[vorbis] New decode chip

[Anthony Frazier]

On 5 Aug 2002 at 22:28, Olaf Marzocchi wrote:

> Newbie question: every time we reach a better compression we have to use 
> more power (rar compared to zip, mp3 to one of the first compression 
> schemes, divx compared to cinepak,...). Ogg compress more than mp3 but at 
> about the same speed.
> Is there an explanation to a such silly question?

The easy answer: "Vorbis works smarter, not harder."

Actually, Vorbis is slower at encoding than some of the better tuned mp3 
encoders, but that's mostly because it hasn't had the time to be tuned as 
much.

I imagine that if someone wanted to fork the Vorbis encoder and give it lots 
of hand tuning and assembly code, you could probably get some pretty hefty 
improvements.  (For example, like GoGo derived from Lame.)

Pax,

Anthony Frazier

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