Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I'm not really comprehending the significance of the distinction between 
> P frames and B frames...

P frames are differences from the previous I frame.

B frames are differences from the preceding and following frames, 
whether they be I or P or B.

In other words, you can't play a B frame at all without all the data 
between one I frame and the next.

Ever try to skip forward and back in a youtube video? Those jumps 
*there* are the I frames (or whatever equivalent). P frames need the 
previous I frame (and maybe previous P frames? I don't remember) and B 
frames need all the data between two I frames.

> True - but the Intel product line has been 32-bit over a 32-bit bus 
> since, what, the Pentium at least?

Yep. How long do you think DSL and MPEG1 has been around? :-)

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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