savonet/shine is a library for encoding mp3 data which
is implemented in fixed-point arithmetic. The library can thus be used to implement super fast
mp3 encoding on architectures without a FPU, such as armel, etc.. In fact, it is also super
fast on architectures with a FPU!
The encoding API should be quite straight forward:
#include <shine/layer3.h>
(...)
/* Initiate encoder */
s = L3_initialise(&config);
/* All the magic happens here */
while (read(buffer, infile) {
data = L3_encode_frame(s,buffer,&written);
write(data, written);
}
/* Flush and write remaining data. */
data = L3_flush(s,&written);
write(written, data);
/* Close encoder. */
L3_close(s);
On a Raspberry Pi (ARM, no FPU):
Lame, 8m53s:
pi@raspbmc:/tmp$ lame /tmp/bla.wav /tmp/bla.mp3
LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz
Encoding /tmp/bla.wav to /tmp/bla.mp3
Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3
Frame | CPU time/estim | REAL time/estim | play/CPU | ETA
5763/5764 (100%)| 8:44/ 8:44| 8:53/ 8:53| 0.2871x| 0:00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
kbps LR MS % long switch short %
128.0 47.8 52.2 98.1 1.2 0.7
Writing LAME Tag...done
ReplayGain: -4.9d
Shine, 47s:
pi@raspbmc:/tmp$ shineenc /tmp/bla.wav /tmp/bla.mp3
shineenc (Liquidsoap version)
WAV PCM DATA, stereo 44100Hz 16bit, Length: 0: 2:30
MPEG-I layer III, stereo Psychoacoustic Model: Shine
Bitrate=128 kbps De-emphasis: none Original
Encoding "/tmp/bla.wav" to "/tmp/bla.mp3"
Finished in 0: 0:47
The difference is quite remarkable...!
Now, on a mac airbook (x86_64, FPU):
Lame, 9s:
toots@zulu /tmp % lame /tmp/bla.wav /tmp/bla.mp3
LAME 3.99.5 64bits (http://lame.sf.net)
Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz
Encoding /tmp/bla.wav to /tmp/bla.mp3
Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3
Frame | CPU time/estim | REAL time/estim | play/CPU | ETA
5763/5763 (100%)| 0:07/ 0:07| 0:09/ 0:09| 18.924x| 0:00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
kbps LR MS % long switch short %
128.0 55.5 44.5 97.6 1.4 1.0
Writing LAME Tag...done
ReplayGain: -4.9dB
Shine, 5s:
toots@zulu /tmp % shineenc /tmp/bla.wav /tmp/bla.mp3
shineenc (Liquidsoap version)
WAV PCM DATA, stereo 44100Hz 16bit, Length: 0: 2:30
MPEG-I layer III, stereo Psychoacoustic Model: Shine
Bitrate=128 kbps De-emphasis: none Original
Encoding "/tmp/bla.wav" to "/tmp/bla.mp3"
Finished in 0: 0: 5
Not so bad eh!
The code for the encoder has been written a long time ago (see below) and the only work done on this fork consists of reorganizing the code and making a proper shared API out of it. Thus, the encoder may not be exempt of bugs.
Also, the encoding algorithm is rather simple. In particular, it does not implement any Psychoacoustic Model.
This code was dug out from the dusty crates of those times before internet and github. It apparently was created by Gabriel Bouvigne sometime around the end of the 20th century. The encoder was converted circa 2001 by Pete Everett to fixed-point arithmetic for the RISC OS. Latest we know, Patrick Roberts had worked on the code to make it multi-platform and more library oriented. That was around 2006.
You can consult README.old and the various source files for more
informations on this code.