[Vorbis] Vorbis hardware encoder possiple ?

[Dominic Radermacher]

Dear all,

I would like to know if it is theoretically possible (and if yes, how
difficult would this be) to implement a encoder on a DSP.
I have seen, that for decoder this is possible as it exists as
integer only. I understand that encoding is a much more expensive
process, but i thought if the DSP is fast enough this should be possible.
I just thought it would be cool to have a device which can do encoding
in realtime, which could be used to icecast a vorbis stream without
the need for a very fast PC which has a quite high power consumtion.

Thanks in advance,

Dominic