Yay for audio plugins under Wayland.
Non-embedded type for now, but one step at a time we will get there.
Also, today I answered a question I had for a long time...
If an X11 host running under XWayland calls Wayland-native APIs manually, would it be able to load Wayland-UI based plugins?
The answer is yes - Carla running under Qt xcb "platform" can still show Wayland UIs.
The reverse is also true (Qt wayland "platform" with X11 UIs through XWayland)
Future is bright 🌄
@falktx Very interesting!
We tried to answer a related question for the @linuxaudioplugindevelopment #faq at https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?p=178820#p178820.
This is what we came up with:
https://linuxaudio.dev/#pipewire-and-wayland
Do you mind having a look and telling me if you think that could/should be phrased differently?
Thanks for your help in advance! 🙌
@amadeus @linuxaudioplugindevelopment yeah that is not quite correct...
> X11 applications and plugins work flawlessly on Wayland
add a "mostly flawlessly". the compatibility is not 100%, there are cases where it breaks.
> none of the popular plugin frameworks support Wayland directly
true-ish, not officially yet, but best to say its WIP. I am working on it for DPF and JUCE has unofficial implementation https://forum.juce.com/t/wayland-implementation-for-juce/66840/
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@falktx @linuxaudioplugindevelopment I have updated the FAQ and hope it is now accurate. 🫣☺️