reopen 167464 retitle 167464 ITP: libvorbisidec - Integer-only Ogg Vorbis decoder, AKA "tremor" thanks
I would like to maintain libvorbisidec, the integer-math-only Ogg Vorbis decoder, also known as "tremor". it is useful for my debian NSLU2 ("igor"), an arm-based device without a FPU. If i've goofed, and it's already packaged for debian, please let me know! Because i'm not a full-fledged DD, i'll need a sponsor for this package to make it into debian. Note that i prefer the package name libvorbisidec (which is the name of the library itself) over its codename "tremor". Also, i'm choosing to package the mainline trunk insted of the low-memory branch. I'm currently pulling the tremor codebase out of upstream svn (http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/Tremor), which contains a weird debian/ directory (it appears to be a vestigial copy of some other package). I've replaced that entirely with a relatively clean one created via dh_make. If you are interested, you can see some initial example packages at: http://lair.fifthhorseman.net/~dkg/src/tremor/ In the same directory is a version of the cmus ncurses-based music player which has been rebuilt to use libvorbisidec instead of libvorbis (thanks to Felipe Sateler for pointing out that this package has a simple config option to use libvorbisidec). I've used cmus together with libvorbisidec on igor to play back ogg vorbis files in real time (with 50% idle CPU, comparable to libmad0 playback of mp3's). The ogg files were completely unplayable when cmus was compiled against the floating-point libvorbis. Here's my revised ITP block for this package: ---------------------------------------- * Package name : libvorbisidec Version : 1.0.2-svn12137 Upstream Author : Monty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://xiph.org/vorbis/ * License : BSD-style Description : Integer-only Ogg Vorbis decoder, AKA "tremor" libvorbisidec is an Ogg Vorbis audio decoder implemented with no floating point arithmetic. This makes it particularly amenable to use on systems which lack floating point hardware. ---------------------------------------- If anyone has any suggestions for things i should do differently with the package, or is willing to sponsor it, please let me know. Thanks, --dkg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]