Sometimes vs. On Request Pads on Sink Side of Plugin

[Stefan Kost]

On 08.04.2011 18:53, Greg Wunder wrote:
>
> I could not easily find a plug-in that uses a sometimes pad on the
> sink side.
> The closest thing I could find were plug-ins like videomixer or mvemux
> that use "on request" pads (with & without collections).
> Is there an example of a plug-in with a sometimes pad on the sink side
> or is this not proper practice in plug-in development or has it just
> not been tested/done yet?
>
Asking the other way around, what is the example where you think you
would need it. "Sometimes pads" are data driven and thus appear usual as
src pads.

Stefan

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