unique IDs etc Re: [linux-audio-dev] Ladspa Gui's (Is ladspa actually la-dsp-a?)

[Chris Cannam]

On Wednesday 09 Jun 2004 10:57 am, Steve Harris wrote:
> 2) plugins with the same UID are supposed to be port-compatible,
> though due to developer lazyness this doesnt always happen *cough*

DSSI actually identifies the plugin to the UI by .so and label, not by 
unique ID.  And there's no such requirement for labels, is there?

The whole thing about unique IDs troubles me though, because they're 
supposed to be globally unique, right?  So what should you do if you 
want to write a .so that could instantiate any number of plugins 
dynamically, either by generating them according to some 
configuration or by wrappering e.g. an existing directoryful of VST 
plugins?  You can't possibly guarantee global uniqueness if you don't 
even know in advance how many plugins you'll be offering.


Chris