[SDL] Who will accept patches to SDL_mixer to add support for libmad?

[David Rose]

Greetings!

It was recently necessary for me to add code to SDL_mixer to support 
libmad for mp3 playback in addition to smpeg.

I needed libmad because I am working on porting a program to the GP2x 
handheld device ( http://gp2x.co.uk/ ), which does not have a 
floating-point unit, so the floating-point calculations performed by 
smpeg must be emulated in software and are therefore unacceptably 
expensive.  libmad, on the other hand, was written specifically for 
architectures that lack a floating-point unit, and it performs quite 
well on the GP2x.

There may also be reasons to prefer libmad on a standard platform such 
as a PC, but this decision may be left to the end-user.  I have designed 
my patches such that it is an optional feature that may be enabled at 
configure time; it need not replace the existing smpeg support.

I have patches against SDL_mixer version 1.2.7 (as well as against 
version 1.2.6).  Would anyone appreciate receiving this contribution to 
the codebase?

David