well, i had problems with sound output from ModPlugTracker on wine... - no sound at all...
On 3/22/09, Karsten Gebbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Aymeric Mansoux said : >> Paulo Silva said : >> > There are some ms-windows open-source tools very missing on Linux, >> > such as ModPlugTracker and VirtualDub - i'm saying these two examples >> > because there's no .mod editor as good as ModPlugTracker on Linux (i >> > tried all trackers from the Debian repository, and no one is that >> > good), >> >> Milkytracker is an excellent tracker. The version in pure:dyne has JACK >> support working (the one in Debian had a bug with JACK, not sure >> if they fixed that...) >> > > I tried MPTracker running in wine once, it worked quite good too! In > general I agree though, its sad that there is no port of it for > gnu/linux > >> >> > and VirtualDub is a very simple and complete video editor very >> > missing on Linux as well (some people used to cite AviDemux, but there >> > are no comparisons possible) - on answers from both developers, they >> > said there would be very difficult to port these two projects to Linux >> > because they were deeply dependant on MS-Windows API, but i really >> > doubt on it, since i believe all can be simply replaced with GTK, >> > wxWidgets, QT, or any other libraries available... i'm not that >> > skilled to point what can be replaced with what, but i believe it is >> > really possible! =) >> > >> > On 3/23/09, Paulo Silva <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > taking a look at some work done may have on you better ideas on what >> > > is missing on open-source tools - this example is a kind of work you >> > > can do on AfterEffects, and i think you still can't on Jahshaka: >> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fucBh5FZGU >> > > >> > > On 3/23/09, Paulo Silva <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> yes, there are lots of very promising open-source applications still >> > >> lacking deeply on features - for example, just take a look at >> > >> Jahshaka >> > >> and Synfig, and compare them with AfterEffects and Flash editor, and >> > >> you realize how needed of features they are... - and if you think >> > >> some >> > >> existing open-source projects are needed to be another new projects, >> > >> you can fork them, just like Inkscape were forked from Sodipodi, and >> > >> CinePaint from Gimp - and considering Jahshaka and Synfig are >> > >> open-source, you can make them much more useful, flexible and >> > >> professionally-targeted than their proprietary similars - for >> > >> example, >> > >> just take a look the Adobe Flash editor crashes when importing more >> > >> than 1000 frames of vector files sequence (like .ai), and with >> > >> swf-tools you can create a .swf with 16000 frames easily... >> > >> >> > >> On 3/23/09, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >>> Hi Mikko, >> > >>> >> > >>> Mikko Eley said : >> > >>>> So I am canvassing this mailing list for possible software >> > >>>> projects. >> > >>>> What would you like to see in pure:dyne, does anyone have a >> > >>>> specific >> > >>>> need for a piece of arts software that an average computer science >> > >>>> student could code up in two terms? I familiar with Java but may >> > >>>> still >> > >>>> get into c/c++. Is there a software program that desperately needs >> > >>>> coding, a utility that would make currently available software work >> > >>>> better? Or is their an add on that would be needed to be coded that >> > >>>> would provide a much needed function? >> > >>> >> > >>> I think you can have two different approaches for investing your >> > >>> time: >> > >>> >> > >>> - There are already a lot of very good FLOSS that provide artistic >> > >>> environments to produce all kind of media works. From quite >> > >>> popular >> > >>> software such as inkscape to more "niche" software like fluxus, >> > >>> there is >> > >>> a whole range of projects and communities that will welcome any >> > >>> effort >> > >>> you can offer. Check the project's mailing list, see if there is a >> > >>> roadmap, TODO or any traces left from the authors explaining what >> > >>> could >> > >>> be implemented next and you could offer your help on this side. So >> > >>> in >> > >>> the end it's just a matter of picking up one of these software and >> > >>> help >> > >>> develop it. (if on small projects a lot is done via ad-hoc >> > >>> exchanges, >> > >>> bigger projects might already have a guideline on how people can >> > >>> help >> > >>> and how they should submit patches or propose new features...) >> > >>> >> > >>> - In that regard, pure:dyne is not different and if you want to >> > >>> contribute to the live distribution, you can check on the ticket >> > >>> tracker and see that there are quite some tasks pending. Most of >> > >>> them >> > >>> are related to packaging and scripting. The only task I can think of >> > >>> that would involve some utility tools that we miss badly, would be >> > >>> an >> > >>> xfce4 control panel for pure:dyne, to configure various parts of the >> > >>> live distro, for example a GUI to create USB keys, create different >> > >>> persistent modes, etc... If it had to be done, we would prefer that >> > >>> python and GTK is used though. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> No matter what you decide to do, this is a very nice way to invest >> > >>> your time and energy, and you will probably get more from this >> > >>> experience than working on an isolated project. >> > >>> >> > >>> Of course, you could also just make your own software art as a >> > >>> project >> > >>> ;) >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> a. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>>> I'm hoping to be able to contribute something valuable not only to >> > >>>> the >> > >>>> open source community but to artists working with linux. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> thank you for your time, >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Mikko >> > >>>> >> > >>>> --- >> > >>>> [email protected] >> > >>>> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne >> > >>>> >> > >>> >> > >>> --- >> > >>> [email protected] >> > >>> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne >> > >>> >> > >> >> > > >> > >> > --- >> > [email protected] >> > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne >> > >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne >> > > -- > -- http://krgn.goto10.org > --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
