[PD] OSCX or mrpeach/osc ?

Martin Peach martin.peach at sympatico.ca
Wed Mar 25 14:07:38 CET 2009


Alvaro wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm working on a new patch that uses OSC. I've been using OSCX so far, but then I came accross a page on pdpedia
> that claims OSCX is no longer maintained, and that I should use mrpeach's objects instead. SVN history seems to confirm this, but then OSCX worksforme, is well documented, and there are plenty of examples. 
> So, I don't want to step on anybody's toes, but what is the right choice for a new project? The alternative, to build an abstraction layer, would mean a lot of extra work. mrpeach are you there?
>

Well you can use whatever you like. OSCX is probably easier for basic 
stuff. The mrpeach versions also allow you to force the type of each 
argument, route dynamically, use timestamps, broadcast, and send OSC 
over TCP or serial instead of UDP.

Martin





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