[gmpi] Re: Topic 2: Plugin flavors

>On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:35:47 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
>> >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:
>
>We do (or could) care if its not 1:1 or streaming, that makes a real
>difference. I odnt think this has been mentioned so far, but I thought we
>were cencerning ourselves with realtime plugins for now.

ah, sorry i missed angus' key point i guess. sure, if a plugin has
inputs and outputs, then they must be 1:1. doing anything else makes
everybody's life harder, and with little gain, i think.

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