[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Can coco3 play mp3?

[Ben Jimenez]

well, ok, thanks for the info. I thought I might of
had a new musical instrument. 


Ben

--- Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Friday 25 March 2005 15:43, Ben Jimenez wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >is there a program for the coco3 that can play
> mp3's?!
> >
> >Ben
> >
> An mp3 decoder needs about 50x the horsepower a coco
> has, and about 10 
> bits more in the audio precision.  While a
> reasonable something that 
> might play something recognizable might be done, I
> don't think anyone 
> would want to listen to it for an extended period of
> time.
> 
> Besides, even these 70 year old ears don't tolerate
> the 'mp3' sound 
> all that well, much preferring to listen to the open
> source ogg 
> format, which beats the mp3 quality easily at the
> same compression 
> ratio.
> 
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