Author: Damion Jones (host62-7-69-20.btinternet.com)
Date: 02-22-2001 15:29
Yes, that surely must be the best possible way! - D2D!
I shouldnt have thought that Background DMA on SCSI would be affected enough to slow the music down, especially if the CPU does not need to do any work!
I dare say, ( And I am thinking a lot about this now ) That using D2D ( Not just SCSI of course - I recon any storage should be ok ) under purely hardware control will be a very plauseable option.
Its only a matter, of controling the data to/from the MP3 Chip, and the actual MP3 file, another chip. or controler board might be needed, as the go-between for them, which would be controled by software...
How to go about doing such a thing is way over me too
I will have a look at what I can, and who I can, to see what the score is...
I am sure I have seen something along the lines of a hardware MP3 decoder for the PC - maybe, just maybe....
Flash & the crew wrote:
-------------------------------
Hey, Youīre on the right track, here!
The problem with the cartridge port, however, is that it has no "transmit" line, so writing to it is slower than reading it by a factor two. :( And for the compatibility: I have trouble getting cartridges to work with my Falc, but they go fine with all my STEīs; for example Videomaster2 digitizer, and a german EPROM-burner. Heck, not even URIPPER works with my Falcon!
Iīd say: take a MP3-chip, give it a RAM buffer, and a SCSI-chip! Then you could connect it to a LINK or any SCSI adapter, and play them MP3īs directly from the HD! You wouldnīt even have to load the MP3 data into the computer... :) And of course, if you use a 2-way MPEG chip, you could also record new MP3īs D2D. Waddyasay? Way to go?? This wonīt be too hard to do, and I donīt think the needed software would be too complicated, for a good coder... (thatīs NOT me)
/F/
|
