[vorbis] Some comments about beta4

[Frank Heckenbach]

Segher Boessenkool wrote:

> 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.

Sorry for that.

> A statement like "3-4x speedup" is meaningless without mentioning
> between which versions.

Yeah, this was basically my problem. I read such statements, but
wasn't sure which version they referred to (and can't compare for
myself yet).

> > 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.

Great, thanks. Looking forward (not having to get a new processor
yet... ;-)

Frank


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