Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I would like to propose a change to the organization of Multimedia Libraries > and > Drivers. I would like to see it divided into sections similar to the way > GNOME > Additional Packages is split into three sections. > > I would like to organize Chapter 35 into something like the list below. > > We might want to expand this to reorganize Chapters 36, Audio Utilities, > Chapter > 37, Video Utilities, and Chapter 38, CD/DVD-Writing Utilities. > > There is obviously multiple ways to reorganize these chapter(s). > Discussion is welcome. > > -- Bruce > > 35. Multimedia Low Level Packages > > Sound Servers > # Introduction (This describes the function of a sound server and why a user > would want to build one or more sound server. It would include mention of > MAS, > JACK, and PulseAudio. It would also discuss alsa vs oss.) > > # aRts-1.5.9 > # EsounD-0.2.40 > # NAS-1.9.1
Right, these are sound servers. > Low Level Sound Drivers and Utilities > # ALSA-1.0.18 > # ALSA Library-1.0.18 > # ALSA Plugins-1.0.18 > # ALSA Utilities-1.0.18 > # ALSA Tools-1.0.18 > # ALSA Firmware-1.0.17 > # ALSA OSS-1.0.17 Correct. This is also a place for OSS4. > Audio Libraries and CODECS IMHO libraries should be separated from CODECs. Since you managed to misclassify some packages (e.g., said that liba52 is a video codec), I propose my own classification below. > # SDL-1.2.13 > # Libao-0.8.8 These are output libraries that abstract platform differences from applications. > # libvorbis-1.2.0 > # FAAC-1.26 > # FAAD2-2.6.1 > # LibMPEG3-1.7 > # libmad-0.15.1b > # libFAME-0.9.1 > # Speex-1.0.5 > # FLAC-1.2.1 > # Libmikmod-3.1.11 > # Liba52-0.7.4 These are audio CODECs. > # libmusicbrainz-2.1.5 Unique creature, not sure where it belongs. > # Libdv-1.0.0 > # XviD-1.1.3 > # libtheora-1.0 > # libmpeg2-0.4.1 Video CODECs. > # libquicktime-1.0.0 > # libogg-1.1.3 > # Id3lib-3.8.3 Container and metadata modules. > # Xine Libraries-1.1.15 > # GStreamer-0.10.13 > # GStreamer Base Plug-ins-0.10.13 > # GStreamer Good Plug-ins-0.10.6 > # GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins-0.10.6 > # FFMpeg All-in-one multimedia frameworks. > > DVD Libraries > # libdvdcss-1.2.10 > # Libdvdread-0.9.7 We can classify these in some sense as container modules, too. -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
