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Opus / Re: Opus decoding complexity
Last post by btc -FLAC - 1090x
uncompressed WAV - 40000x
FLAC is 40x times slower than uncompressed WAV. "FLAC is not hero"
All smartphones with SOC on 28nm or better have the same battery life for playback of MP3, AAC, HE-AAC, Opus, Vorbis, Musepack, FLAC or uncompressed WAV.
During audio playback CPU consumes only tiny fraction of complete system consumption (CPU, I/O, RAM, storage, DAC and audio amplifier).
Decoding speed of audio decoder is not an indicator of battery life.
Complexity of decoder isn't an important subject by itself, rather its influence on usability indicators as battery life of devices.