Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA extension proposal (quick action wanted)
From: Richard Guenther (rguenth_AT_tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 16:17:28 EET
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 08:59:26 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
> >
> > the main area of potential evolution right now concerns the right form
> > for the argument to lcp_open(). if the GUI's are always on the same
> > system, which they would be if fork/execed by the host, `pid' makes
> > sense. but for more generality, GUI's could be started on other
> > systems (PDA's anyone?) and then sockaddr_in or something similar
> > would be appropriate.
>
> How about adopting the same approach X uses. unix domain sockets on local
> machines and tcpip on remote ones, I believe.
Note that we are not speaking of a timing critical part, so always
using tcpip will simplify implementation. Also we could make use
of existing technology and simply present a http server to the GUI
(which in turn can be any browser) either from the LADSPA host
or directly from each plugin.
Richard.
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