Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-10 Thread Harry Sack
2007/9/9, Josh Coalson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- Harry Sack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/9/8, Josh Coalson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: it actually is complicated. the libFLAC api is not suited to a multithreaded design because the i/o is stream-based, not file- based. flac(.exe) is the

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-09 Thread Harry Sack
a fact :) Harry -- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Harry Sack *Sent:* Saturday, September 08, 2007 6:06 AM *To:* Brian Willoughby *Cc:* flac-dev@xiph.org *Subject:* Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support 2007/9/8, Brian

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-08 Thread Harry Sack
2007/9/8, Josh Coalson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: it actually is complicated. the libFLAC api is not suited to a multithreaded design because the i/o is stream-based, not file- based. flac(.exe) is the file-based wrapper around libFLAC that allows it to work on files. the way libFLAC buffers data

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-08 Thread Brian Willoughby
Harry, You assume that the only way to use FLAC is the way that you are using it, by converting one file format to another. That's not the only way to use FLAC. The most important uses of FLAC are for internet streaming radio or hand-held digital audio players. Both of these prominent

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-07 Thread Josh Coalson
it actually is complicated. the libFLAC api is not suited to a multithreaded design because the i/o is stream-based, not file- based. flac(.exe) is the file-based wrapper around libFLAC that allows it to work on files. the way libFLAC buffers data is also impossible to parallelize without

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-07 Thread Ralph Giles
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 04:59:50PM -0700, Josh Coalson wrote: it actually is complicated. the libFLAC api is not suited to a multithreaded design because the i/o is stream-based, not file- based. flac(.exe) is the file-based wrapper around libFLAC that allows it to work on files. the way

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-06 Thread Avuton Olrich
On 9/6/07, Harry Sack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's really not complicated I think: only api changes to write on any Please get started writing a patch, immediately. -- avuton -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. ___