[PD] LibPD <- Vanilla only ?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

If someone wanted to libpd-ify the Pd-extended core, I'll help where I can.
That would give you things like [initbang], $@ and $#, the 'blob' type for
handling generic blobs of memory, and more.

.hc

On 02/21/2013 12:39 AM, Peter Brinkmann wrote:
> libpd itself only tracks Pd Vanilla, but you can use externals with it. On
> platforms the support dynamic libraries (e.g., Android), you can just build
> and package your externals like any other native binary, and libpd will be
> able to use them (as long as the binaries are on the search path, but there
> are utilities in pd-for-android that take care of that for you). On
> platforms that don't support dynamic libraries (e.g., iOS), you can still
> link externals with your app, you just have to manually initialize them.
> The pd-for-ios wiki explains how.
> 
> About sending GPS coordinates to libpd, the easiest way to do this is to
> use the libpd's message passing mechanism, no need for OSC or other
> networking. To get an idea how this works, look at the way the ScenePlayer
> app in pd-for-android handles accelerometer values.
> Hope this helps,
>      Peter
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Scott R. Looney <scottrlooney at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> well, i'm not experienced at using libpd in an application but i've
>> definitely researched the topic pretty thoroughly.  peter brinkmann is the
>> obvious expert here to talk to. so here's what i know:
>>
>> libpd only uses vanilla objects, although expr~ was recently included in
>> that group. it can be extended by including other libraries into libpd as
>> far as i'm aware. i'm definitely aware of at least two cases where the
>> cyclone library has been compiled for use with libpd.
>>
>> so, if your plan is to use it locally with your friends, this should
>> basically work fine. also as far as distribution via the different stores,
>> there should be no issues with offering a product for Android via Google
>> Play.
>>
>> however, if you are releasing this product on the iTunes Store, Apple has
>> a restriction that does not allow third party libraries to be included that
>> have GPL licensing. since the vast majority of PD libraries have this
>> licensing on the binaries, it means you will need to recompile the desired
>> libraries from source and change the license in order to put the product on
>> the store. BSD or MIT licenses seem to be preferred. without this license
>> change, i don't think that you can even offer the app for free, but i'm not
>> sure about this.
>>
>> if anyone else has more accurate information, feel free to confirm,
>> clarify or refine.
>>
>> hope this helps,
>> scott
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Фывапр Олджэвич <tofuckof at inbox.ru>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear List !
>>>
>>> Are here some people, who worked with LibPD ?
>>>
>>> I'm on a way of trying to make pd-driven sampler for a portable platforms
>>> (iOS, Android).
>>>
>>> The sampler should use GPS-data, somehow transmitted to PD. So i know
>>> that this kind of ideas were already succesfully made with PD by RjDj.
>>>
>>> I know that LibPD is the only way to embed the sound engine to external
>>> code.
>>>
>>> questions right now:
>>>
>>> 1) Is LibPD working with Vanilla version of PD only ?
>>>
>>> Or maybe I can programm in Extended, but not using extra libraries ?
>>>
>>> 2) can the LibPD recieve OSC or some other way an external data ? in my
>>> case we want it to recieve GPS coordinates and maybe some data from the
>>> device sensors... ( it is meant to be smartphone)
>>>
>>> And is it done the same way as in extended ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thankyou very much !
>>>
>>>
>>>
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