[gmpi] Re: Reqs Discuss: 12-15
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:52:28 -0800
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:44:25AM +0100, Vincent Burel wrote:
> severe CPU usage (that's relative) or latency are not prohibiting real time
> at all ! we really need a field to indicate if the plug-in is made for
> real -time or not :
> - not real-time because the instability CPU load in the time (this needs 1%
> CPU on some audio frame, and 10.000% on other)
> - not real time because cannot support the buffer size given by the host
> (require buffer multiple of 512 or 1024 samples)
> - not real time because the processing needs several pass (analyse,
> processing etc... )
Something like that - which the requirement covers, yes?
> > > REQ 15 : difficult...
> >
> > Agreed, but not impossible. The simplest solution could be a single event
> > to the plugin saying "you ate too much CPU last time - can you throttle
> > down?". If the plugin persists in misbehaving, the host can whack it.
>
> or disconnect it from the chain... This is mayby the simplest solution. good
> idea !
hah. And everyone else wants me to get rid of it, so far :)
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