[OSC_dev] blob metadata (was: Images ?)

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Xavier Miller wrote:
> Using more than one protocol to transmit so little data (thumnails, not
> full HD videos) is overkill, even more for little controllers as iPhones.

how does a conceptual overkill relate to the limited calculating power 
of an iPhone?

i do understand your need, and do not really agree with salsamans rather 
orthodox view about "control" vs. data (e.g. we are all using hyperTEXT 
each day to transmit media data)

but i really find it a bad idea to reserve an entire type for your 
thumbnails: you still have the problem of the actual image-format stored 
in the block and if you don't want to fix this in your type as well 
(c'mon let's fight: i'd go for ppm) you would have to parse the 
image-data in order to understand how to interpret it.


i like the idea of attaching a mime-type to the blob.

fgmasdr
IOhannes
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