Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA types, etc.
From: Erik Steffl (esteffl_AT_pbi.net)
Date: Mon Mar 27 2000 - 22:09:33 EEST
since there is going to be at least an order more plugins I think that
hosts should be more complicated and the code that might require
optimisation should be in host. there is no reason to have the same code
in all plugins when host can provide the functionality.
erik
Richard Guenther wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I think there are two major positions there. Some people disagree
> to support multiple types because this complicates the host as it
> has to know about all types and probably do conversion between them.
> Other people (you may count me here, too) just say, keep complexity
> away from the host and put them into the plugins, i.e. if one wants
> to do 256bit float, let them do it and make them provide their own
> conversions as _plugins_! Btw. this is the way GLAME goes, there is
> no intelligent host involved, but anything, including buffer management
> is done inside the plugins. Very simple and very extensible.
>
> Richard.
>
> --
> Richard Guenther <richard.guenther_AT_student.uni-tuebingen.de>
> WWW: http://www.anatom.uni-tuebingen.de/~richi/
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