[OSC_dev] blob metadata (was: Images ?)

[Xavier Miller]

No problem. As nobody here seems to have a standard, I will do something 
in my side.

Kind regards,
Xavier Miller.

IOhannes m zmoelnig a écrit :
> 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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