Re: Sound question

[Lynn Crumbling <lynn@x.hjsoft.com>]

"Rich J." wrote:

> left_the_scene <postmaster@nyc-strip-clubs.com> wrote in message news:<3C470621.8010200@nyc-strip-clubs.com>...
> > Anyone know of a way to convert MP3's to a format playable on a IIgs?
> >
> > If so, what format do they convert to and what do I need software wise
> > on the iigs side to play the converted files?
> >
>
> Convert it to a WAV file (I'm pretty sure, It's been a while).
>
> A regular sound editor or player should play it back.
>
> The WAV file is going to be humungous.  The MP3 format is
> a compression algorithm that crams a song into a smaller
> area on the disk.  A WAV file is not compressed.
>
> Will it be worth the effort?  I don't know.
>
> How about a 65816 MP3 decoder?  Not likely that it will
> ever happen.  I don't know how much CPU power you need
> to play MP3s
>
> Rich

My P133 could barely pull off decoding. If downmixed, a P100 could pull it off, with some skips.


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