Date: 21 Jul 2005 10:29:05 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some sort of filter based filesystem Message-ID: <44oe8wi66m.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20050721001829.D61532@maren.thelosingend.net> References: <20050718163250.D28772@maren.thelosingend.net> <44d5peixay.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20050720004530.B48721@maren.thelosingend.net> <44ackhk43d.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20050721001829.D61532@maren.thelosingend.net>
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Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein-freebsd-questions@theloosingend.net> writes: > * Lowell Gilbert [2005-07-20 09:19 -0400] > > You're right that the outputs wouldn't *have* to be pre-generated, but > > doing it on the fly would make the project both more difficult to > > implement and (I think) less convenient to use. > > This, I do not get. Why is it, that this would be less convenient? In > fact, I see no other use for this than to save disk space when you want > data available in several (information perserved) formats? I see it as being something you will usually want when you're copying the music off somewhere else. In that case, the speed hit would be annoying. I don't expect people to play the same songs in different formats on the same machine...
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