Submitted 27-Aug-00 by Guillaume Cottenceau:
> It is now in the state where it's useable. I included packages in
> Linux-Mandrake to encode/decode Ogg Vorbis, to convert from mp3 to Ogg
> Vorbis, and to play Ogg Vorbis from within the XMMS multimedia system.
From where I stand, the problem with Ogg Vorbis at this point is that it
extremely expensive cpu-wise. On a p200, playing an Ogg stream consumes
between 49 and 55% of processor cycles using ogg123 and as much as 77% with
xmms. An mp3 of the same stream consumes between 14 and 18% with an
additional overhead of 5% for esd when played by mpg123, and approx 10% via
xmms.
I agree completely with the need for a free format, but it seems too cpu
intensive for use on pre-mmx machines, to say nothing of early peantiums and
late 486's (like the AMD 5x86).
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