[PD-dev] motex cvs

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On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> Having a sound file player that plays any format makes Pd more
> flexible, leading to more new and unexpected uses.   This is the
> strength of Pd: as few presumptions as possible.  If you wanted to
> build a mp3 jukebox using Pd, for example, you'd need to play mp3s
> within Pd.

Not necessarilly. You could control an mp3 player from pd.
Anyhow, just wanted to say that the format question is not the most
important one regarding readsf~.

Guenter

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> .hc
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> >>
> >> maybe it's just another stupid idea, that will be discussed once and
> >> never realized (like the marketplace / bounty system),
> >
> > We just couldn't agree on the bounty system. I was against it and in
> > favour of forming a non-profit organization. I wouldn't step back from
> > my opinion without seeing a proposal for a proper model of the bounty
> > system. Obviously copying the Gnome bounty thing can't possibly work,
> > and we do not even have the information about how they do it
> > internally.
> >
> > Who takes the decisions ?
> > How can we assure that this will be fair ?
> > Who decides what gets implemented, how ?
> >
> > So this is the problem. Someone would have to really think about it,
> > which means a lot of work, just as the formation of an organization, or
> > just like the setup of the CVS.
> > I wouldn't volunteer for such a task anymore, you are free to do so.
> > Just get a critical amount of developers on your side and make sure
> > the others don't run away completely.
> >
> > Guenter
> >
> >> but what about a plugin api for pd?
> >> the readsf/writesf players could be improved (maybe similarly written
> >> to
> >> thomas's sfplay) and an api could be designed that makes it possible
> >> to
> >> support all kinds of audio formats ... mp3, ogg, flac, speex,
> >> libsndfile, whatever you want ...
> >> this api could also be used for the soundfiler ...
> >>
> >> just a stupid idea to save some work ... but it will only work if
> >> several developers _cooperate_ which will be the mayor problem :-(
> >>
> >> just my 2¢ ... tim
> >>
> >> --
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> >> latest mp3: kMW.mp3
> >> http://mattin.org/mp3.html
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