Re: to be effcient or not to be efficient

Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> * Steve Lhomme <[email protected]> [2004-01-14 23:48:58 +0100]:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>>hah, then its no more mp3, but perhaps pcm or alaw ...
>>>in my eyes a codec transform from one encoding to another, not 
>>>necessarily from/to pcm. there are audio devices out there, which 
>>>directly support mp3 - those should also be supported someday.
>>
>>But I don't think any of them do or will support backward playback of 
>>MP3 frames...
> 
> 
> hmm, dont know if there's any hardware implementation for that.
> 
> btw should we add queryable capabilities to all modules, i.e. if
> the device is able to do backwards-playback, volume control, ...

For backward playback, probably yes. But for volume control it's more in 
the "UI" part of the system. Nothing that needs to be handled 
"internaly" by the system.