[vorbis] minimum processor\ram requirements for decoding vorbis files

[Paul de Weerd]

On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 01:55:06PM -0700, volsung at asu.edu wrote:
| On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Becker, Rob wrote:
| 
| > Assuming Linux as the operating system, what would be the minimum
| > processor/ram requirements to decode ogg vorbis files? I'm looking at
| > building a vorbis player for my car, but I need to know what speed and how
| > much ram I'll need. Thanks for the help.
| 
| >From personal experience, I can say that ogg123 and xmms run fine on a Pentium
| 166 MHz as long as you have enough RAM to prevent swapping from occuring
| during playback (depends on what else you are running).  I think a Pentium 100
| MHz would be the minimum requirement for reliable playback in Linux and the
| current decoders.

Running a P120 didn't quite cut it under Windows with the RC3 WinAMP
plugin. All my linux boxen are quite a bit faster, so I can't really
comment on that, but I do wonder if the bitrate of the track matters
when it comes to resource requirements. Anyone care to comment ? I
know encoding files requires more resources as the bitrate (actually
the quality) goes up, but does the same hold for decoding ?

Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd


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