[PD] Do I need 2 Gem/PD instances for this application

[Peter P.]

* IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> [2017-12-09 13:58]:
> On 12/09/2017 05:25 AM, Jim Ruxton wrote:
> > Thanks a lot Peter pix_buffer works great for this.  I'd like to find a
> > way to retrieve everything if I lose power but I think I can do that by
> > also pix_writing every frame.
> > 
> 
> hmm.
> i think that [pix_write] is a design failure in itself, and shouldn't be
> used if possible.
Just curious. Why is it a design failure, which alternatives should be
used?

thanks,P