[Flac] Efficiency

[Josh Coalson]

--- Christopher Brown <c-b at asu.edu> wrote:
> Hi list users,
> 
> Is there a comparison somewhere of the efficiency of decoding flac 
> files, with respect to some benchmark related to cpu processing? As 
> compared to, say, ape files? I ask because I have recently switched
> my 
> entire archive from ape to flac. I have an old 400 mhz laptop in my 
> office running xubuntu, which I run into a receiver. Works great.
> Since 
> switching to flac, I notice the (rather loud) system fan on the
> laptop 
> running much less of the time during playback.
> 
> I see on this page 
> http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison
> 
> that a flac advantage is "Very fast decoding" while monkey's audio 
> boasts "High efficiency", and I was hoping for something a little
> more 
> concrete.

the comparison on the FLAC site is done with a p2-333 which is
pretty close to your laptop:

http://flac.sourceforge.net/comparison.html

oh, and the next version will be faster :)

Josh



 
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