On sre, 2006-05-03 at 12:28 +0200, Herman Robak wrote: > On Wed, 03 May 2006 02:34:01 +0200, Stefan de Konink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Wed, 3 May 2006, Andraz Tori wrote: > > > >> Well.. this is a feature that a beginner wanting to get to know > >> cinelerra source code can write... > > > > I think this text above is a hint... > > > >> for me personally it's not really high among prioritites, but I would be > >> glad to commit it... but anyway don't forget to file a enchancement bug > >> in bugzilla... > > > > Going to give it a shot :) > > If the no-sound feature is a command line switch, I have no problems with > it, as it will fall back to the current default when the option is not used. > > However, if it is a preference setting, it will add to the numerous > opportunities to get lost in the user interface and forget settings > you previously made. > Say, you copy your home directory from your old machine to a new one, > where the sound actually works. Yet Cinelerra remains mute. Bug in > Cinelerra? No, you forgot that you had turned sound off, a long time > ago. > > Is there room in Cinelerra's main window for a few status fields, > showing the name of the video driver and audio driver (or "off")? > The audio status field could also show various failure symbols for > "permission denied" and "no such device", with a tooltip containing > the raw error message. > > This was just from the top of my head. The Linux audio and video > subsystems are fraught with so many quirks, and so much time could > be saved by making them more discoverable to the users. >
I believe there are much more pressing issues, and making cinelerra work on soundless computers will definitely bring more good than trouble... command line approach seems bad to me. GUI approach is the right one. Maybe one of possible approaches would simply be to fix existing sound drivers to "work gracefully" without soundcard present... bye andraz _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
