The DTL Sound and Multimedia workgroup is underway!
I need all of your help if we are going to get this rolling quickly. If you
have a background in Linux sound, please get involved or forward to the
member of you organization who can contribute.
We have a wiki page for us to initially gather and store proposals and
ideas. To start things off, I have added several pages to the wiki ->
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Linux_Sound_and_Multimedia
Please review and add info in the following areas:
Users impact: I am looking for more info on the top few pain points and use
cases. We need to focus on a few stacks and environments that cover like
80% of perceived problems. Said another way - we need to get to the point
where we can say "if we fix these 7 things - we'll have a passible solution
for most Linux users".
Business Impact: I would also like to have more info on
marketing/positioning - we need factual info to back up the business need.
It is a clear problem, everybody agrees to that - however, I have had a
hard time qualifying how much desktop opportunity is lost due to
sound/multimedia problems.
Architecture Overview: I am working on some architectural charts showing
how the various functional boxes hook together. This needs work. If you
ever had any question about how complex this is, try to chart it. ;-)
Interfaces: I need some real feedback on just how hard it would be to
convert or migrate apps to a set of single interfaces. We need to see what
components would be impacted and size the effort. This will have to be an
evolution, but we need to define a path (over the course of the
discussions).
Configuration: We have got to come to some consensus with the projects and
the distros, maybe a recommended or LSB compliant stack? This must be pre
configured and integrated. There is no reason why a user should have to
install 3 more packages, edit several sets of parameters in config files
and then restart to get sound to work. They will punt.
I believe that our priority should be to produce a strawman proposal for a
single, or maybe a couple of default sound stacks/configurations that "just
work" with the most possible environments. Then, we can focus on the things
that break, and how to fix them.
Thanks everyone. Stay tuned for an initial call to get these discussions
going. Until then, send me some email or get out on that wiki and get
busy!
Regards,
Kurt R Taylor
International Business Machines, Corp.
11400 Burnet Rd. Austin, TX 78758 (512) 838-2496 T/L: 678
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