Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 22:36:35 -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 02:51:19PM -0400, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
>
> | There is a version of ogg123 for the Sharp Zaurus Gnu/Linux based
> | laptop and it is integer based, so that problem has been solved.
>
> The Intel 486sx on the desk next to me has no FPU either. However,
> the linux kernel has a software implementation of it.
[...]
> My only point being that the above example doesn't prove anything
> relevant, and is just FYI.
But I doubt you can use FPE to decode ogg files in real time, even on
a SA. So, if it works, I don't think it uses FPE. And even if it uses
FPE, this is fine as long as it can play ogg files (in real time) --
well, perhaps not for lower-spec'ed processors.
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