[LAD] libsndfile version 1.0.24

[Paul Davis]

torben already did some exploring of one potentially interesting use
of sndfile's virtual IO api: make it use the async I/O options now
available with linux. this has some potential big gains for disk
throughput for an app like ardour.

On 3/24/11, Jeremy Salwen <jeremysalwen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Basically, instead of reading from a file, libsndfile can be passed a set of
> functions to read data from an arbitrary source.
>
> So for example, if you write a set of functions which will read a sound file
> from a memory block or a network location, you can pass them to libsndfile,
> and it will use them to load the data from memory or over the network, even
> if it doesn't actually exist as a file.
>
> This is the "virtual IO functionality".  He has simply released a
> description of this API so that it is easy to understand and use. You can
> view it on the website here: http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/api.html
>
> Jeremy
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Victor Lazzarini
> <Victor.Lazzarini at nuim.ie>wrote:
>
>> Whats does this mean?
>>
>> Victor
>>
>> On 24 Mar 2011, at 00:32, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>>
>>   * Document virtual I/O functionality.
>>>
>>
>> Dr Victor Lazzarini
>> Senior Lecturer
>> Dept. of Music
>> NUI Maynooth Ireland
>> tel.: +353 1 708 3545
>> Victor dot Lazzarini AT nuim dot ie
>>
>>
>>
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