On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 23 February 2014 05:02, Maxime Gauduin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Jerome Leclanche <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fluidr3/ > >> > >> Appears to be the same packaged data as > >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/soundfont-fluid/ except it doesn't > >> build properly. Note: I might be wrong on this, but I can't figure out > >> how to make it build. > >> > >> J. Leclanche > >> > > > > I haven't tried building the fluidr3 package recently, but that sfark > > format is a pain in the neck anyway. The fluidr3 soundfont from > > soundfont-fluid doesn't use that and comes with changes from the > musescore > > guys, so it's actucally a more up-to-date version of the original fluidr3 > > by hammersound. I'll merge fluidr3 into soundfont-fluid. Thx. > > Sfark decompression became a non-issue early last year. [1][2] The > upstream author made contact, and sfarkxtc is maintained by a known > (at least to me) member of the Linux audio community. [3] > > A sfark-compressed soundfont is still helpful for people with slow > Internet connections; 72 MB from 124 MB is a 42%, 52 MB reduction! > That's an extra 13 minutes and a dollar (or even more) for some. > > Fair enough. > In conclusion, soundfont-fluid is a better package name, but the > original fluidr3 that existed in the AUR and depended on a > decompressor is (since Feb 2013) not obsoleted by musescore's changes > -- unless they're actually critical to be worth the extra megs. > > Here is the changelog from MuseScore (BlissSam: which BTW is shipped in the archive, along with the original ReadMe from Hammersound): "Missing note (#94) added to Violin and range extended to G7 (MIDI#103) for compatibility with MuseScore 2" Anyone not using the Violin font or MuseScore may argue that the changes aren't critical enough. > > [1] http://melodymachine.com/sfark-linux-mac > [2] > http://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=9854&start=15#p35712 > [3] https://github.com/raboof/sfarkxtc > > -- > GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1 > I'd rather stick with the version from MuseScore, but yeah, bandwitdth is not a problem here and as you pointed out, I understand if people would like to have separate packages. How about soundfont-fluid for the original soundfont from hammersound and soundfont-fluid-musescore for the modified soundfont? -- Maxime
