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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 05 Feb '26

05 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 06 Jan '26

06 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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Update
by Brendan Jones 17 Nov '13

17 Nov '13

Hey all, just a few comments regarding spins and other things... I confess I haven't really contributed to the spin much this cycle except for trying to keep our package arsenal up to date. There's a few new ones (mainly lv2-plugins), mup and the non-suite (was that in f19? at the time of publication? I can't remember). I'm maintaining over 100 audio packages now, which is too much for one person to do properly. If you are interested let me know, we'll find you a sponsor and get you started. Having said that, we have 10 days to add any new packages. I really like the kxStudio apps, but at this rate we will be lucky to get Carla and Festige. I'll try to get cadence in, but waiting on some python3 dependencies to let me go forward. Packaging kxStudio stuff is a nightmare (ppa culture) We will be shipping the same wallpaper as Fedora 18 with the wave overlay, unless someone feels inspired. If you need help please let me know. You can look at https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/music-creation.git/tree/fedora-jam-backgr… to see the dimensions we are shipping. If you are up for this it has to be in by the 20th at the latest. I must apologise for being so absent for this release - work/family trumps sometimes. Many thanks to Ian Malone, without his testing the spin would have been dropped. Cheers mate Brendan

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Fwd: [LAD] Linux Audio Conference 2014 - Call for Participation
by Fernando Lopez-Lezcano 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hey, linux -> audio -> music -> research -> get ready to submit stuff!!! -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [LAD] Linux Audio Conference 2014 - Call for Participation Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:55:52 +0100 From: Robin Gareus <robin(a)gareus.org> [Sorry for cross-posting, please distribute] We are happy to announce the next issue of the Linux Audio Conference (LAC), May 1-4, 2014 @ ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics, in Karlsruhe, Germnany. http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2014/ The Linux Audio Conference is an international conference that brings together musicians, sound artists, software developers and researchers, working with Linux as an open, stable, professional platform for audio and media research and music production. LAC includes paper sessions, workshops, and a diverse program of electronic music. *Call for Papers, Workshops, Music and Installations* We invite submissions of papers addressing all areas of audio processing and media creation based on Linux. Papers can focus on technical, artistic and scientific issues and should target developers or users. In our call for music, we are looking for works that have been produced or composed entirely/mostly using Linux. The online submission of papers, workshops, music and installations is now open at http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2014/participation The Deadline for all submissions is January 27th, 2014 (23:59 HAST). You are invited to register for participation on our conference website. There you will find up-to-date instructions, as well as important information about dates, travel, lodging, and so on. This year's conference is hosted by the ZKM | Institute for Music und Acoustics (IMA). The IMA is a forum for international discourse and exchange and combines artistic work with research and development in the context of electroacoustic music. By holding concerts, symposia and festivals on a regular basis it brings together composers, musicians, musicologists, music software developers and listeners interested in contemporary music. Artists in Residence and software developers work on their productions in studios at the institute. With digital sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, live-electronics up to radio plays, interactive sound installations and audiovisual productions their creations cover a broad range of what digital technology can inspire the musical fantasy to. The ZKM is proud to be the place of the LAC for the fifth time after having initiated the conference in 2003. http://www.zkm.de/musik We look forward to seeing you in Karlsruhe in May! Sincerely, The LAC 2014 Organizing Team

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Ardour 3.5.14 available on Fedora (for testing)
by Nils Philippsen 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Hi everybody, I've just built Ardour 3.5.14 for all current Fedora versions and submitted the respective updates: F-18: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-20148/ardour3-3.5.14-1.… F-19: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-20198/ardour3-3.5.14-1.… F-20: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-20094/ardour3-3.5.14-1.… Thanks to Brendan Jones who reviewed the new ardour3 package, Christopher Meng who reviewed the libltc package (a new dependency), Orcan Ogetbil and Hans de Goede for their comments and what I stole from their spec files ;-). Happy testing, Nils -- Nils Philippsen "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase Red Hat a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nils(a)redhat.com nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 PGP fingerprint: C4A8 9474 5C4C ADE3 2B8F 656D 47D8 9B65 6951 3011

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(no subject)
by Orcan Ogetbil 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

Hello everyone, Some of you will recognize me from my past work on the audio side of Fedora. I joined the world of packaging in the summer of 2008. It wasn't too long until I noticed that there were lots of room for improvement and limited manpower on the audio production side of my distribution. Given that I was a musician myself, I decided to put my focus on joining the world of free audio software developers with enthusiastic musicians who want to explore Linux. I decided to carry the torch my predecessors (I want to take the liberty on behalf of our community to thank Anthony Green for all his work) kept lit until then. I want to say it has been a great project, a pleasant experience, thanks to our supportive community. I learned a lot along the way, became a programmer myself, even got a part-time job as a programmer/RPM packager when I was in school. With the help and support of planetccrma folks, we moved a large number of key packages to Fedora (thank you Fernando for everything!), worked on the integration of our software with other parts of the system, kept all packages up-to-date, backported fixes when they were available, wrote the fixes ourselves when they were not available. Through packaging, I found the opportunity to network with many great developers (at some point I became one of the main developers of a cool software (Muse) that I was packaging). Nevertheless the time I could spend on this project diminished over time. In the past, I wanted to make an audio production spin for Fedora so bad, but never found the time to make it live. Fortunately, new talents joined the crew and took the burden (thanks and respects to Brendan Jones and the others) along the way and produced the Fedora Jam spin. I know it was hard work and I wish I did more than picking the name :) As I wasn't dedicating enough time to respond to new requests and bug reports, last week I handed over most of my packages, including core packages such as jack, ardour(2), hydrogen and others, to Brendan. He was so kind to help out despite having to deal with ten thousand other things. (He is the torchbearer now :)) I reduced my packaging duties to only those packages that I am/was the developer for, plus a handful of others. I am confident that they will now get the attention they deserve. >From now on, I will keep contributing, but mostly as a user as I was pre-2008 (I am still an active musician playing in a band and I love to work with all these tools!). I will always be within reach when help is needed. I hope you folks will respect this decision. Thank you all, once again, for your contributions to Fedora and to my life. I'll see you around! Best regards, Orcan

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Fedora Jam tracking well
by Brendan Jones 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Currently number 5 out of 11 for torrent downloads! Not bad for the new kid. Its very quiet on this list at the moment, so tell us what you've been doing with music! Fedora / Linux / recording etc etc Me, I've been trying to organize my many samples into sfz format for use. Also found new interest in guitar (my new schecter rocks!) I'm no drummer, but have been studying drumming a lot lately to fill out some triggered recordings. Would love to hear other peoples experience in this area. kick out the jams Brendan

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