From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Sailer Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 13:06:21 +0000 Subject: Re: MPEG Support Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org "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