In message <20000706164346.B11940@polderland.nl>, Olaf Seibert writes:
>For me, it more than doubled my encoding speed...  I didn't use any
>cpu-model-specific compilation options on either libffm or lame(version
>3.50) , just make install.

Yup, same here.  Dramatic improvement.

This is relevant, because my MP3 player just showed up today.  With any
luck, some memory for it will also show up.  :)

(It turns out that the one I wanted is about 20% cheaper if you buy the
smartmedia seperately.)

-s