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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Log base 2Re: Log base 2
From: Paul Suade <paul.suade_at_laposte.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:42:13 +0200 For 0 < n <= 15, n = log2(x) : 8------------12------14---15 \ \ \ 4------6---7 10---11 13 \ \ \ 2---3 5 9 \ 1 // rounded to superior : untested int log2(int x) { if (x >= (1<<8)) { if (x >= (1<<12)) { if (x >= (1<<14)) { if (x == (1<<15)) return 15; return 14; } else if (x == (1<<13)) return 13; return 12; } else if (x >= (1<<10)) { if (x == (1<<11)) return 11; return 10; } else if (x == (1<<9)) return 9; return 8; } else if (x >= (1<<4)) { if (x >= (1<<6)) { if (x == (1<<7)) return 7; return 6; } else if (x == (1<<5)) return 5; return 4; } else if (x >= (1<<2)) { if (x == (1<<3)) return 3; return 2; } return 1; } This code seems very long but only four comparisons are computed at most to find out the result instead of a 15 iterations by shift method at worse case. I don't know if SH1 generate a good code for this. Another one which computes the same result I think : int log2(int x) { int n = 0; if (x >= (1<<8)) n += 8; x >>= 8; if (x >= (1<<4)) n += 4; x >>= 4; if (x >= (1<<2)) n += 2; x >>= 2; if (x >= (1<<1)) n += 1; return n + 1; } ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Waltzer" <jeffwaltzer_at_yahoo.com> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:17 PM Subject: Log base 2 > > One could do a primitive approximation of a Log base 2 function by > rotating the bits to find the left most location set bit. This would be > good if all you need is a number from 0 to 15. > > --- Jack Peel <jhp_at_cypress.com> wrote: > > Philipp Pertermann wrote: > > > > > From: "Jack Peel" <jhp_at_cypress.com> > > > > > > Also could you put "clip" "lights" on it so that if > > > the MP3 goes > > > > > > to full scale it shows a different symbol and it hangs > > > out longer > > > > > > so that we know if the MP3 itself is clipping ? > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I could. > > > > > > Now I fiddled a bit with that. I don't like it much because > > > it is incredibly unreliable. The 'quasi peak detector' of > > > the mas is very 'quasi' but not so much a 'peak detector'. > > > If we don't read the peak value exactly when it happens we > > > miss it. I now installed a polling thread that reads out the > > > mas quite often but still many peaks remain undetected. So > > > the whole peak meter is a toy and not a reliable measuring > > > tool. > > > > > > Phil > > > > Well, in theory the human ear cannot hear a clip if it is only a few > > samples long, so we would only be interested in seeing a "clip" if > > it were several samples long. But after thinking about it, seeing the > > peak level indicators at full scale will tell you enough. And the user > > can set how long they stick around already. It would be nice however > > to do the "set until reset" function on the peak meters :) The only > > problem is how do we easily reset them without having to go through > > 3 levels of menus :) I guess you could just add it to one of the F2 or > > F3 > > key functions from the wps screen. > > > > Any luck with the linear to log conversion ? > > > > I was thinking about the lookup table issue, and you could probably drop > > > > a couple of bits off of the number to reduce the size of the table and > > we > > would probably never be able to tell. Since it is a 15 bit number you > > could > > probably drop 5 bits and I would never be able to tell, maybe even 7 > > bits. > > Another Idea is that we only really care about the accuracy when we are > > close to the top so you might be able to "shape" the table to have > > more accuracy at the top. The Idea is that -1 dB and -2 dB are VERY > > difference, however -41 dB and -42 dB are not. It may however be > > too much coding trouble to handle the shaped table. > > > > Just some Ideas :) > > > > Jack > > > > > > > ===== > Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster. > --Frederick Wilhelm Nietsche > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com Received on 2002-09-20 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |