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Roj
07-01-2005, 10:44 PM
OK, we've had a couple revs cleaning up the ML. When are we going to see audio changes?
Paul
07-01-2005, 10:46 PM
Yea yea, I know.

The MAD decoder is not straight forward like other decoders, and there is no documentation for it. So getting it done in a day went out the window. Too bad there is such lousy support for it.
Toe
07-02-2005, 02:59 AM
Yeah, get crackin on that, I've got some more requests to make after that... ;)
Nick555
07-02-2005, 11:08 AM
A quick question. Is MAD like BASS, but better?
Roj
07-02-2005, 12:36 PM
A quick question. Is MAD like BASS, but better?
Yes to the first and equivalent to the second.
Roj
07-02-2005, 12:37 PM
Yea yea, I know.

The MAD decoder is not straight forward like other decoders, and there is no documentation for it. So getting it done in a day went out the window. Too bad there is such lousy support for it.
I kind of figured it was something like that. :) Thanks for the continued efforts.

What of the ability to do 24-bit audio for the ever increasing number of people with 24-bit cards?
Nick555
07-02-2005, 12:44 PM
Yes to the first and equivalent to the second.

Thanks. A further question then... if they're equivalent, why not just concentrate resources on one or the other?

Regards
Nick
Roj
07-02-2005, 02:55 PM
Thanks. A further question then... if they're equivalent, why not just concentrate resources on one or the other?

Regards
Nick
LONG story. There were two MAD plugins. One was by Shaohao and it never implemented streaming or seamless / gapless playback. Then another dev named Case came along and implemented both but never fully refined the plugin.

BASS was originally tabled by Shaohao and abandoned in a half-assed broken state. Tokelil (another local dev) took it over and has been diligently improving / fixing it as his time has allowed.

Paul is now developing a MAD plugin with seamless / gapless and streaming support and as you can see is running into some roadblocks. As he's the author of QMP, hopes for the eventual successful completion of this plugin are very high.
Toe
07-02-2005, 05:03 PM
Yeah, we've had what, half a dozen MP3 plugins to play with, total? But all of them have had problems in one area or another.