Re: MP3 problems.

["Foz" <nospam [at] mmu.ac.uk>]

> Problem 1) Im running a Cyrix 220MMX cpu which I read 
> somewhere, (may well have been here) which isn't used as 
> efficiently as it could be under Linux, unless I install a patch. So 
> could this lack of efficiency slow down the processor enough to 
> explain the problem. Or...
There you have a main problem, Cyrix are THE worst at floating 
point calculations, they are the slowest chip you can get, I equated 
my Cyrix 200 at the Intel P90 for speed, and even then the Intel 
chip was that bit faster.
> 
> Problem 2) My sound card is based upon the CMi8330 chips, 
> (which I did read about here) and under windows some games 
> sound terrible and slow down the system. Quake 2 has an option 
> to reduce the quality of the sound and with this enabled the game 
> runs well under my Voodoo2 board. (Indeed, it runs well under 
> software mode) The problem which I think I read about a long time 
> ago is that my Video card, which incidentally is also on the 
> motherboard, steals capacity on the bus from the soundcard. 
> Dungeon Keeper 2 is only playable with background music, which 
> is supplied by the cd. I am using the prepaid OSS on SuSE 6.3 for 
> sound. OR..
I don't know about that particular Sound card, but I remember 
reading about a sound card that slowed down the system, but if it 
is yours or not, I couldn't say.
> 
> Problem 3) could it simply be that the MP3 decoding isn't as 
> advanced as that on Winamp and needs much more CPU power?
> 
Are you using Xmms for playing? I found that one to be the best for 
MP3 playing - its a Winamp clone  :-)

Regards

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