[gst-devel] int2float - float2int is broken?

[Ronald Bultje]

On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 22:30, Shanat Krishnamurti wrote:
>  why do we have to use ints anyway. cant everything be done internaly in float. simplify. 

That's not how GStreamer works... ;). Besides, floats have their own
issues (like bad float support on embedded devices, taking more memory
(16-bit ints vs. 64-bit doubles), needing conversion for storage in most
common storage formats like AVI, needing conversion right after capture
from most common soundcards, no float support in OSS at all, ...).

Ronald

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Linux Video/Multimedia developer