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How come in some MP3's the bitrate fluctuate as reported in Winamp but not WMP?

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psteng19

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When I play a certain music file in Winamp 5.0x (I believe it's an MP3 but Windows reports it as "Winamp media file", the bitrate will fluctuate. It goes from 128 -> 320 -> 192, etc. randomly.

When I play the same file in WMP10, it stays at 192 kbps.

It only happens on some MP3's and not all.
 
You are referring to VBR (Variable Bit Rate). Personally, I find it annoying to see the bitrate changing so frequently, it's really quite pointless
 
Those MP3s are variable bit rate. They increase the bitrate as needed in the song. Window's Media Player doesn't correctly display the bitrate for some reason.
 
WMP simply isn't displaying the fluctuations. Try a better player such as foobar2k, where you can choose whether or not to see fluctuations and if so, the refresh rate. I'm with jfall, I prefer not to see it changing - the point isn't to have a changing number on your screen, but rather better-sounding music 🙂
 
Yeah I don't like to see it fluctuate either but who listens to music just staring at their media player?

Oh, and WMP is garbage... I put Winamp into the little shade and dock the playlist under it (and place these up to the left of the min/maximize buttons), enqueue some songs, and I'm set to listen and do whatever else I need to do.
 
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