* "Magic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 04 Mar 2000
| The most obvious solution to this would be to put the ATRAC encoding on the
| computer end. This means that only 1/5th of the data would need to be sent
| down the USB interface.
It also means that you would not be able to use this with any existing MD
hardware, which makes it useless for the entirety of current MD owners in
the world.
Besides, ATRAC encoding in software is *SLOW* (every MD recorder in the
world has a specialized, dedicated ASIC for this purpose). Current desktop
PC hardware is not powerful enough to encode ATRAC 4 in real time using a
software encoder. So any savings you might get for compressing the data
before transmitting will be lost in the compression process.
If Sony were starting from scratch, this might make sense. Given that MD
is an established market, it makes no sense at all.
--
Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types
Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ of skin.
PGP Key: at a key server near you! \
-----------------------------------------------------------------
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
