Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 17:12:58 -0400 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net> To: Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Software MPEG-2 (Was: Posting prefix) Message-ID: <33DA685A.446B9B3D@idt.net> References: <199707242045.PAA03915@compound.east.sun.com> <199707242113.OAA15573@rah.star-gate.com> <199707250502.IAA29406@silver.sms.fi> <199707250706.CAA03136@compound.east.sun.com>
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Tony Kimball wrote: > Is the mpeg2 format documented online? I understand that conventional > wisdom requires hardware assist, but that just represents an > algorithmic challenge.... I heard Intel (first hand) say that a 233MHz MMX Pentium will *almost*, *but not quite* be fast enough for software MPEG-2 decode (they tried it). In other words, while it generally worked, for high complexity/high motion scenes, it hiccuped. So until most of us have 300+ MHz processors, we'll need to use hardware for MPEG-2 decoding. Of course, if you'd like to get a head start and start writing code for future processors, be my guest... ;-) Or maybe you can find a "trick" that Intel didn't think of... ??? Gary Corcoran
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