[Pipet Users] Re: Piper questions

[Jean-Marc Valin]

> > 1. Does piper run under windows?
> 
> Not currently.  But, since we are writing and rewriting with libraries
> which all run under Windows, it should work.  We would only need some
> Windows developers to help with the port, since the project leaders all
> use *NIX.

I'd like to add the the Piper Processing Layer (PL, aka Overflow) has
already been ported to Win32. The port is not complete yet, but it's
enough for many applications.


> > 3. I see you move data back and forth using XML, how are you finding the
> > performance, we know that XML-RPC is ten times slower than straight
> > binary transfers and our applications requires as good a performance as
> > possible
> > since we're running numeric simulation applications.

There is already a mecanism for binary (endian-independent)
serialization of objects to file or through network. It's fast enough to
stream audio at 44.1 kHz (2-channel, 32-bit/sample) through a socket
with less than 5% CPU. For those interested, we'll soon release a demo.

	Jean-Marc