Re: Sausage Software: the products

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From: Bruce Hoult
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:00

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dam45@address.in.sig (David A. Mann) writes:
>  I just love the Intel ad that claims the PII enables us to watch
> full-screen DVD video.  Yeah, right.  MPEG-2 decompression is done by
> the hardware - to do it in software requires about a 433MHz Alpha
> workstation to get a full 30fps frame rate, according to the DVD FAQ.

It might take that much of an Alpha (which would be a few years old at
this point, anyway), but any 200+ MHz PowerPC 604e or 750 will do 30 fps
"full screen" MPEG decoding in software, and my 266 MHz PPC750 will even
make a pretty good attempt at blowing the MPEG up to 1024 x 768 at the
same time.

-- Bruce

--
'We have no intention of shipping another bloated operating system and 
forcing that down the throats of our Windows customers'
  -- Paul Maritz, Microsoft Group Vice President

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From: Bruce@hoult.actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Hoult)
Subject: Re: Sausage Software: the products
Date: 1998/04/27
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