Re: [LAU] open hw soundcard

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:31:00PM +0000, Folderol wrote: Anywhere where packets of different types have to be transmitted over the same channel you need to add some data to identify the packet type. It can be a simple as a single byte or int. OSC does two things: 1. It encodes packet type in textual strings, which can be structured in the same way as pathnames in file system are. 2. It defines a way to describe and encode the data that follows, so you are not limited to a set of predefined formats. Both are done in a way that make the conversion from/to a textual representation very simple, which is some cases is a desirable feature. Neither of these is essential in the application we are discussing, it could as well use a fixed set of binary formats. If the limits of doing that are acceptable then you don't need OSC or anything similar. If you don't want such limitations then OSC is a good choice. That's all. And anyway, until the fundamental hardware design issues are solved, all this is in fact quite irrelevant. Ciao, -- FA Io lo dico sempre: l'Italia è troppo stretta e lunga.