[gmpi] Re: 3.8. Events Req 25 eventorder
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:59:55 -0800
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 06:48:57PM -0500, Ron Kuper wrote:
> > I wouldn't want to see GMPI plugin coders sorting events "just in
> case".
>
> What's cheaper, maintaining a sorted queue or inserting events unsorted,
> and sorting after?
>
> I think the GMPI SDK needs to provide an event queue class to handle the
> details...
Sure. Should the "events must be delivered in order" be a new Req? Or
just a note in the extras?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmpi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gmpi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jeff McClintock
> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 2:21 PM
> To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gmpi] Re: 3.8. Events Req 25 eventorder
>
> > good but can we also assume that a Vst - Gmpi Wrapper will repair the
>
> event order.
> > there are hosts out there which don't serve events in the correct
> order!
>
> If we agree they should be in order ( I certainly do ), and the spec
> says so. Then a wrapper must repair the event order (else it's the
> wrapper at fault).
>
> I wouldn't want to see GMPI plugin coders sorting events "just in case".
>
> It's a waste of your time, a waste of CPU, and one more place for a
> bug to creep in.
> In fact, in general, if we write the spec clearly, we shouldn't have to
> write "workaround" code. "workarrounds" indicates a poorly defined API.
>
> Best Regards,
> Jeff
>
> Robert Fehse wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> >
> >
> >>i would like to see a reqiurement for the host to serve the events in
> >>the
> >>correct order of time.
> >><<<
> >>
> >>Remember that plugins can serve events to other plugins. So this
> >>requirement is really about a mandate on whatever scheme we used for
> >>event communication.
> >
> >
> > good but can we also assume that a Vst - Gmpi Wrapper will repair the
> event
> > order.
> > there are hosts out there which don't serve events in the correct
> order!
> >
> >
> >
> >>it should be defined how to handle events outside a loop (note off's
> >>after
> >>loopend, note on's before ,...)
> >><<<
> >>
> >>Hopefully GMPI won't need looping as an explicit construction. A host
> >>can "unroll" loops on a strictly increasing timeline, so that plugins
> >>always see time rolling forward.
> >
> >
> > ok
> >
> >
> >
> >>for example allowing no or only 1 tempochange per process cycle.
> >><<<
> >>
> >>Multiple tempos within one audio frame are a fact of life, we should
> not
> >>built mechanisms to hide that from plugins. If a plugin wants to be
> >>lazy it can always interpret the first tempo change that it sees as
> the
> >>one that is in effect for the entire frame.
> >
> >
> > sounds logic.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: gmpi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gmpi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >>Behalf Of Robert Fehse
> >>Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:23 PM
> >>To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [gmpi] 3.8. Events Req 25 eventorder
> >>
> >>Hi.
> >>
> >>i would like to see a reqiurement for the host to serve the events in
> >>the
> >>correct order of time.
> >>and that there are rules to handle the order of events with the same
> >>timestamp.
> >>for example it should be a reqiurement that note off events are sent
> >>before
> >>note on events if they have the same timestamp.
> >>it should be defined how to handle events outside a loop (note off's
> >>after
> >>loopend, note on's before ,...)
> >>
> >>perhaps there should be the possibility to restrict certain eventtypes
> >>(eventfilter).
> >>for example allowing no or only 1 tempochange per process cycle.
> >>perhaps such 'semi-static maps' metnioned in 3.9 Req 32 are a better
> >>solution.
> >>
> >>
> >>Robert
> >>
> >>
> >>
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