[gmpi] Re: on mutliple sample types (OT, but let's finish?)

  • From: <Jarmo.Hiipakka@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:38:23 +0200

From Tim's mail to Ron:

> There are two NO's involved in one of your prior emails, and in the point I
> am willing to concede:
> 
> no mixing types in a plugin
> no mixing types in a graph (unless the host wants to take o the challenge)
> 
> My proposal was actually:
> 
> no mixing types in a plugin (or maybe yes)
> yes mixing types in a graph (via GMPI-provided converters)
> 
> 
> I'm willing to concede to the NO+NO point of view, if that is where everyone
> sits.  I thought that was where you were.  Was I wrong?

What I was originally hoping for, is what Tim originally proposed, 
i.e., MAYBE+YES (this puts me in the PERHAPS camp, too). If GMPI 
allowed mixing types in a plugin, you could, e.g., change to 
a different dithering plugin, if your favourite host didn't perform 
that optimally. For mixing types in a graph I do see _real_ use on 
platforms that are gradually developing in their floating point 
performance.

However, I don't feel that strongly about this. I'm fine as long as
there is support for an integer sample type (profile), and supporting
multiple profiles in a host is not made too complex and difficult.

Time to close this one?

        Best Regards,
        Jarmo Hiipakka

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  Jarmo Hiipakka, Research Engineer, 
  Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
  jarmo.hiipakka@xxxxxxxxx, +358 50 483 6538

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