Audio plays too fast

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  bohsnews · Member · Mar 4, 2007 at 9:22 pm

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  Hi there,
  I’m using the new audio player in this post: http://bohsnews.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/hidden-dublin-on-phibsborough-and-dalymount/
  The sound is played too fast, although there don’t seem to be any variables to play with in the player. The audio plays at normal speed in a standalone player like Windows Media Player.
  Any ideas?

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  trent · Member · Mar 4, 2007 at 9:28 pm

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  It will have to be the ‘chipmunk’ syndrome of certain audio compressions in flash players (like the one we have). I found this on the net for you:

  Flash player only work well with 22,050 samples per second, and 44,100 samples per second.

  The only thing you can try is re-recording the audio in a different sampling rate or use a higher compression. That might help it out. I have seen this before with the Wimpy MP3 player I used to use.

  Trent

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  bohsnews · Member · Mar 4, 2007 at 9:30 pm

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  Thanks! I’ll see if I can change the rate.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 5, 2007 at 12:30 am

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  A lot of the older MP3s out there are at a different encoding and have to be changed. I’ve had little success with that and generally find it easier to use a newer one, but if you find a program that can do it reliably, please pass it along. You’re not the only one who’s interested.

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  bohsnews · Member · Mar 5, 2007 at 4:16 pm

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  http://media-convert.com/
  I tried using this site to convert the file, using default settings. But I’m still getting the chipmunk effect in the WP player. I also tried using MediaCoder, but with the same outcome.
  Can anyone specify a suitable setting so as to take the trial and error out of this?

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  dennythegreat · Member · Jul 28, 2007 at 4:28 pm

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  I’m having the same problem. I tried using Audacity to re-encode my very small mp3 at 44.1 but the same chipmunk problem happens.

  Don’t suppose there is any alternative to the audio player? Someone similar perhaps. I do love the simplicity and sleekness of it, i would hate to revert to direct linking just for a little sample etc.

  Thanks in advance

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 29, 2007 at 10:42 pm

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  Yes, alternatives exist that are approved on WP.com, but they’re all vulnerable to the Chipmunk effect.

  FAQ

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  thecompusmith · Member · Aug 15, 2007 at 3:00 pm

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  I have the same issue.

  When I use audacity to encode at 48K it seems to work okay, but I really hate the way it sounds. I have tried using a direct link, which still displays a player box when you hover over the link and it has the same problem. You can right click and save target as and that works, but what a pain for my listeners. I don’t want to have to explain it to them. I like WordPress a lot, but the audio is really bad at the rate that works here :(

  Thanks

  Jeff

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  mirekszmajda · Member · Oct 18, 2007 at 4:55 pm

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  This is the answer: http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/chipmunk.html