I am one of the silent majority :) Honestly, this part of the debate is not the most crucial for me (and I imagine several others on the list), I am saving my energies for later discussions that REALLY matter from my point of view. The finer details of the audio streaming model are not critical for me, and I trust others involved to get it "right enough". ======================================================= Angus F. Hewlett, Technical Director FXpansion Audio UK Ltd - http://www.fxpansion.com ======================================================= On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Tim Hockin wrote: > > a) Yes. A plugin-global flag indicates a plugins ability to do this. > > This tells the host that ANY input buffer may be re-used on ANY output > > (perhaps withing some higher-level grouping of stuff (think MIDI > > channel?)). If a plug can not accept this rule, it must not use > > in-place processing. (VST model?) > > > > c) Yes. A plugin is given inputs and produces it's own output buffers > > based on internal knowledge or other variables. The host is not > > involved, except to furnish new buffers as requested. The plugin must > > re-use or release all input buffers. Variations on this can be devised > > to allowed shared input/outputs. (baton passing, or similar to DX > > model) > > Either no one cares again, or everyone is busy. Does anyone ACTUALLY want > this to succeed? > > Summary: > > A: Jeff McClintock, Steve Harris > C: Ron Kuper, Tim Hockin > > other: Vincent Burel, Mike Berry > none: EVERYONE ELSE > > This is feeling more and more like a waste of energy. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list > Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the > following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own > words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not > redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. > > Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi > Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe