--- Christopher Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list users, > > Is there a comparison somewhere of the efficiency of decoding flac > files, with respect to some benchmark related to cpu processing? As > compared to, say, ape files? I ask because I have recently switched > my > entire archive from ape to flac. I have an old 400 mhz laptop in my > office running xubuntu, which I run into a receiver. Works great. > Since > switching to flac, I notice the (rather loud) system fan on the > laptop > running much less of the time during playback. > > I see on this page > http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison > > that a flac advantage is "Very fast decoding" while monkey's audio > boasts "High efficiency", and I was hoping for something a little > more > concrete.
the comparison on the FLAC site is done with a p2-333 which is pretty close to your laptop: http://flac.sourceforge.net/comparison.html oh, and the next version will be faster :) Josh ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list Flac@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac