[gmpi] Re: Topic 1: Audience for and users of plugins
- From: "Mikael Hillborg" <mikael@xxxxxx>
- To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:40:34 +0100
Yeah, at least we can say that the framework should not make life difficult
for the end users. The end-users shouldn't have to deal with technical issues
when they install or uninstall the plugins. And they shouldn't have to deal
with technical issues when they are using them.
Versioning - two plugins with the same ID but different version should
be possible to execute at the same time, because otherwise it confuses
the end-user. Lots of users install different versions of plugins on top
of each other. That shouldn't be a problem with this framework.
/MH
> >>>
> The third category (end users) would probably not be too important to GMPI,
> since it's the jobs of the host and plugins to provide the end user with a
> way of actually "getting things done." GMPI should therefore be transparent
> to the end-user.
> <<<
>
> I think end users are ultimately very important to GMPI. Consider gaming
> consoles. People who play games want them to sound great. Great sounds
> come from a great sound design team, using state of the art sound design
> tools. These tools will no doubt be plug-in enabled editors. The sounds
> that the sound designer hears at "authoring time" should (ideally) be the
> same as that heard at "play time."
>
> OTOH, the realities of sound development on game consoles are extremely
> harsh. Audio in games is given a 5% CPU budget. So there's no way a Waves
> reverb is going to sound the same on a Playstation.
>
> So our decision to include or exclude people who play games on gaming
> consoles may determine whether or not we need to support the kinds of
> bizarro audio formats and subsystems that are game consoles today. It all
> interrelates.
>
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