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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: pkg-config, glib2 etc.
From:       Marc Espie <espie () quatramaran ! ens ! fr>
Date:       2003-04-03 22:31:29
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In article <200304030935.35796.kde@arnoldarts.de> you write:
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>On Thursday 03 April 2003 02:43, Marc Espie wrote:
>> In article <200304011904.59314.kde@arnoldarts.de> you write:
>> >On Tuesday 01 April 2003 17:10, Matthias Kretz wrote:
>> >> On Sunday March 30 2003 17:56, Marc Espie wrote:
>> >> > Not only that, but arts isn't even appropriate for real time audio.
>> >> That statement is not entirely right. I was using aRts with a latency
>> >> (the value the KControl module showed) of 8ms to process the sound of a
>> >> drum pad. The delay was not bad enough to give me a "wrong feeling" when
>> >> playing the pad. ;-)
>> >I did use 8ms and artsdsp to watch movies...
>> This just means you've got fast enough hardware to handle such small
>> delays. Post-synchronization is much better, because you can work with much
>> tighter constraints. Machines which are near the edge where real-time video
>> performance is concerned will work with post-synchronization. They will
>> skip with small delays.

>I do not have "fast" hardware. Its just a 1.1GHz...

>Arnold

This *is* fast hardware. I still have a 700MHz laptop which goes down to
400MHz in power-saving mode, and has correct Xvideo support.

Guess what ? this is *just enough* to play dvds... using some adequate
software, like ogle, with native audio support.
 
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