Low CPU usage MP3 player

Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Low CPU usage MP3 player - 30/05/2002 11:14

http://www.haloeight.net/digitronic/

It is called the Digitronic player. A friend of mine just contacted the author with some feature suggestions, so some work may follow.

Some cool features:
1. Very low CPU usage so you can listen to music while encoding .
2. Support Winamp Skins if you want.
3. Stays out of the way.. (task bar if you prefer).
4. If you use IRC, it has a DDE feature that allows you to post "SE_Sport_Driver is listening to "The Pixies / Here Comes You Man". And you can customize that.

There are features it is missing, but changes are on the way. I just like its low CPU usage the most.
Posted by: svferris

Re: Low CPU usage MP3 player - 30/05/2002 11:27

Winamp has really low CPU usage too. Is this program that much less resource intensive? If not, I'll just stick with Winamp because of all the features and plug-ins.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Re: Low CPU usage MP3 player - 30/05/2002 11:30

I still have winamp for general listening, but when I want to save on resources, this one rocks... it uses the Xing decoder. Winamp uses the MAD decoder.
Posted by: justinlarsen

Re: Low CPU usage MP3 player - 30/05/2002 13:15

ewww xing is the worst encoder ever, im not sure howthey decoed i just know i refuse to encode any of my rips with xing
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Re: Low CPU usage MP3 player - 30/05/2002 13:25

xing is the worth low rate encoder. I agree. But this is for decoding.