Re: [pygame] pygame.mixer.init(frequency=?)

["D. Hartley" <denise.hartley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how can I unsubscribe?

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.
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>> Is that a theoretical observation, or can you actually hear the
>> difference?
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> 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.
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> Gumm
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