[GEM-dev] [pix_record] api question

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

i am currently not really happy with the interfacing of [pix_record].
basically it has been taken from [pix_write], which was meant for
single-frames and not for movies.

what i like least is that there are "bang" (for single frames) "auto
1/0" (for a series of frames) and "record 1/0" for turning recording on/off.

the bad thing is, that while splitting this object into several i have
eventually lost the "record" message and now i am missing it :-(

however, i am wondering whether we really need the "auto" and "bang"
ways of recording. if somebody really wants to do a "stop-motion" video
they can well do so via turning the rendering on/off for the whole
(sub)tree where [pix_record] lives.

i am thinking of making [pix_record] close to [writesf~], e.g it only
takes an "open"-message to specify the filename, and a "start"/"stop"
(or 1/0) pair to start and finish(!) recording.

does this sound bad? will it break patches?


mfg.a.arsdr
IOhannes