[vorbis] Another new famous game using VORBIS!!!

[ndrw mchl grnbrg]

Martin Blackwell <djdij at handbags.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
: :ndrw mchl grnbrg:
: > To save CPU cycles for intensive game functions.
: 
: fungus:
: >Um.... speed?
: 
: Then why not just compress the (now) decompressed files with file
: compression as opposed to audio compression? (last time i got bored, winzip
: compresses 44.1KHz waves to roughly the same file size as a 128Kbps MP3
: file)

I've never gotten performance even close to that. Are you sure you weren't
dreaming? (or maybe you mentally moved the decimal point one place)
Standard file compression can rarely knock more than 5% off of a 44.1kHz
PCM file of any type. A lossless audio codec like FLAC can do a little bit
better, maybe 30-40% compression, but then you're still looking at at
least 800kbps.


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