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Wed, 26 Mar 1997 09:31:54 -0800 (PST)
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Re: (idm) RealAudio vs MPEG layer 3
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On 26-Mar-97 Mattias Svanstrom wrote:
quoted 5 lines Now, if you only could direct me to some>Now, if you only could direct me to some >fast encoder. I tried using something called l3enc on the PC, but >with the high quality option it took a loooong time to encode. I >didn't time it, but we are talking about more than 30 minutes to >encode 3 minutes of audio.
that's about right. unfortunately mp3 encoding is a seriously cpu intensive process! you can buy a hardware encoder (audioactive sells one) but as it's several thousand dollars you might as well just get another PC and use it strictly for MP3 encoding. :) Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Administrator SpotMedia Communications