Probably it would not be difficult to block csound when data are not
available.

Michael Gogins wrote:
> 
> The reason I'm asking about this is if it worked as advertized, it would be
> possible to write a VST plugin or a JavaSound implementation of Csound by
> reading and writing audio from the Csound process file handles, instead of
> having to hack the Csound code into a new kind of driver. This would only
> work if either input, or output, or both, blocked if data were not
> available.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabriel Maldonado [mailto:g.maldonado@agora.stm.it]
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 8:27 AM
> To: Michael Gogins
> Cc: Csoundlist
> Subject: Re: Csound stdin / stdout
> 
> I never tested it. Do you have some suggestion?
> 
> Michael Gogins wrote:
> >
> > With DirectCsound, Winsound, and consound, do audio input and output via
> > stdin and stdout work and, if so, how well?
> >
> > In particular, are the files read and/or written with blocking, for
> example,
> > if the output file is not available, does Csound suspend execution until
> it
> > is available (this could be handled implicitly by the write system call)?
> 
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