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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list > Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the > following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own > words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not > redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. > > Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi > Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe