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Date:      Sat, 26 Jul 1997 18:34:31 -0400
From:      "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net>
To:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Software MPEG-2 (Was: Posting prefix)
Message-ID:  <33DA7B77.794BDF32@idt.net>
References:  <199707262140.OAA11329@rah.star-gate.com>

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Amancio Hasty wrote:
> 
> I am afraid that just because Intel tried and failed does not mean
> that we can't do it. Too many open questions.

Yes.

> 
> Is the programmer or team competent? There is a huge difference
> between someone working 9 and 5 and a nearly obsessed programmer
> or hightly motivated programmer tackling the problem.

Uh-huh... <smile>
 
> Which platform where they using?
> 
> Did they use directdraw ? (assuming that they used win95 or winnt)
> 
> What resolution , color depth and bitrate where they using?
> 
> The list goes on and on...

Of course they did not provide those details...

> 
> At the very least is worth investing the possibility of
> decoding mpeg2.
> 

Sure.  I guess I was just trying to imply that for the immediate
future, until some(many?) of us get new (future) faster machines
(or motherboards), a driver for a hardware decoder board might
be more useful...

Gary



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