changeset 216:991d2ae87980

* doc update

--- a/examples/FixedTempoEstimator.cpp	Fri Oct 24 16:10:43 2008 +0000
+++ b/examples/FixedTempoEstimator.cpp	Tue Oct 28 14:02:41 2008 +0000
@@ -458,6 +458,10 @@
     float t0 = 50.f; // our minimum detected tempo (could be a parameter)
     float t1 = 190.f; // our maximum detected tempo
 
+    //!!! need some way for the host (or at least, the user) to know
+    //!!! that it should only pass a certain amount of
+    //!!! input... e.g. by making the amount configurable
+
     int p0 = tempo2lag(t1);
     int p1 = tempo2lag(t0);
 

--- a/vamp-sdk/doc-overview	Fri Oct 24 16:10:43 2008 +0000
+++ b/vamp-sdk/doc-overview	Tue Oct 28 14:02:41 2008 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,16 @@
 class or classes, to make it possible for a host to look up your
 plugins properly.
 
-The following example plugins are provided:
+You will also need to ensure that the entry point
+vampGetPluginDescriptor is properly exported (made public) from your
+shared library.  The method to do this depends on your linker; for
+example, when using the Windows Visual Studio linker, use the linker
+flag "/EXPORT:vampGetPluginDescriptor".  Exported symbols are the
+default with most other current platforms' linkers.
+
+The following example plugins are provided.  You may legally reuse any
+amount of the code from these examples in any plugins you write,
+whether proprietary or open-source.
 
  - ZeroCrossing calculates the positions and density of zero-crossing
  points in an audio waveform.
@@ -34,14 +43,21 @@
  - SpectralCentroid calculates the centre of gravity of the frequency
  domain representation of each block of audio.
 
- - AmplitudeFollower is an implementation of SuperCollider's
- amplitude-follower algorithm as a simple Vamp plugin.
+ - AmplitudeFollower is a simple implementation of SuperCollider's
+ amplitude-follower algorithm.
 
  - PercussionOnsetDetector estimates the locations of percussive
  onsets using a simple method described in "Drum Source Separation
  using Percussive Feature Detection and Spectral Modulation" by Dan
  Barry, Derry Fitzgerald, Eugene Coyle and Bob Lawlor, ISSC 2005.
 
+ - FixedTempoEstimator calculates a single bpm value which is an
+ estimate of the tempo of a piece of music that is assumed to be of
+ fixed tempo, using autocorrelation of a frequency domain energy rise
+ metric.  It has several outputs that return intermediate results used
+ in the calculation, and may be a useful example of a plugin having
+ several outputs with varying feature structures.
+
 \section hosts For Hosts
 
 Hosts will normally use a Vamp::PluginHostAdapter to convert each
@@ -73,9 +89,15 @@
  stream and so would otherwise need to implement an additional buffer
  to support step sizes smaller than the block size.
 
-The PluginLoader class can also use the input domain and channel
-adapters automatically to make the entire conversion process
-transparent to the host if required.
+ - Vamp::HostExt::PluginSummarisingAdapter (new in version 2.0)
+ provides summarisation methods such as mean and median averages of
+ output features, for use in any context where an available plugin
+ produces individual values but the result that is actually needed
+ is some sort of aggregate.
+
+The PluginLoader class can also use the input domain, channel, and
+buffering adapters automatically to make these conversions transparent
+to the host if required.
 
 Hosts should link with -lvamp-hostsdk.
 

--- a/vamp-sdk/hostext/PluginSummarisingAdapter.h	Fri Oct 24 16:10:43 2008 +0000
+++ b/vamp-sdk/hostext/PluginSummarisingAdapter.h	Tue Oct 28 14:02:41 2008 +0000
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 /**
  * \class PluginSummarisingAdapter PluginSummarisingAdapter.h <vamp-sdk/hostext/PluginSummarisingAdapter.h>
  *
- * \note This class was introduced in version 1.1 of the Vamp plugin SDK.
+ * \note This class was introduced in version 2.0 of the Vamp plugin SDK.
  */
 
 class PluginSummarisingAdapter : public PluginWrapper