Just to add my two cents. many cameras can record stand alone voice or voice comments for some pictures. So i really like this idea too. But first thing first, video support is currently in progress.
Am Sonntag, den 05.12.2010, 20:54 +0100 schrieb Tobias Rapp: > Hello, > > this is some rather long mail that aims to discuss about the idea to add > support for handling audio files in Shotwell. This might sound as an > inappropriate (or better: crazy) feature request for a photo manager > application but I will try to explain why this makes more sense to me > than just stick to using Rhythmbox (or some other music manager). > > It's important to point out that audio != music. > > I own a digital audio recording device called "Tascam DR-07" [1]. This > is some handheld device which is a bit larger than a mobile phone and > allows you to capture audio data in digital format. The data is stored > on those common flash memory cards. In my case I am using it to capture > e.g. the first spoken words of my children, funny minutes while playing > Taboo with friends, some service or prayer at the church. In the last > two or three years these kind of devices have become more and more > popular (see [2]). > > For organizing the recorded audio files I have not yet found an > appropriate application. Common music managers allow you to play the > recorded files, of course, but apply the usual Artist/Album/Track > model. In this case the more relevant information would be: > - date and time of the recording > - event name (birthday, Christmas, holidays, ...) > - location of the event > - persons audible in the recording > > This is similar with the typical metadata when managing photos. Indeed > it would be great to manage both, captured images and captured audio > files of a single event within the same software. I really prefer > Shotwell for managing my photo images and would like to use it for my > recorded audio, too. > > The import workflow (transfer files from attached device or memory card > to HDD), the management of files (using date, location and tags) and the > export are very similar. Actually as similar support for video files is > currently in progress I think that extending support towards audio files > in a future version would not be a too far away. It would be some > courageous feature, if that is the right word, something that has not > been tried before. > > Finally my main question is not if *you* will add support for audio > recordings in Shotwell but rather if you would accept patches that > implement this feature. Not sure if I will get an initial test version > up and running soon, though. Maybe there are other developers that are > interested in working on this feature, too? > > Regards, > Tobias > > Links: > [1] http://tascam.com/product/dr-07/ > > [2] Examples of portable recording devices: > http://tascam.com/applications/home_recording/handheld_recorder/ > http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h1/ > http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h2/ > http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4n/ > http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/2581_18551.htm > http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666016155 > > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell -- Regards, Alexey _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
