Convolving possible?

[Linn_agnostik]

(17-01-2014 12:21)simoncn Wrote:  I would be interested in exploring the possibility of adding a plug-in capability in a future release of MinimStreamer to enable third-party processing of an linear PCM stream (WAV, L16, L24 or AIFF). The plug-in would need to be an executable that reads the original input stream from standard input and writes the modified output stream to standard output. The plug-in would need to have its own configuration file that is separate from the minimserver.config file.

OOOO!!

Now I'm salivating! I believe I've asked for a similar request before!
I seriously think this would be an absolute killer functionality for minim server and minim streamer. As it is today, I'm using both minim and the original synology upnp servers indiscriminately, I am giving the nod to minim server because of it's nicer implementation for tags, but it's not a major advantage. Also, I admire simoncn's efforts and would like to support this development.

However, implementing a server-side convolver functionality is a major game-changer, that may well turn the existing manufacturer trends upside down. (Big words? I don't know).

For those of us who wouldn't consider a computer as a source (plenty of reasons why) and having invested multitude in existing audio equipment a server-side room correction would be a major boon and a feature I'd be willing to pay at least $ 100 for.

Why? Well, I'd have my FLACs untouched (for headphone listening), but on-the-fly transcoded to eliminate deficiencies in room setup (of which there are plenty) without having to invest in proprietary (EXAKT, ANTHEM) or computer-based (Dirac, Amarra, etc) front-ends, which in terms of audio are deficient to other products..

Man oh man, can we not kick-start a project like this?