-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lennart Poettering wrote: > This is more or less what I plan to do with "libcanberra" (which is > still vaporware right now, though). As described in huge email about > PA which I wrote on d-d-l: > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2007-October/msg00136.html > > (Look for the part "So, where do we go from here?")
Ah, I followed that thread. I guess it didn't stick. Thanks. :) With the libcanberra API you propose, I think it should be possible to expand on the types of arguments the function takes without breaking ABI, right? So a very simple libcanberra could already be implemented before all the theming and localization details have been worked out. The PulseAudio API isn't hard, but hiding even that behind a single function would help introduce sounds to other desktop applications. One thing I strongly disagree with is having a human voice for certain event sounds. I personally really like the "dings", "blings", "pops", etc. I realize it might be useful for accessibility, but I wouldn't want any of it myself. :) > The problem with themeing and adding more sound events is that there > are no better sounds available then what we have right now. I have > never seen any free samples that are even remotely as useful as the > current gnome-audio samples, and I am not even speaking of the quality > the the MacOSX sounds have. And quite frankly, the gnome-audio samples > are still annoying. They're hard to find. But it looks like there are already several mentioned in this thread. :) I don't find the gnome-audio samples annoying, personally. > Adjusting the volume or the devices event sounds are played on is > currently not possible in PA without making your hands dirty by editing > configuration files. In one of the next versions I will add a flexible > meta information and matching system to PA, which will allow writing volume > controls that allow you to change volumes of certain subsets of audio > streams at a whole. I.e. think of the current pavucontrol but with an > extra track for "Event Sounds". (Similar to what Vista does) Perfect. :) Thanks, - -- Stéphan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTZ92cFUq0gzqDwQRAsGNAJ9LswztmvET0YbajCcFx4PufbE5awCg4Y4P 4e2ZI4GJdmsNwxw0EHAlJvc= =o2iW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list