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Porting Windows Dynamic Link Libraries to Linux

• saagarjha 7y ago
  For context, this is used in the hardness for avscript, which is currently on the front page of Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22544554 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22544554
• ptah 7y ago
  can this be used to run windows VSTs on Linux. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology
  • fit2rule 7y ago
    Programs like Airwave and Reaper can already be used to run Windows .DLL's on Linux without modification - or compilation. I've been using a few Windows-only VST Synth plugins on my Linux DAW for years ...
  • monocasa 7y ago
    VSTs are given the raw HWND to do their drawing, so I think you'd need a good chunk of WINE too to do their work.
  • anfilt 7y ago
    I think VSTs pass native resources to the plugin. However, there are VSTs without GUIs, but this says nothing about what other APIs a VST may use. I imagine there might be some VSTs that don't use a GUI that can run.
• dang 7y ago
  A thread from 2017: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14405810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14405810
• steerablesafe 7y ago
  Very nice. I wonder if rr can be used as well for reverse debugging a windows DLL on Linux.