Hi Lars,
The reference implementation "saolc" is slow because it was written for
illustrative purposes (eg the code is obvious, not efficient.) There are a
number of faster implementations being developed, probably the best option
for windows is "sfront" which converts saol code into "C" which you then
compile with a C compiler. Sfront is developed by John Lazzaro and
distibuted under the GPL:
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lazzaro/sa/
If no one else has done so, and there is enough interest I would be prepared
to build a stand alone binary distribution of sfront bundled with a gpl C
compiler.
Best,
Ross.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lars Pellarin <n9maa280917@hotmail.com>
To: saol-users@media.mit.edu <saol-users@media.mit.edu>
Date: Sunday, 17 October 1999 21:48
Subject: rendering
>i was wondering...
>
>how far into the development of the whole mpg4 are we today?
>
>The reson i ask this is that i downloaded some of the *.sail, *.mp4, *.saol
>aso files from the main web site and finaly got a working batch file
written
>and the rendering process just amazed me. How can it be so slow? Wasnt this
>a lang. written so we can send simple information through the net and then
>render this info into wonderful music on our host computer? Well, i shure
>hanvt got time for sailc to render those files. Even after like 15 min. i
>had 2 secs. of aif sound...
>
>Am i doing something wrong or is it just in a very early stage?
>
>Lars
>
>btw. my system used for the rendering example abowe was a P200 mmx with 32
>mb ram. I now upgraded.
>
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