Re: [ecasound] CVS changes; old code removed, mmaping files

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Subject: Re: [ecasound] CVS changes; old code removed, mmaping files
From: Jeremy Hall (jhall@uu.net)
Date: Mon Oct 23 2000 - 14:56:39 EEST

What's it going to do when it gets going on a machine that doesn't support
mthreaded?

_J

In the new year, Kai Vehmanen wrote:
> During the last few days I've cleaned up the CVS tree, and lots of old,
> obsolete code has been dropped...:
>
> 1. The latest stable release has six different versions of the inner
> engine loop. The original idea behind multiple mixmodes was to optimize
> ecasound performance for different use-cases (simple iactive, simple
> passive, normal iactive, etc). But looking at the code now, I don't think
> it was really worth it. Now there's only two left: simple and normal.
> These can handle all processing needs, and are relatively simple
> (ie. easier to maintain -> fewer bugs, easier to add new features).
>
> 2. Double-buffered mode, -z:db. I have plans ready for a new buffering
> system, which will replace the old one. Unlike the old -z:db, the new
> design will support all file formats (including external sources like mp3,
> ogg, mid, etc). Also output buffering will be supported. I've already
> solved most of the design issues concerning the new system, but I'm not
> yet sure when I will have time to implement (and test) it.
>
> --
>
> I did reuse some of the old -z:db code. The mmap() i/o code is still
> in CVS. You can now add a second parameter to .raw and .wav files,
> which enables the mmap() code (only for input at the moment). When
> mmap() is enabled, ecasound maps the whole raw/wav into memory using
> the mmap() mechanism. I'm not sure how useful this is, but the code
> was really simple to add, so why not. :) Here's an example:
>
> # with memory mapping
> ecasound -i:some.wav,1 -o:/dev/dsp
> ecasound -i:some.raw,1 -o:/dev/dsp
> # without memory mapping
> ecasound -i:some.wav,0 -o:/dev/dsp
>
> If the second parameter is omitted, mmap is not used.
>
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