[openbeosmediakit] Re: BroadcastNewParameterValue - issues, solutions?
- From: "David Shipman" <unlyrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeosmediakit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:30:15 NZST (+1200)
Hi Marcus,
> I *assume* that the BView that is presenting the controls
> (which is the defualt BMediaTheme) uses BMediaRoster::StartWatching
> to be notified when someone calls BroadcastNewParameterValue.
This is correct... it is sent as B=5FMEDIA=5FNEW=5FPARAMETER=5FVALUE
message (although usually the view would be using a wildcard to receive
other ParameterWeb updates).
> > Only nodes that implement BroadcastNewParameterValue() in their
> > SetParameterValue function update correctly - Be's Audio Mixer is
> > an
> > example of one such node.
> Can you explain this a little more=3D3F Who does call the
> SetParameterValue=3F
> Is it the media theme=3F
SetParameterValue gets called directly when you move controls in a
BMediaTheme generated BView - you can also call it externally if you
want,
so its important that the notification happens regardless.
I suspect that the default media theme also calls the function when it
receives a NewParameterValue notification. What it should be doing is
just redrawing the display (calling Invalidate() on the control's
view);
Since I'm playing around with controls and control data a lot at the
moment
(expect an announcement soon), I'll put together a simple media theme
and see whats actually happening.
> [snip].... A thread in the server
> then does the sending of events to all different notifiers
> (applications)
> that are monitoring the events.
> The advantage is that the node causing the notification will not be
> stalled because of some slow recevier. Of cause, this may/will
> slightly
> delay notification messages.
As I mentioned above - if the messages are only for display purposes,
this shouldn't be too much of an issue. Real changes in control values
=5Fmust=5F be processed quickly tho.
At any rate, I'll let you know what happens with the theme, hopefully
its as simple as a redraw instead of SetValue.
Thanks,
David Shipman
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