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From: Thomas Sailer <sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch>
To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MPEG Support
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 13:06:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-sound-93385829528821@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-sound-93371079221997@msgid-missing>

"Jonathan C. Masters" wrote:
> 
> I have to disagree with you here. I believe that MPEG audio decoding/encoding
> and MPEG video decoding/encoding optional devices such as /dev/mpad /dev/mpae
> /dev/mpvd /dev/mpve would be emensely useful. It would save so much rewritten
> code (libraries are never quite as good as they sound) and my programs would

Why should a library be worse than kernel code?

Furthermore, in the kernel, you can't use:
- MMX
- Floating point
- KNI or ISSE or 3dNOW.

So kernel code will be slower than usermode code.

> instantaneously become much more enhanced. Besides, since MPEG decoding/encoding
> cards are popular these days, you begin to see the speed required (so much so

Please name one that does MPEG _AUDIO_, I don't know one. (I know
about MPEG video cards...)

Tom

  parent reply	other threads:[~1999-08-05 13:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-08-03 19:56 MPEG Support Kurt Wall
1999-08-04  9:25 ` Benno Senoner
1999-08-04 12:50 ` Jonathan C. Masters
1999-08-04 14:31 ` Thomas Sailer
1999-08-05 10:30 ` Kurt Wall
1999-08-05 13:06 ` Thomas Sailer [this message]
1999-08-05 13:18 ` Kurt Wall
1999-08-05 17:03 ` sbenno
1999-08-05 17:04 ` Thomas Sailer
1999-08-05 19:12 ` Hannu Savolainen
1999-08-06  1:57 ` Dan Hollis

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