[LAD] RDF libraries, was Re: [ANN] IR: LV2 Convolution Reverb

Stefano D'Angelo zanga.mail at gmail.com
Fri Feb 25 19:59:59 UTC 2011


2011/2/25 Olivier Guilyardi <list at samalyse.com>:
> On 02/25/2011 08:15 PM, Stefano D'Angelo wrote:
>> 2011/2/25 Olivier Guilyardi <list at samalyse.com>:
>>> On 02/25/2011 08:14 PM, Stefano D'Angelo wrote:
>>>> 2011/2/25 Olivier Guilyardi <list at samalyse.com>:
>>>>> LV2 plugins on mobile devices? Yes, I'm investigating that :)
>>>> Olivier++
>>>>
>>>> Android or...?
>>> Yep :)
>>
>> Is there something I could take a look at?
>
> Oh, well, I've only done some research so far. I have a closed source Android
> audio app which could act as a plugin host.
>
> It's a few months ago now that I investigated LV2. IIRC, at that time I
> concluded that this wasn't an option because SLV2 was GPL'ed. But things are
> changing IIUC :)

Yep. :-)

> The thing about Android is that third-party plugins should be rather feasible.
> There are simple mechanisms which could easily allow a host to discover which
> plugins are installed on the system. Such plugins could be distributed as
> standalone packages (APK) on the Android Market.

Yes, I don't know the details of those mechanisms, but after seeing
how Flash is distributed as an APK and integrates into the browser, I
was thinking something along those lines too.

> There are a couple of security issues with linking about a third-party .so though.

True.

However, my question about this Android/LV2 possibility is: what for? Any ideas?

Stefano



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