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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by MenhirMike on Saturday March 16, 2024 @03:04PM (#39728539)
Curious, why would OpenGL break VSTs? (And yes, I get that AU is the preferred way over VST2 or even VST3, which is why most modern plugins are available in AU as well. I just don't see how OpenGL plays into this.)
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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by conradfr on Saturday March 16, 2024 @03:12PM (#39728603)
A lot of plugins use OpenGL, it's just that simple :)
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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by MenhirMike on Saturday March 16, 2024 @03:24PM (#39728699)
Huh, TIL, I assumed they used standard OS controls, but looking at some of them that makes sense.
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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by bmitc on Saturday March 16, 2024 @03:38PM (#39728821)
I would be very surprised if the vast majority, as in 80-100%, of DAWs and VSTs don't use OpenGL.
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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by steve1977 on Saturday March 16, 2024 @03:13PM (#39728619)
Some VST plugins use OpenGL to render their user interface.
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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by doubled112 on Saturday March 16, 2024 @07:55PM (#39730523)
I learned this running them on Windows in a VM. I would have expected it to fall back to software rendering like the old days, but no. I ended up installing some build of Mesa for Windows.
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