I spoke briefly with Jack Moffitt on the #vorbis IRC channel about a project of mine, and he suggested I throw this out to the general Vorbis mailing list. I'm doing research into developing a prototype decoder for Vorbis that is implemented in hardware. The hardware itself is a card that is ISA-based. Besides being an interesting project for me to work on, it also gives some more press to Ogg Vorbis. I've requested a grant from Linux Fund to provide funding for needed hardware for this project. The details of the project can be seen over at the Linux Fund website at: http://www.linuxfund.org/development/project/?id=48 I'm interested in hearing from anyone who might have some input on the project, and I invite anyone interested to comment on the project over at the LinuxFund web site and perhaps even contribute some "penguin pesos" to the cause. Enjoy! Andrew Henderson --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Sounds like an interesting idea. Maybe you would want to look into creating a PCI card though. I don't know how much complexity that adds to the project, but I know myself and others who don't even have an ISA slot anymore. Just something to think about. Mark Kanof ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Henderson" <hendersa@db.erau.edu> To: <vorbis@xiph.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:33 AM Subject: [vorbis] Vorbis decoding in hardware> I spoke briefly with Jack Moffitt on the #vorbis IRC channel about a > project of mine, and he suggested I throw this out to the general Vorbis > mailing list. > > I'm doing research into developing a prototype decoder for Vorbis that is > implemented in hardware. The hardware itself is a card that is > ISA-based. Besides being an interesting project for me to work on, it > also gives some more press to Ogg Vorbis. > > I've requested a grant from Linux Fund to provide funding for needed > hardware for this project. The details of the project can be seen over at > the Linux Fund website at: > > http://www.linuxfund.org/development/project/?id=48 > > I'm interested in hearing from anyone who might have some input on the > project, and I invite anyone interested to comment on the project over at > the LinuxFund web site and perhaps even contribute some "penguin pesos" to > the cause. > > Enjoy! > > Andrew Henderson > > > > > --- >8 ---- > List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ > Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-request@xiph.org' > containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. > Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
From: "Andrew Henderson" <hendersa@db.erau.edu> PIC's? A TI c3x (not as cheap as it could be, but easy to port) or a >50 MIPS>16 bit DSP would be a more realistic target IMO. If you are really adventurousyou can try FPGA's, but they are just not very well suited to wide arithmetic... so I doubt it would be cost effective, it would keep the part count down though. As for an interface, how about USB? Marco --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Make sure you look at http://www.opencores.org you can then have the option
of PCI or USB interfaces as well.
Ultimately I think you should consider a parallel port version, this means
that old 386's can be used for car Ogg players.
have fun!
cya, Andrew...
http://opendesign.cx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Henderson [SMTP:hendersa@db.erau.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 2:34 PM
> To: vorbis@xiph.org
> Subject: [vorbis] Vorbis decoding in hardware
>
> I spoke briefly with Jack Moffitt on the #vorbis IRC channel about a
> project of mine, and he suggested I throw this out to the general Vorbis
> mailing list.
>
> I'm doing research into developing a prototype decoder for Vorbis that
is
> implemented in hardware. The hardware itself is a card that is
> ISA-based. Besides being an interesting project for me to work on, it
> also gives some more press to Ogg Vorbis.
>
> I've requested a grant from Linux Fund to provide funding for needed
> hardware for this project. The details of the project can be seen over at
> the Linux Fund website at:
>
> http://www.linuxfund.org/development/project/?id=48
>
> I'm interested in hearing from anyone who might have some input on the
> project, and I invite anyone interested to comment on the project over at
> the LinuxFund web site and perhaps even contribute some "penguin
pesos" to
> the cause.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Andrew Henderson
>
>
>
>
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