[vorbis] Some comments about beta4

[Segher Boessenkool]

Frank Heckenbach wrote:
> Finally a question about encoding speed. Segher mentioned a 3-4x
> speedup recently. Is this incorporated in beta4 already, or can I

This is the gazillionth time people misquote me on this. A
statement like "3-4x speedup" is meaningless without mentioning
between which versions.

> look forward to it? (Beta4 is the first version I've used, so I

Look forward to it. My recent speedups are not in CVS yet, I think.
They need some cleanup before Monty will accept them.

> can't compare.) Currently, oggenc is doing slightly more than 50% on
> my "ancient" home system (K6/233). Can I hope for realtime encoding
> on this machine in the future, or is this not realistic?

Look at it this way: I'm not satisfied until it runs at least 1.2x
realtime on my K5 100MHz.

Cheers,

Segher

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