[gmpi] Re: Topic 2: Plugin flavors

>We also need to address:- will we support plugs operating in a
>pseudo-static (visualiser / editor) mode of operation, "offline" hybrids
>(including multipass and non-1:1 algorithms), or does GMPI only seek to
>address realtime 1:1 or "pseudo-1:1" streaming at this stage?
>
>My suggestion would be to specify only realtime streaming for now as
>that's the most urgent need, but to bear in mind the possibility of
>visualisers and editors using the same data representation scheme and
>broad API conventions in future.

as i just mentioned, i don't think we care what the plugin does. it
can do visualization, make candy based on the incoming audio signal,
control a 3D polystyrene robot sculptor or whatever. from the
perspective of the host, its a chunk of code that the host calls at
the appropriate times, has zero or more inputs and zero or more
outputs and obeys general RT scheduling:

        cycles spent in plugin = (A * nframes) + B

where A and B are constants. 


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