[gmpi] Re: Decision Time: 7.1.3

Hi Tim,
I believe that as some encodings are 'lossy', we need the option to stream
them 'as-is', so they don't lose fidelity during simple copy type
operations.

Best Regards,
Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Hockin" <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GMPI Mailing list" <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:42 AM
Subject: [gmpi] Decision Time: 7.1.3


>
> Q 7.1.3: Do we support non-trivial encodings?  For example: 'LtRt' is a
> 4-channel encoding, stored on 2-channels, which uses phase information
> to decode into 4 channels.
>
>   a) Yes.  Plugins that care can accept those encodings.  LtRt data can
>      only be connected to plugins which explicitly accept LtRt.
>
>   b) Yes.  Plugins are not aware of encodings unless they ask about
>      them.  LtRt data can be sent to any two-channel plugin.
>
>   c) No.  Encodings are decoded when entering the GMPI graph.  LtRt is
>      turned into 4 mono streams.
>
>   d)  Other. Explain.
>
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