Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Streaming client for JACK
From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 22:49:16 EET
>On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 03:06:32 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
>>
>> there is, however, a really tricky problem with doing this in LADSPA:
>> there is no support for string variables, so there is no way to set
>> the filename to be used.
>
>You could set it in the environment.
not very easily. you'd have to set it specifically before
instantiating each instance of the plugin. each one may need a
different filename.
>Not that I think this is a good idea, but its the only way I've been able
>to think of.
i used an even worse hack in Quasimodo to allow passing strings via
floats. you don't want to know.
>Personally I think that letting the OS cache the data is a cleaner idea.
me too, except that a LADSPA solution to this would be a very useful,
modular solution for many different contexts.
--p
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