Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Converting float to int
From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Mon Oct 29 2001 - 17:32:02 EET
>Hi all. I know this has been answered before but I can't find the post :(
>Anyway, the problem is I have a buffer of audio represented as floats [-1,+1]
>that I want to convert to signed shorts for writing to my card. I recall
>there is an efficient way of doing this, and an inefficient way. Can someone
>remind me with a snippet of code?
i think you're remembering the short<->int conversion, which sucks big
time on intel h/w. there are hacks for that. i don't think there are
any issues or quick workarounds for short<->float, but i could be
wrong.
--p
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