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- njh@ukc.ac.uk (Niki Hemmings) wrote:
-
- >However... I must say, it's very dissapointing that even on a fast
- >68030, 160x128 mpegs still only play at around 10 fps, even in grey-scale
- >mode. Particularly when compared to the numerous PC mpeg players, whose
- >performance is disproportionately higher than the hardware performance.
-
- That's the point !
-
- I find it strange that a 40MhzCPU is a slow CPU!!! That can't be
- the only explanation. That's the easy answer :¡) I think that
- the CPU can be helped by doing some pre-processing and using more
- memory. I was told that mpeg_players on PC are faster than any
- player on the amiga. Why that ? I dont think the CPU-power is
- the only argument (a 486sx25Mhz compares to what, by the way ?).
-
- Is the amiga still capable of doing some magic, yes or no ? Or
- are the programmers now become no magician and think the
- unix-way (Why optimizing our codes or our algorithms since our
- CPU is sooo fast...).
-
- samuel.
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