vwestlife
Veteran Member
This thread brings up a related question in my mind... what is the least powerful computer that can decode and play MP3 audio in real time, without reducing the sampling rate or downconverting to mono?
Assuming a 44.1 kHz stereo 128 kbps MP3 file as the norm, my Toshiba Pentium-90 laptop can do it without even breaking a sweat.
Same thing with my Cyrix 5x86-133 desktop (which is about on par with a P90 anyway).
MPXPlay for DOS claims to be able to do it on a 486DX4-100.
I was able to do it with MacPlay3 in OS 7.x on an original 60 MHz PowerPC 601 PowerMac, but it clearly put a large load on the CPU.
Assuming a 44.1 kHz stereo 128 kbps MP3 file as the norm, my Toshiba Pentium-90 laptop can do it without even breaking a sweat.
Same thing with my Cyrix 5x86-133 desktop (which is about on par with a P90 anyway).
MPXPlay for DOS claims to be able to do it on a 486DX4-100.
I was able to do it with MacPlay3 in OS 7.x on an original 60 MHz PowerPC 601 PowerMac, but it clearly put a large load on the CPU.