annotate plugin/api/new_dssi_transport_patch @ 875:3e6ed8a8577b tonioni

Use a sparse time-value model only for outputs with fixed bin count of 1, not for those with unknown bin count.
(Precursor to using more than one model for outputs with unknown bin count)

diff -r dssi-CVS-20051012=0.9.1/dssi/dssi.h _dssi-transport-mine-new/dssi/dssi.h
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<    DSSI version 0.9
<    Copyright (c) 2004 Chris Cannam, Steve Harris and Sean Bolton
---
>    DSSI version 0.10
>    Copyright (c) 2004,2005 Chris Cannam, Steve Harris and Sean Bolton
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< #define DSSI_VERSION "0.9"
---
> #define DSSI_VERSION "0.10"
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< #define DSSI_VERSION_MINOR 9
---
> #define DSSI_VERSION_MINOR 10
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> #define DSSI_TRANSPORT_VALID_STATE  0x01
> #define DSSI_TRANSPORT_VALID_BPM    0x02
> #define DSSI_TRANSPORT_VALID_BBT    0x10
> #define DSSI_TRANSPORT_VALID_TIME   0x20
> 
> #define DSSI_TRANSPORT_STATE_STOPPED       0
> #define DSSI_TRANSPORT_STATE_RUNNING       1
> #define DSSI_TRANSPORT_STATE_FREEWHEELING  2
> #define DSSI_TRANSPORT_STATE_OTHER         3  /* waiting for sync, ? */
> 
> typedef struct _DSSI_Transport_Info {
> 
>     /** The value of this field indicates which of the following
>      *  transport information fields contain valid values. It is
>      *  the logical OR of the DSSI_TRANSPORT_VALID_* bits defined
>      *  above, and may be zero. */
>     int  Valid;
> 
> 
>     /** This field is valid when (Valid & DSSI_TRANSPORT_VALID_STATE)
>      *  is true:
>      *
>      *  ---- The current transport state, one of the DSSI_TRANSPORT_STATE_*
>      *       values defined above. */
>     int  State;
> 
> 
>     /** This field is valid when (Valid & DSSI_TRANSPORT_VALID_BPM)
>      *  is true:
>      *
>      *  ---- The current tempo, in beats per minute.  */
>     double Beats_Per_Minute;
> 
> 
>     /** These six fields are valid when (Valid & DSSI_TRANSPORT_VALID_BBT)
>      *  is true:
>      *
>      *  ---- The bar number at the beginning of the current process cycle. */
>     unsigned long Bar;
> 
>      *  ---- The beat within that Bar. */
>     unsigned long Beat;
>     
>     /** ---- The tick within that Beat. */
>     unsigned long Tick;
> 
>     /** ---- The (possibly fractional) tick count since transport 'start'
>      *       and the beginning of the current Bar. */
>     double Bar_Start_Tick;
> 
>     /** ---- The number of beats per bar. */
>     float  Beats_Per_Bar;
> 
>     /** ---- The number of ticks for each beat. */
>     double Ticks_Per_Beat;
> 
>     /* [Sean says: I left out the 'beat_type' (time signature "denominator")
>      * field of the jack_position_t structure, because I think it's useless
>      * except to a notation program. Does anybody else feel like we need it?]
>     
> 
>     /** These two fields are valid when (Valid & DSSI_TRANSPORT_VALID_TIME)
>      *  is true:
>      *
>      *  ---- The transport time at the beginning of the current process
>      *       cycle, in seconds. */
>     double  Current_Time;
> 
>     /** ---- The transport time at the beginning of the next process
>              cycle, unless repositioning occurs. */
>     double  Next_Time;
> 
> } DSSI_Transport_Info;
> 
> typedef struct _DSSI_Host_Descriptor DSSI_Host_Descriptor; /* below */
> 
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<      * If we're lucky, this will never be needed.  For now all plugins
<      * must set it to 1.
---
>      * All plugins must set this to 1 or 2.  The version 1 API contains
>      * all DSSI_Descriptor fields through run_multiple_synths_adding(),
>      * while the version 2 API adds the receive_host_descriptor().
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> 
>     /**
>      * receive_host_descriptor()
>      *
>      * This member is a function pointer by which a host may provide
>      * a plugin with a pointer to its DSSI_Host_Descriptor. Hosts
>      * which provide host descriptor support must call this function
>      * once per plugin shared object file, before any calls to
>      * instantiate().
>      *
>      * NOTE: This field was added in version 2 of the DSSI API. Hosts
>      * supporting version 2 must not access this field in a plugin
>      * whose DSSI_API_Version is 1, and plugins supporting version 2
>      * should behave reasonably under hosts (of any version) which do
>      * not implement this function. A version 2 plugin that does not
>      * provide this function must set this member to NULL.
>      */
>     void (*receive_host_descriptor)(DSSI_Host_Descriptor *Descriptor);
> 
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> 
> struct _DSSI_Host_Descriptor {
> 
>     /**
>      * DSSI_API_Version
>      *
>      * This member indicates the DSSI API level used by this host.
>      * All hosts must set this to 2.  Hopefully, we'll get this right
>      * the first time, and this will never be needed.
>      */
>     int DSSI_API_Version;
> 
>     /**
>      * request_tranport_information()
>      *
>      * This member is a function pointer by which a plugin instance may
>      * request that a host begin providing transport information (if
>      * Request is non-zero), or notify the host that it no longer needs
>      * transport information (if Request is zero).  Upon receiving a
>      * non-zero request, the host should return a pointer to a
>      * DSSI_Transport_Info structure if it is able to provide transport
>      * information, or NULL otherwise.
>      *
>      * Once a plugin instance has received a non-null transport
>      * information pointer, it may read from the structure at any time
>      * within the execution of an audio class function (see doc/RFC.txt).
>      * It should not consider the structure contents to be meaningful
>      * while within a instantiation or control class function.  Also,
>      * since the validity of fields within the structure may change
>      * between each new invocation of an audio class function, a plugin
>      * instance must check the Valid field of the structure accordingly
>      * before using the structure's other contents.
>      *
>      * A host which does not support this function must set this member
>      * to NULL.
>      */
>     DSSI_Transport_Info *
>         (*request_transport_information)(LADSPA_Handle Instance,
>                                          int           Request);
> 
>     /**
>      * request_midi_send()
>      *
>      * This member is a function pointer that allows a plugin to
>      * request the ability to send MIDI events to the host.
>      *
>      * While the interpretation of plugin-generated MIDI events is
>      * host implementation specific, a mechanism exists by which a
>      * plugin may declare to the host the number of destination
>      * 'ports' and MIDI channels it can expect will be used in the
>      * plugin-generated events.  Plugins which generate unchannelized
>      * MIDI should supply zero for both Ports and Channels, otherwise
>      * they should supply the maximum numbers for Ports and Channels
>      * they expect to use.
>      *
>      * A plugin instance must call this function during instantiate().
>      * [Sean says: this restriction seems reasonable to me, since
>      * the host may need to create output ports, etc., and instantiate()
>      * seems like a good place to do such things.  I'm sure I haven't
>      * fully thought through all the details, though....]
>      *
>      * The host should return a non-zero value if it is able to
>      * provide MIDI send for the plugin instance, otherwise it should
>      * return zero, and the plugin instance may not subsequently call
>      * midi_send().
>      *
>      * A host which does not support the MIDI send function must set
>      * both this member and (*midi_send)() below to NULL.
>      */
>     int (*request_midi_send)(LADSPA_Handle Instance,
>                              unsigned char Ports,
>                              unsigned char Channels);
> 
>     /**
>      * midi_send()
>      *
>      * This member is a function pointer by which a plugin actually
>      * sends MIDI events to the host (provided it has received a non-
>      * zero return from request_midi_send()). As in the run_synth()
>      * functions, the Event pointer points to a block of EventCount
>      * ALSA sequencer events.  The dest.port and data.*.channel fields
>      * of each event are used to specify destination port and channel,
>      * respectively, when the plugin is supplying channelized events.
>      *
>      * A plugin may only call this function from within the execution
>      * of the audio class run_*() or select_program() functions. When
>      * called from a run_*() functions, the events are timestamped
>      * relative to the start of the block, (mis)using the ALSA "tick
>      * time" field as a frame count. The plugin is responsible for
>      * ensuring that events with differing timestamps are already
>      * ordered by time, and that timestamps across multiple calls to
>      * midi_send() from within the same run_*() invocation are
>      * monotonic.  When midi_send() is called from within
>      * select_program(), the timestamps are ignored, and the events
>      * are considered to originate at the same frame time as the
>      * select_program() call, if such a timing can be considered
>      * meaningful.
>      *
>      * The memory pointed to by Event belongs to the plugin, and it is
>      * the host's responsibility to copy the events as needed before
>      * returning from the midi_send() call.
>      *
>      * A host which does not support the MIDI send function must set
>      * both this member and (*request_midi_send)() above to NULL.
>      */
>     void (*midi_send)(LADSPA_Handle    Instance,
>                       snd_seq_event_t *Event,
>                       unsigned long    EventCount);
> 
>    /**
>     * . . . additional fields could follow here, possibly supporting:
>     *
>     *   - a facility by which a plugin instance may request from a
>     *       host a non-realtime thread in which to do off-line
>     *       rendering, I/O, etc., thus (hopefully) avoiding the
>     *       crashes that seem to occur when plugins create their own
>     *       threads.  I got this idea after noticing that ZynAddSubFX
>     *       achieves its gorgeous textures while remaining very
>     *       responsive by doing a lot of non-real-time rendering.
>     *       Several other uses for it have been mentioned on the DSSI
>     *       list; I forget what.
>     *
>     *   - per-voice audio output
>     */
> };