[gmpi] Re: Reqs draft
- From: "Jeff McClintock" <jeffmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:12:03 +1300
> So query it once and store it.
Amen
Jeff M.
Cubase does it. simple, works.
P.S. My Host SynthEdit, scans the plugin directory every time at startup.
Lazy, I know. But actually no big deal in reality.
We don't need to specify a plugin database as part of GIMPI, every host has
slightly different requirements. You may as well roll-your-own.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Hockin" <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 3:29 PM
Subject: [gmpi] Re: Reqs draft
> On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 07:15:24PM -0700, eric wrote:
> > >What kind of metadata? Is it really easier to store meta-data outside
the
> > >plugin than to just ask the plugin?
> > >
> > YES, it's easier. You don't have to load, instantiate, and query the
> > plugin if the info is available outside the plugin. I have one plugin
> > that takes about 15 seconds to load.... and I have HUNDREDS of plugins.
> > That could get very messy (IS very messy for me already with VST). I
> > think an external plugin description is a MUST.
>
> So query it once and store it. GMPI plugins should not need to be
> instantiated to be probed. Wrapper plugins may have a lot of work to do,
> but that is the nature of the beast.
>
> What meta data does a wrapper plugin store outside itself? The full list
of
> plugins involves the full list of wrapped plugins and THEIR structure. By
> that measure you have to query the plugin itself to know the real list of
> plugins RIGHT NOW.
>
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