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this plug-in is a replacement for the default mpeg audio decoder that
comes with winamp. mad is a high-quality mpeg audio decoder with support
for output resolutions from 8 to 32 bits.
for more information about mad and the mad plug-in, please visit:
http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/mad-plugin/
license
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http://www.mars.org/home/rob/misc/gpl2.html
the source code for this plug-in is available from the same place you
obtained this plug-in. if you choose to redistribute this plug-in, you
must accompany it with the complete source code or an offer to obtain the
source in accordance with section 3 of the gpl.
recommendations
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in order to get the most from this plug-in, it is recommended that you
have a high-quality audio setup, including a nice sound card and good
speakers. you can still benefit from mad's high quality dithered output
with any sound card, but to best enjoy the fine detail in the sound mad
produces, a high-end sound card with a 24-bit dac is recommended.
configuration
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1. start winamp.
3. disable the nullsoft mpeg audio decoder plug-in by deleting the file
association extension list (version 2.7), unchecking the "use for mp1,
mp2, and mp3 files" option (version 2.666), or unchecking the "layer
iii", "layer ii", and "layer i" options (version 2.33 or 2.34) in its
configuration.
alternatively, you could move the file in_mp3.dll out of your winamp
plugins directory (usually c:\program files\winamp\plugins) and restart
winamp.
4. play mp3, mp2, or mp1 files and enjoy high quality sound.
a. the most likely cause for this is that the files were encoded with crc
protection, but the checksums are wrong. some early encoders were known
to create such files. mad has to assume the crcs are valid, so it
thinks every frame in the file is corrupt, and plays silence instead.
if you open the file info dialog and view the "statistics" tab, you
will probably see the number of crc errors accumulating at the same
rate as the number of decoded frames.
you will have to fix these files before mad will play them.
a. this version of the mad plug-in has the ability to attenuate (weaken)
the digital signal reproduced from the mpeg audio data, so that it does
not experience distortion from clipping. clipping occurs when the
signal is so strong that it exceeds the maximum representable
amplitude, known as "full scale."
you can attenuate the signal manually from the file info dialog, or you
can have the signal attenuated automatically whenever clipping
occurs. if you choose to attenuate automatically, you can further
control how aggressively the signal is attenuated. the default setting
should be appropriate for most circumstances, but you can adjust it in
case the signal is attenuated too abruptly or not quickly enough.
changes
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known issues
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acknowledgments
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the author would like to thank the following individuals for their
support, suggestions, beta testing, debugging, and indeed for proposing
the idea to write this plug-in in the first place:
kaiwei
david shin
matt parnell
john stewart
feedback
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