Re: esd
- From: Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis mindspring net>
- To: "Yo 'Ric Dude" <ericmit ix netcom com>
- cc: Damien Miller <dmiller ilogic com au>, raster redhat com, lreal riff fe up pt, gnome-list gnome org, recipient list not shown: ;
- Subject: Re: esd
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 14:30:48 -0500 (EST)
On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Yo 'Ric Dude wrote:
> Damien Miller wrote:
> > What would be really nice is a generic compression plug-in system. That
> > way I could choose (for example) LPC for voice, MP3 to distribute CD
> > audio around my home, etc.
>
> Mpeg layer 3 compression/decompression is pretty CPU intensive.
Indeed. Additionally, there already exists a generic compression system:
pipes. I don't really understand what else is needed.
> But distribution of high bandwidth content over a fairly unloaded home
> LAN isn't generally much of a problem.
Neither is piping your content through a filter or two.
--
Todd Graham Lewis tlewis@mindspring.net (800) 719-4664, x2804
"It's still ludicrous that nobody's ever made a run at us by making UNIX
a popular platform on PCs. It's almost too late now." -- Steve Balmer
"It is too late." -- Bill Gates _Newsweek_, 6/23/97, p. 82
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