Re: [TCLUG:12470] encoding MP3s

[Scott <pope@ossuary.net>]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote:

> Cool. It took a long time, however. My system is a Pentium Pro 200, 96MB
> RAM and it took a couple hours to encode the .wav files into MP3s. Is this
> normal?

     Encoding is very processor intensive.  My 266 has
around a 2.5 minute to everyone 1 minute that needs encoding
rate.  The k6 350 is substantially faster, cutting that to
around 1:1.  Whether or not it continues to increase at such
a pace for an even faster proc or hits a wall I don't know.
I am willing to bet however that a quad xeon can crank out
mp3's like mad.
 
Scott
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