[Icecast] Fwd: Random "fast forward" noise between tracks

[Geoff Shang]

On Mon, 9 May 2011, josh at thepruitts.org wrote:

> I have identified the problem.
>
> It is caused by the crossfade plugin in Foobar2000.  When it tries to
> crossfade two MP3's of different bit rates it uses the bit rate of the
> file that is fading out, regardless of the bit rate of the file that is
> fading in.

Actually, it's probably the sampling rate that is the problem, rather 
than the bitrate.  The plugin needs to up-sample the audio that's at a 
lower rate and down-sample any audio that's at a higher rate.

Geoff.