As one more point of reference, I ripped the same song using windows media player instead of real player. I set the bitrate to 192kbps. I played the MP3 in VLC player and checked the bitrate while playing. It was mostly 192. Every so often it would go to 191 for a split second, but i figure that was just some error in the calculation or something. Anyway, this new MP3 also played slow...or at least the music was way behind the lights again. I guess that has been a question of mine. Is the audio file being played a little slow, or is the sequence getting played a little fast? I have not tried to time it to see, but that would be a good check.
Anyway, I guess as it stands, for me a 128kbps file seems to play OK. I will just need to make sure all my files get converted before using them in the conductor. Is there a specification sticky somewhere that spells out these standards that we need to follow? If there is, I missed it. If there is not, it would probably be a good idea to make one.
Thanks,
-Keith