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Re: Sound question



"Rich J." <aiiadict@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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

If it is any guide, on an Amiga you really need a 68060 at 50MHz
to play a 44.1kHz 128kbps stereo MP3 without getting gaps in
the sound as it is being played back.

I would imagine that even the highest spec GS machines
(12MHz Transwarps ?) wouldn't be able to decode the MP3
stream in real time.

Leslie