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Originally Posted by Duncster2k4
Hi all,
I have a game which is running using a timer quite happily at 30fps. I have just tried adding playback of a local ambient MP3 track, but the performance of my game takes quite a hit, and becomes noticeably slower.
My question is, how *should* I be going about playing back an MP3?
Cheers,
D.
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Make sure your audio session is set up to Ambient Solo and that your only playing one track, this will utilize the hardware. Still though even with hardware use MP3 playback takes quite a bit of utilization. We've noticed playback generally causes a 5-8fps drop, so it really depends on how much headroom you have above 30fps. For instance if your game could run at 40-50fps but you have it capped at 30fps you probably won't see a problem. On the other hand if your barely making 30fps, your going to be dipping down into mid and low 20's most likely.
