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audio/media related reports to bugzilla.redhat.com ignored?
by Niels Mayer 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

For audio/media related apps and issues reported on bugzilla.redhat.com , this is the pattern: bugs get filed, they're never acknowledged && totally ignored. Eventually people stop filing bug reports as it ends up being a waste of time and the quality of the distro goes down as result.... https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566665 [abrt] instability from snd-mtpav on PCI parallel port, causes crash in jack-audio-connection-kit-0.118.0-1.fc12 (edit) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588965 [abrt] crash in gnome-media-apps-2.28.5-1.fc12: Process /usr/bin/gstreamer-properties was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV) (edit) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602900 [abrt] crash in alsa-tools-1.0.22-1.fc12: ____strtol_l_internal: Process /usr/bin/envy24control was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV) (edit) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602903 envy24control "Reset Peaks" button nonfunctional; metering shows no peaks Niels http://nielsmayer.com PS: the above is not my experience with non-media related bugs, which are handled quickly and effectively, e.g.: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=575875 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445543#c20

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Re: [Fedora-music-list] Good hardware specs for a "Fedora Music" box?
by Kyrian 06 Feb '26

06 Feb '26

> > Hi: > > What do you plan to do with your audio workstation? As you can > imagine, editing one file with Audacity is very different from running > a SuperCollider server for many users while simultaneously recording > its output with Ardour *and* broadcasting it on the Internet. > A very good point indeed. I would like to be able to record stuff from guitar, midi-keyboard, microphone, DJ setup (via line input I suppose), and then edit the results with the appropriate applications. Not all at once, but maybe 1-3 inputs at a time. The ability to play in real-time through the computer's output would be very important I think as I reckon it's much harder to work any other way. That's all I can think of right now. I currently have an SB Live with the LiveDrive thing, which has all the inputs I need, but I am thinking in terms of general system horsepower (RAM/CPU/disk etc). Finding a supported sound card it's really a problem, I'll just go with M-Audio for that. But I would like to know if I need to get one to do what I want. K. -- Kev Green, aka Kyrian. E: kyrian@ore.org WWW: http://kyrian.ore.org/ Linux/Security Contractor/LAMP Coder/ISP, via http://www.orenet.co.uk/ DJ via http://www.hellnoise.co.uk/ Human Rights left unattended may be Removed, or Destroyed, or Damaged by the Security Services.

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Re: [Fedora Update] [old_testing] rakarrack-0.2.0-5.fc8 / fc9
by Development discussions related to Fedora 27 Jan '26

27 Jan '26

updates(a)fedoraproject.org wrote: > The update for rakarrack-0.2.0-5.fc8 has been in 'testing' status for over 2 weeks. .. > ================================================================================ > rakarrack-0.2.0-5.fc8 > ================================================================================ > Update ID: FEDORA-2008-9033 > Release: Fedora 8 > Status: testing > Type: newpackage > Karma: 0 > Bugs: 455953 - Review Request: rakarrack - Audio effects processing rack > : for guitar > Notes: Initial build of rakarrack for fedora > Submitter: dtimms > Submitted: 2008-10-20 21:46:29 > Comments: dtimms - 2008-10-20 21:46:32 (karma 0) > This update has been submitted for testing > bodhi - 2008-10-23 16:35:19 (karma 0) > This update has been pushed to testing > > http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-9033 Hi fedora-music lovers, I would be keen for some feedback on whether rakarrack that is now in fedora testing works for you ? To fully test you'll need a guitar and pickup plugged into your soundcard, but even a go/nogo on whether it starts would be helpful. Where I developed the package, it works OK, but another older AMD machine, it fails during startup. This will help me to decide whether to push it to the F8,F9 updates repos. DaveT.

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whysynth doesn't work
by Florin Andrei 07 Jan '26

07 Jan '26

I got whysynth-dssi-20060122-7.src.rpm from here: http://people.redhat.com/green/FE/devel/ I rebuilt it on FC6 without problems. The thing is, the GUI doesn't show up. The program appears to be working, I see the outputs being automatically routed in qjackctl, but there's no GUI anywhere! ############################################### $ jack-dssi-host whysynth.so jack-dssi-host: Warning: DSSI path not set jack-dssi-host: Defaulting to "/usr/local/lib/dssi:/usr/lib/dssi:/home/florin/.dssi" jack-dssi-host: OSC URL is: osc.udp://rivendell.home.local:15040/dssi/whysynth/WhySynth/chan00 host: Ready WhySynth_gtk starting (pid 4305)... ############################################### -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

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Low Latency vs. Real Time Kernel
by Brian Monroe 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

I've been spending a lot of time on the #opensourcemusicians channel talking to Ubuntu Studio users about their kernel and latency times they're getting. Seems like most of them are using g a stock kernel with the preemptive option enabled and they are getting great latency results (2ms)while utilizing the @audio group on their user. I ended up compiling my own low latency kernel and I haven't had any issues with it yet. If this is what we are missing for the spin I'd be happy to maintain packaging for the kernel. I know ccrma has been behind a few kernel releases. I saw the instructions for adding the real time patch for a tick less kernel and from what I can tell it wouldn't be hard to get that rolling as well. I'm not entirely sure what ccrma does differently with their kernels compared to other Linux users, and I'm still a bit of a noob so I could be off base with this, but I would reason that we should be able to just utilize the same settings to archive similar performance enhancements. I thought I read that ccrma uses a unique scheduler, but if we could get a 2ms latency time without it, the point may be moot.

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Fwd: plug software for fender mustang
by Ian Malone 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

Hi, is there any interest in the Audio SIG for taking this package on? Thanks, Ian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs(a)math.uh.edu> Date: 30 March 2012 00:25 Subject: Re: plug software for fender mustang To: Development discussions related to Fedora <devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> >>>>> "IM" == Ian Malone <ibmalone(a)gmail.com> writes: IM> So, what's the next step? If necessary I can volunteer to maintain IM> it myself (and would have to volunteer as a maintainer), but would IM> be more than happy for someone else to take it. Well, assuming that nobody else takes it, and also assuming that you're not already a packager, you can head to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers for the huge, massive list of steps involved. IM> Minor issue that still needs sorted out with .spec file: the source IM> is hosted at bitbucket, which means that the source package gets IM> downloaded through a redirection URL by commit id and also contains IM> an extra subdirectory level, I haven't found a REST request yet that IM> can get round that. That's OK; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SourceURL#Troublesome_URLs tells you what to do. - J< -- devel mailing list devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

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Fedora Audio Spin Accepted to GSoC 2012
by Christopher Antila 24 May '12

24 May '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Congratulations to Jorn Lomax, who was accepted to Google Summer of Code 2012 for the Fedora Audio Spin! This is good news for all of us here in the Audio SIG, and I hope we can all find the time to lend a hand where possible. A list of accepted proposals can be found here: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/projects/list/google/gsoc2012 Fedora has 10, and they all look interesting and useful. Thank you to all the students who applied. I hope everybody finds a way to contribute in the future. Christopher. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPlgeAAAoJEInCktGVqZ8V35EH/j6PmvvhOv7dDTS37wAYkYB9 Uttb6wBEgsI4Ji4DJwMy1575mBfKPkE4dmCwa+/foqIdPEPyrgkSVXZBCq0zUO/U Izpo7zhMER4rvkiOkTe7c+REMCx/ipQhq99omkdWke7wIiPR6poylAz60BS3+Fni nUrrLRnaurL1u3ElSFyOdr3pp5RSsBIPVSb7lXJ1pTB+8Kh4AzaxNlkcfQo4rldl Gszz5MVSrhNw45I0QAUa7+JRjBsW8JPuatXO0jqZU6pefZLNzkxXSN840tVV6+lZ tgY3S8cgt3cDNDvMk7TE+j0VBPwXCQgxKbGtLsEWi6KPdw5OTY5esQcAdGVshtQ= =XO+h -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Action items for the Audio spin
by Brendan Jones 19 May '12

19 May '12

Hi all, there's been talk of a road map for the Audio spin and I'd just like to jot down some suggestions for what we might like to achieve. - installation media requirements. I'm proposing a smaller Live CD (lite) and a full blown DVD installer. - default Desktop for both installations. I would like something with a really small size/footprint for the Live CD. Perhaps we can try LXDE for the smaller and KDE for the DVD? - default set of packages for both - revisit multimedia-menus package and determine which packages need additional Categories in the desktop file - how best to package the Musicians guide - how to achieve optimal RT performance from the stock kernel (adding threadirqs to the kernel command, assigning jackuser/pulse-rt group membership) - default pulse/jack setup with pulse->jack bridging 'out-of-the-box' - determine what packages from CCRMA and RPMFusion are must haves in the Fedora repos and can be rebuilt to comply with Fedora licensing. - desktop style and icons on install- darker themes are an obvious choice for audio (often poor lighting etc) but can be a pain for normal use. There are ways around this (Arch linux has some good tips for achieving this - perhaps we just need to document it somewhere) - and of course updating the Wikis Most of this stuff is pretty trivial (but possibly time consuming). Achieving the perfect setup out of the box w.r.t. RT performance, jack and pulseaudio is going to require a lot more thought and possible *real* development. As I've said before KXStudio has tried to solve this problem with its cadence app (still pre-alpha). It makes a few assumptions about applications (presence of ladish for example) which may not necessarily apply here, but we can certainly learn a lot from their work. I'm thinking that some of this could be assigned to the successful GSoC candidate. As I said I'm really just listing these as suggestions - and to try and promote some more discussion (please!). I'd like to document this somewhere on the wiki as well. Please let me know if I've missed anything or if you have strong objections to what I've suggested. I'd also like to round up all interested parties for an IRC meeting for a round table of sorts (and to determine who is actually committed to making this work). regards, Brendan

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Multimedia menus in Gnome3
by Brendan Jones 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hi all, I've recently noticed that the multimedia menus package doesn't translate to Gnome3. Not sure if there's a way around this but I thought I'd make a note of it here. As the idea of submenus doesn't seem to exist in the Applications screen, I wonder if there is another way or if it is even required under this paradigm. regards, Brendan

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Content Packaging
by Brian Monroe 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

I've had conversations with others about packaging content material for the Audio spin and it doesn't seem like that currently possible with how things are packed in Fedora. I know we don't quite have our package list together at this point, but I think there's a need for decent content for some of the plugins like samplers, reverbs, drumloops and the like. I think the more stuff like this we have available immediately for the audio spin, the more end users we're going to attract. Even presets for things like graphic EQs and the like. Anything to make less hassle for users... Anyone else feel this way, or am I alone in my line of thought? I may be easily persuaded after seeing it from another's point of view and I wonder how important it is in the large scheme of things. On a side note, I have sourceforge project that we could host content at if needed. (hurray for unlimited bandwith and drive space for large files) I know we're a ways off in implementing something like this, but it's not too soon to start gathering resources for it.

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