Hello David, Thank you for your answer. We will study how far the windows non-portability is a problem to us and will give you feedback as soon as possible.
Regards, Frank Rousseau HD3D David Baelde a écrit : > Hi, > > I hope that you can use liquidsoap, it would be great. Most of what > you need is on our roadmap for 1.0. > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Frank Rousseau <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> * Savonet should be multi-platform ; >> > > Liquidsoap works on all Unices (linux, BSD, OSX) and any architecture > as far as we know (we have users on several such configurations). > > Concerning Windows, it's more problematic. Some time ago, Romain used > to prepare Windows binaries and installer. But it was a lot of work > (we never use Windows) and there was little feedback. So he stopped. > If somebody wants to try again, I'm sure Romain would help by > describing his experience. All I can say is that you need a working > OCaml environment and cygwin, and hope that Cygwin emulates the Unix > select() call well enough, because we rely a lot on it -- more than > when we last had a windows binary. > > >> * Multichannel audio (like 5.1) is not well handled, all channels should be >> filled to set a multi-channel output : if I output six tracks, I have to >> input six tracks, I can't give only 4 and tell Savonet that the other ones >> are blank. >> > > The treatment of arbitrary numbers of channels, and the conversions > between different sources using different numbers of channels, are at > the very beginning of my roadmap to 1.0. While I cannot give any > estimation for 1.0, I think we'll have a reasonable support for what > you ask before this summer. However, you must be prepared to use an > unstable tool (unstable not in terms of crashing, hopefully, but more > in terms of changing the way things are done). > > Concerning the conversions between different numbers of channels, it > will probably be done using an explicit operator. The operator that > adds blank channels is trivial to write, but it would be useless in > the current version of liq where it is impossible to manipulate > heterogeneous formats. > > >> * Operators should work for multichannel edition. >> > > Once there is a core support for the notion of format, we'll be able > to precisely track which operators work on an arbitrary number of > channels or not. > > I suggest that you start playing with liquidsoap only on stereo files, > to get an idea of how it works and what you need exactly. Starting > next month, we'll add more multi-format support and you'll be able to > experiment with it quite quickly. > > I understand that you may not be used to work like that. We're only > volunteers, but we're reactive: don't hesitate to mail us any > question. > > I'll send mail(s) to the list on of these days to collect user wishes > about the new 1.0 features, notably concerning multiple channels: stay > tuned! > > >> Moreover, HD3D will try (we don't know OCAML) to provide new >> features to savonet project like upmix, dowmix... >> > > That would be sweet. We're very open to welcome new developpers. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Savonet-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/savonet-users
