/* lv2_event.h - C header file for the LV2 events extension. * * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Lars Luthman * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 David Robillard * * This header is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This header is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public * License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this header; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 01222-1307 USA */ #ifndef LV2_EVENT_H #define LV2_EVENT_H #define LV2_EVENT_URI "http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/event" #define LV2_EVENT_AUDIO_STAMP 0 #include /** @file * C header for the LV2 Event extension . * * This extension is a generic transport mechanism for time stamped events * of any type (e.g. MIDI, OSC, ramps, etc). Each port can transport mixed * events of any type; the type of events and timestamps are defined by a URI * which is mapped to an integer by the host for performance reasons. * * This extension requires the host to support the LV2 URI Map extension. * Any host which supports this extension MUST guarantee that any call to * the LV2 URI Map uri_to_id function with the URI of this extension as the * 'map' argument returns a value within the range of uint16_t. */ /** The best Pulses Per Quarter Note for tempo-based uint32_t timestmaps. * Equal to 2^12 * 5 * 7 * 9 * 11 * 13 * 17, which is evenly divisble * by all integers from 1 through 18 inclusive, and powers of 2 up to 2^12. */ static const uint32_t LV2_EVENT_PPQN = 3136573440U; /** An LV2 event (header only). * * LV2 events are generic time-stamped containers for any type of event. * The type field defines the format of a given event's contents. * * This struct defines the header of an LV2 event. An LV2 event is a single * chunk of POD (plain old data), usually contained in a flat buffer * (see LV2_EventBuffer below). Unless a required feature says otherwise, * hosts may assume a deep copy of an LV2 event can be created safely * using a simple: * * memcpy(ev_copy, ev, sizeof(LV2_Event) + ev->size); (or equivalent) */ typedef struct { /** The frames portion of timestamp. The units used here can optionally be * set for a port (with the lv2ev:timeUnits property), otherwise this * is audio frames, corresponding to the sample_count parameter of the * LV2 run method (e.g. frame 0 is the first frame for that call to run). */ uint32_t frames; /** The sub-frames portion of timestamp. The units used here can * optionally be set for a port (with the lv2ev:timeUnits property), * otherwise this is 1/(2^32) of an audio frame. */ uint32_t subframes; /** The type of this event, as a number which represents some URI * defining an event type. This value MUST be some value previously * returned from a call to the uri_to_id function defined in the LV2 * URI map extension (see lv2_uri_map.h). * There are special rules which must be followed depending on the type * of an event. If the plugin recognizes an event type, the definition * of that event type will describe how to interpret the event, and * any required behaviour. Otherwise, if the type is 0, this event is a * non-POD event and lv2_event_unref MUST be called if the event is * 'dropped' (see above). Even if the plugin does not understand an event, * it may pass the event through to an output by simply copying (and NOT * calling lv2_event_unref). These rules are designed to allow for generic * event handling plugins and large non-POD events, but with minimal hassle * on simple plugins that "don't care" about these more advanced features. */ uint16_t type; /** The size of the data portion of this event in bytes, which immediately * follows. The header size (12 bytes) is not included in this value. */ uint16_t size; /* size bytes of data follow here */ } LV2_Event; /** A buffer of LV2 events (header only). * * Like events (which this contains) an event buffer is a single chunk of POD: * the entire buffer (including contents) can be copied with a single memcpy. * The first contained event begins sizeof(LV2_EventBuffer) bytes after * the start of this struct. * * After this header, the buffer contains an event header (defined by struct * LV2_Event), followed by that event's contents (padded to 64 bits), followed by * another header, etc: * * | | | | | | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * |FRAMES |SUBFRMS|TYP|LEN|DATA..DATA..PAD|FRAMES | ... */ typedef struct { /** The contents of the event buffer. This may or may not reside in the * same block of memory as this header, plugins must not assume either. * The host guarantees this points to at least capacity bytes of allocated * memory (though only size bytes of that are valid events). */ uint8_t* data; /** The size of this event header in bytes (including everything). * * This is to allow for extending this header in the future without * breaking binary compatibility. Whenever this header is copied, * it MUST be done using this field (and NOT the sizeof this struct). */ uint16_t header_size; /** The type of the time stamps for events in this buffer. * As a special exception, '0' always means audio frames and subframes * (1/UINT32_MAX'th of a frame) in the sample rate passed to instantiate. * INPUTS: The host must set this field to the numeric ID of some URI * defining the meaning of the frames/subframes fields of contained * events (obtained by the LV2 URI Map uri_to_id function with the URI * of this extension as the 'map' argument, see lv2_uri_map.h). * The host must never pass a plugin a buffer which uses a stamp type * the plugin does not 'understand'. The value of this field must * never change, except when connect_port is called on the input * port, at which time the host MUST have set the stamp_type field to * the value that will be used for all subsequent run calls. * OUTPUTS: The plugin may set this to any value that has been returned * from uri_to_id with the URI of this extension for a 'map' argument. * When connected to a buffer with connect_port, output ports MUST set * this field to the type of time stamp they will be writing. On any * call to connect_port on an event input port, the plugin may change * this field on any output port, it is the responsibility of the host * to check if any of these values have changed and act accordingly. */ uint16_t stamp_type; /** The number of events in this buffer. * INPUTS: The host must set this field to the number of events * contained in the data buffer before calling run(). * The plugin must not change this field. * OUTPUTS: The plugin must set this field to the number of events it * has written to the buffer before returning from run(). * Any initial value should be ignored by the plugin. */ uint32_t event_count; /** The size of the data buffer in bytes. * This is set by the host and must not be changed by the plugin. * The host is allowed to change this between run() calls. */ uint32_t capacity; /** The size of the initial portion of the data buffer containing data. * INPUTS: The host must set this field to the number of bytes used * by all events it has written to the buffer (including headers) * before calling the plugin's run(). * The plugin must not change this field. * OUTPUTS: The plugin must set this field to the number of bytes * used by all events it has written to the buffer (including headers) * before returning from run(). * Any initial value should be ignored by the plugin. */ uint32_t size; } LV2_Event_Buffer; /** Opaque pointer to host data. */ typedef void* LV2_Event_Callback_Data; /** The data field of the LV2_Feature for this extension. * * To support this feature the host must pass an LV2_Feature struct to the * plugin's instantiate method with URI "http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/event" * and data pointed to an instance of this struct. */ typedef struct { /** Opaque pointer to host data. * * The plugin MUST pass this to any call to functions in this struct. * Otherwise, it must not be interpreted in any way. */ LV2_Event_Callback_Data callback_data; /** Take a reference to a non-POD event. * * If a plugin receives an event with type 0, it means the event is a * pointer to some object in memory and not a flat sequence of bytes * in the buffer. When receiving a non-POD event, the plugin already * has an implicit reference to the event. If the event is stored AND * passed to an output, lv2_event_ref MUST be called on that event. * If the event is only stored OR passed through, this is not necessary * (as the plugin already has 1 implicit reference). * * @param event An event received at an input that will not be copied to * an output or stored in any way. * @param context The calling context. (Like event types) this is a mapped * URI, see lv2_context.h. Simple plugin with just a run() * method should pass 0 here (the ID of the 'standard' LV2 * run context). The host guarantees that this function is * realtime safe iff @a context is realtime safe. * * PLUGINS THAT VIOLATE THESE RULES MAY CAUSE CRASHES AND MEMORY LEAKS. */ uint32_t (*lv2_event_ref)(LV2_Event_Callback_Data callback_data, LV2_Event* event); /** Drop a reference to a non-POD event. * * If a plugin receives an event with type 0, it means the event is a * pointer to some object in memory and not a flat sequence of bytes * in the buffer. If the plugin does not pass the event through to * an output or store it internally somehow, it MUST call this function * on the event (more information on using non-POD events below). * * @param event An event received at an input that will not be copied to * an output or stored in any way. * @param context The calling context. (Like event types) this is a mapped * URI, see lv2_context.h. Simple plugin with just a run() * method should pass 0 here (the ID of the 'standard' LV2 * run context). The host guarantees that this function is * realtime safe iff @a context is realtime safe. * * PLUGINS THAT VIOLATE THESE RULES MAY CAUSE CRASHES AND MEMORY LEAKS. */ uint32_t (*lv2_event_unref)(LV2_Event_Callback_Data callback_data, LV2_Event* event); } LV2_Event_Feature; #endif /* LV2_EVENT_H */