Existing Nodes

These are nodes supplied with a default install of BeOS R5

Audio Mixer

• Kinds: Buffer Producer, Buffer Consumer, Controllable, System Mixer
• Notes: Provides format conversion and mixing services for audio nodes

Media Reader (Extractor)

• Kinds: Buffer Producer, File Interface
• Notes: Reads data from a file to produce a media stream

Decoder (BCodec) Node

• Kinds: Buffer Producer, Buffer Consumer
• Notes: Converts encoded stream to raw audio/video data

None In

• Kinds: Buffer Producer, Controllable, Physical Input
• Notes: Provides an audio input node when one is otherwise unavailable

None Out

• Kinds: Buffer Consumer, TimeSource, Controllable, Physical Output
• Notes: Provides an audio output node when one is otherwise unavailable

Video Window Consumer

• Kinds: Buffer Consumer, Physical Output
• Notes: Allows raw video to be displayed in a window

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Proposed Nodes

These are nodes that should be considered for inclusion with future (Open)BeOS releases. Some of these nodes are available now, but are not included by default.

Splitter

• Kinds: Buffer Producer, Buffer Consumer
• Notes: Due to limitations of the current mediakit design, buffers can only be passed on to a signal destination - a splitter node's purpose is to produce copies of the buffer and pass them to many destinations.

Encoder

• Kinds: Buffer Producer, Buffer Consumer
• Notes: Converts raw audio/video data into encoded stream

Media Writer

• Kinds: Buffer Consumer, File Interface
• Notes: Records incoming data to a file.

Video Mixer

• Kinds: Buffer Producer, Buffer Consumer, Controllable, System Mixer
• Notes: Provide format conversion and mixing/selection facilities for video producer nodes

Test Nodes

• Kinds: All
• Notes: A suite of nodes that test all aspects of a connected node's performance and completeness. For developers, to ensure node functionality even in unusual circumstances.

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