Anton Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> 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.
On this machine (Celeron 400) mpg123 gives 5/7% of cpu consuming, whereas
17/18% for ogg123.
xmms stuff seems to handle it better (2 times less time consuming for
both).
I agree this is much more, I think this comes from two things:
. still beta software, will certainly be optimized
. better encoding and use of adaptative bitrate
To me, it's not enough to tell that we can't use it. The p200 machines are
quite old now.
I remember problems with Cyrix p-150+ to play mp3. (very slow)
> 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).
Its design is more recent, to me it's normal to goal more cpu intensive
stuff.
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