[OSC_dev] Application Profiles

[Nicholas J Humfrey]

> Would be nice if you could document this at  
> openmediacontrol.wetpaint.com

I am not at all convinced by the name OpenMediaControl. Sure OSC can  
be used for other media types, but given how generic  a protocol it  
is, why stop at media? Might as well be Open Control protocol.

Why not keep calling it OSC (which is what a lot of people call it and  
recognise it as) but make it clear that it isn't limited to just Sound  
based applications?


>> I implemented /ping (and /pong) response in most of the things I have
>> made. Just for testing really... I have always found replying with  
>> OSC
>> (and liblo) a bit of a mess. Maybe that is why a standard method
>> hasn't yet been formed..
>
> Hehe....we discussed this and it looks like /ping and pong are
> out...instead there is:
>
> /reply_to
>
> and /omc/<namespace>

Note that liblo already uses '#reply' and has done for quite a long  
time. I am trying to find out what that convention is based on.


>> ps. I have almost finished producing a patch to add OSS support for  
>> VLC:
>> http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/osc
>> I am not too attached to the paths I chose, I just decided to use the
>> ones I picked for MadJack. If someone has a better idea, I would be
>> happy to adopt that.
>
> Again, please have a look at openmediacontrol.wetpaint.com
> We are trying to formulate a syntax for all apps to use.


I will certainly try an contribute. Will be fantastic to have some  
standard vocabulary that several applications implement :-)



nick.