[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] remove mp3lib

[compn]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:02:52 +0100, Thomas Orgis wrote:
>Am Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:50:25 -0500
>schrieb compn <tempn at twmi.rr.com>: 
>
>> btw this might be stupid idea, but why not just include two copies of
>> mpg123? our fork and new svn.
>
>Well, that's what is there already: the mp3lib fork as included code
>and the libmpg123 binding. The starting topic of this thread was if
>mp3lib can be dropped.
>
>> then we can drop support for our fork and
>> just focus on mpg123. k-6 users will always have -ac mp3 and the rest
>> of us will enjoy svn version.
>> 
>> not much reason to spend time optimizing for old cpu i say :P
>
>Well, I agree in principle. But, since I already invested time in
>getting the test setup running, I really would like to know why the
>largely identical mp3lib code is compiled into more efficient binaries.
>
>I don't want people accusing me of dropping some useful enhancement
>present in mp3lib but not current mpg123 proper. Especially when I
>don't understand where it comes from:-/
>
>In practice, people don't bother that much with mp3 decoding
>performance nowadays, I suppose, but as mpg123 maintainer I do bother;-)

i sent that mail before i read all of your page. i didnt realize mpg123
had gotten so bloated! hahaha :P

-compn