On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 12:27:24PM -0500, Ben Combee wrote:
>
> >Can mp3 or vorbis be played as well? Although they're mentioned in the
> >docs, it seems that only PCM is supported right now. I wonder how mp3s
> >are played by, say, RealPlayer. Does it decode mp3 and converts it into
> >PCM somehow?
>
> Yes. All of the applications like RealPlayer, AeroPlayer, or Pocket Tunes
> that play MP3 files have their own MP3 decoder code that converts the MP3
> data to in-memory PCM waveforms for playback.
Very interesting. Now, is there an alogorithm to generate in
memory PCM data for, say, a musical note -- "A" for example? Or is it
easier to encode that note in mp3 and convert it to PCM?
Thanks,
Sergei
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