| From: | Martin Nicholson |
| Date: | 3 Aug 2000 at 23:44:41 |
| Subject: | Re: Mpeg 3 playback. |
Hello Neil
On 03-Aug-00, you wrote:
> Martin Nicholson said,
>
>> Hello Neil
>
>>>> Anyway, even with an 060 or a PPC you'd be wasting your time, if
>>>> you wanted the full quality of the sound.
>>>
>>> You jest! A PPC easily copes with full-quality decoding of MP3. A
>>> 604/233 can *encode* faster than realtime.
>
>> Not at all. Has I said if you want the *full* quality! Mp3s are
>> encoded as 16 bit, not 8 bit or even pseudo-14 bit. So even if you
>> could put a G3 PPC to work, it still squirts out through an 8 bit
>> sound chip.
>
> Which has absolutely nothing to do with the CPU used. If you said
> you need a sound card to hear them in full quality I'd have agreed
> with you. Having a PPC doesn't rule out 16 bit output.
I was simply replying to a mail in a similar spirit :) i.e., a faster
CPU isn't the only hope, and in fact isn't a complete answer. Blimey,
I didn't even complain about the sound I get :))
With Regards
Worzel
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