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Looks like I might just have a new mod on the way! Biggrin Somebody is selling me a STB case with PSU, a LC II mobo and a HD, soon to be built into an MP3 player for my living room. I think this one might just work. Acute

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wut about the processor???

The LCII as a 68k processor It wont play MP#'s (trust me I have tried) I am using a 5500 with a 603e processor for my mp3 server and it works fine yuo also might wana check this link

http://www.macworld.com/2001/08/bc/howtojukebox/

it has basic info

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Not quite right

68ks can play MP3s, just not well. Its mainly a software issue and MPEGDec is the only 68k MP3 player out there. All of the other MP3 players I've run across are PPC only.

http://members.aol.com/xanathus/mpegdec/about.htm

You need alot of RAM and dedicate all of its power to playing MP3s but it can be done. For any reasonable playback tho' you need a PPC 601 for a dedicated setup and preferably a 603.

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You changed the signature len

You changed the signature length limit. Now it don't fit.Yeah. PPC works better with MP3's.

I had MP3's playing perfectly on my 8100. If it weren't for the small HD and she fact that the only MP3 software that works on an 8100 didn't have a lot of features, it would be a perfect MP3 machine.

Oh well.

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On hold.....

Looks like I've got it on hold again. My 6400 should work well though. Not quite sure if it's even worth it though. Also, a complaint about this new software, I'd really appreicate if there was a meter to show how much of an active member I am. It would seriously save me from having people who haven't the experience with dealing with LCs playing MP3s from telling me off (Not that that wasn't a good comment, it's just I knew that it would be tough, and I read Macworld, or at least did when that article was out.)

Bullets should cost $5000 because then there would be no innocent bystanders.
"That dude got shot!" "Damn he deserved it if the shooter was willing to pay $5000!!"

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it will work (in theorey :mac

it will work (in theorey :macos:) but the quality will be really bad
believe me, i use my old 520 for MP3 playing sometimes, and it's ok, BTW i use mp3dec (or whatever it's called)

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