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<h1>Re: 16 bit per sample support</h1>
<b>Ewald R. de Wit</b> (<a href="mailto:ewald@pobox.com"><i>ewald@pobox.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Tue, 6 Apr 1999 14:53:43 +0200</i>
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<a href="mailto:becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de">becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de</a> (becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de) wrote:<br>
<i>&gt; and even faster/simpler:</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; converted=(old&lt;&lt;4)+(old&gt;&gt;8)</i><br>
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Thanks for the explanation! Clearly the CPU overhead to do this in the<br>
backend is utterly insignificant.<br>
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<i>&gt; &gt; OTOH it would be nice to have simple access to the deep color data in</i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; a unified 16 bit format. Perhaps in the longer run this would be</i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; better.</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; This is the idea. Keep the protocol simple for the _general_ case.</i><br>
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Ok, you have my vote (if I have one to begin with :-)<br>
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