[vorbis] OFFTOPIC Winamp plugins Was: quick question

[David Balazic]

volsung at asu.edu wrote :
>  On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Andy (Dale) wrote:
> 
> > why disable all dsp/effect plugins, eq? i can use them and make it 16 bit.
> > or are you saying i can diable all those and use >16bit?
> 
> Some DSP/effect plugins might be hardcoded to only play 16 bit and 8 bit
> samples, but not 24 bit samples. This would be a result of laziness on the
> part of the plugin author.

This is the result of lameness of the winamp plugin API.
Or do you seriously suggest that each plugin is written in 10 different
versions, for each possible sample format ?

> By disabling them, you remove the possibility that
> the error was caused by a plugin limitation rather than a hardware limitation.


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