[plug] ELMP MP3 player and other linux stand alone players

[BillK]

Same here, 486DX4100 with 40M ram, same problem, though I did not try
stripping the system and doing speedups/optimisations except for a 486,
nonmodular kernel which was better, tho not enuff.


Jason Nicholls wrote:
> 
> Hiya,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 12:30:00PM +1100, Delower, Dene wrote:
> > I want to make a stand alone "CHEAP" Linux mp3 player , I've got on old
> > 486/66 with 32meg mem and a 2gig drive, I came across ELMP
> <snip>
> 
> I don't think that CPU will cut it. I had a 486 o/c to 100Mhz that could
> *just* play some MP3s (mono, downspampled, and with large buffers). Oh, if the
> song was long it would croak as the buffers ran out.
> 
> > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~zehalko/elmp/menu.html
> 
> If you take a look at the web site it says use a P75+ and just maybe a 486
> 120/133Mhz system will cut it.