[linux-audio-dev] PTAF link and comments

[Steve Harris]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 11:55:10 +0100, Laurent de Soras [Ohm Force] wrote:
> 
> Steve Harris wrote:
> > 
> > > PTAF uses float, subdivided in four ranges; [0,.25], [.25,.5],
> > > [.5,.75] and [.75,1], where the lower two ranges are for real time
> > > use, and the higher two are for off-line use.
> > 
> > This doesn't make snese to me, off-line and wuality should be independent.
> > Plugins should also be free to use the range how they like.
> 
> Of course. The ranges given in the PTAF docs were only
> suggestions of use. That's why the quality setting is
> dissociated from the "rendering context" information.

OK, os how does the host know to map between quality and float? Is there a
cutoff point at which the quality is only usable in offline?

- Steve