[gmpi] Re: Topic 7: Audio packaging
- From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 21:35:51 +0100
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 11:57:32 -0700, Tim Hockin wrote:
> > What is this concept of IsZero() ?
>
> If a plugin is smart, it can see that a buffer is 'silent' without actually
> needing the data. This saves the cost of filling the buffer, and possibly
> more, if the plugin can optimize away certain paths.
A more important pint is that the plugin can set the buffer to be a magic
pre-silenced buffer.
I still think that (in the general case) detecting "silent" buffers and
responding to them is bad mojo, but geing able to generate them for free
has its advantages.
How this plays with inplace processing is another matter, I suspect they
are mutually exclusive.
- Steve
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