[gmpi] Re: Reqs TODO

--- Steve Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 02:03:55 -0800, Marc Poirier wrote:
> > Me too.  In fact, I even would like to see us just agree on 64-bit
> > float for audio data, too, though I think that that's less likely 
> > something that other folks will go for.  Not too far down the line,
I'm 
> > sure that you'll regret that, but oh well...
> 
> Personally I think that having a single audio format is more important
> that what that format actually is (pending the outcome of a benchmark
> of course).

I agree, and that's what I was saying:  I would like to see GMPI just do
one audio sample format, and I would like it to be 64-bit float.  I think
that we'll feel really stupid about the decision to use 32-bit float in a
few year's time, if we do that.  The performance difference will further
disappear (it already is a mixed bag; 64-bit is more efficient for some
things, 32-bit for other), arguments against 64-bit will become
irrelevant...

Marc

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