecs; aacPlus is fantastic for really low bitrates if you're tight on space. :) With regards to iPlay, I'm honestly really happy for you that you are having a good experience with iPlay and the author, and that you're happy with the program. But to all those who can't reach his website and can't get a response out of him, it's kinda bad and off-putting, not to mention downright frustrating. It wasn't so much him not listening to requests for features, but more like not listening at all. His product would be wayyyy more popular and successful if he'd come forward and mingle with his (potential) customers a bit more. People can't even try the demo because of this long-term problem with his site. It doesn't make sense... @dvard: Unfortunately GSPlayer doesn't have gapless. I hope the author updates it some time to add it in, or at least add CUEsheet support which would be better than nothing. GSPlayer is open source; maybe someone could work on it? :) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. - the Smartphone and Pocket PC Wiki Project! Feel free to come and help! :approve: