Re: esd

["Yo 'Ric Dude" <ericmit ix netcom com>]

Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >>>>> On Sat, 2 Jan 1999 14:37:09 -0500 (EST)
> >>>>> Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis@mindspring.net> said:
> 
>  Todd> Of course, it would be _much_ more bandwidth efficient to do:
> 
>  Todd>  cat file.mp3 | ssh -l user other.machine.name "(mpg123 -s - \
>  Todd>          | esdcat)"
> 
>  Todd> or something. (I don't use mpg123 or esdcat, so I'm not sure of
>  Todd> the exact syntax of either.)
> 
> ESD already has hooks for compression. Implementing mpeg3 decoding, so
> that you could simply tell the server that the sound format is mpeg3
> and pipe that to it, would be really nice.

Encoding mpeg3 audio is a bit too CPU intensive for a compress at the 
client, decompress on the server, but i now see the special "mpeg3-esd" 
that simply sends the mp3 data over to the server for decompression.  
Except of course for the potiential patent probelms with mpg3 audio (?)
The only potential problem there is then you also wind up with s3m-esd, 
it-esd, other-mod-format-esd, realaudio-esd, etc.  

> Although with your solution, you get additional security and privacy.
> 
>         Robbe
> 
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