[linux-audio-dev] PTAF link and comments

[David Olofson]

On Wednesday 05 February 2003 16.37, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 01:40:59 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > Well, you might still be able to comment on an idea: Splitting up
> > the GUI in two parts; one that runs in the same process as the
> > DSP plugin, and one that runs in another process, possibly on
> > another machine. This would allow the "local" part of the GUI to
> > interact with the DSP plugin more effectively, while still
> > messing with your favourite toolkit in another process.
>
> Dividing the rendering is effectivly ehat happens, eg. the DSP part
> does the meter maths and outputs a control signal for the
> amplitude.

Yes, but that's a plugin specific exception, I think. There's an 
important difference: A DSP plugin will run in RT context, which is 
not required for a "local-half" GUI plugin. Consequently, one have 
more freedom, both in terms of basic "local-half" implementation, and 
choice of IPC methods for the local/remote connection.


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