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

[Ed Sweetman]

On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 16:12, Paul de Weerd wrote:
> 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

decoding a 8kbit sample vs. a 200kbit sample is a bit different not
because it's more difficult but because you have to decode more in the
same amount of time.  

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