[gmpi] Re: Reqs Discuss: 12-15

  • From: RonKuper@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:17:06 -0500

>>>
Do we want to make some requirements about multi-pass (offline only) 
plugins, then?
<<<

Yes: GMPI must provide a way for plugins to be multi-pass.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Hockin [mailto:thockin@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:11 AM
To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gmpi] Re: Reqs Discuss: 12-15


On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 02:14:33PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
> >On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:12:37AM -0500, RonKuper@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> Having mutliple pass requirements is a whole other can of worms.  
> >> How would you envision it working from a host point of view?

> >> A few ways.  The way we do it in a private API we wrote is we ask 
> >> the plugin, how many passes do you need?  If the plugin says > 1, 
> >> then we call it (offline, of course) with the same data pass by 
> >> pass.  At the start of each pass we call a "begin pass" method.

> >> Multipass is pretty important if you want to write plugins that do 
> >> any kind of global analysis on a large audio signal up front, such 
> >> as intelligent noise reduction.

Do we want to make some requirements about multi-pass (offline only) 
plugins, then?

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