Originally published on December 12, 2020
I’m super late posting this, as the news happened THREE YEARS AGO and the media didn’t spread the word. Anyway, as of 2017, the MP3 audio format is now patent-free. It doesn’t mean that you can now pirate all the commercial songs you want. What it actually means is now that the audio format is patent-free, you can implement an MP3 encoder/decoder into your game engine! That’s sweet! (more…)
Solution: Laptop audio/video is slow, crackling, out of sync
By Chongchen Saelee
If your laptop seemingly is slowing down in performance, you hear audio crackling, your video is sluggish and not synced with the audio, then make sure your laptop battery is in good condition. Odds are, your laptop is literally in its last breath of life, like literally only 10% health. Replace it with a brand new fully recharged laptop battery and see if this solves your problem! You’ll know your old battery is about to die if it is physically bloated. So time to throw it out and replace it. Hope that helps!
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2542145
Wow, it’s all the way back in Firefox version 15.
NOTE: THIS SEEMS TO ONLY AFFECT WINDOWS VISTA SYSTEMS.
Anyway, if you’re trying to use HTML5 audio tag to play MP3 files, you might notice Firefox being a little lagging to play it. According to the forum in the link above, (more…)
Phononnnnn! Khannn! Khan! (more…)
