[Sugar-devel] Audacity under Sugar

[Sean Linton]

The audacity.xo download is not loading on the computer I have.
Is it known to work elsewhere?

I am on:
build 802
Sugar 0.82.1
Firmware Q2E41

On 30/07/2010, Daniel Castelo <dcastelo at plan.ceibal.edu.uy> wrote:
> In this page you could find a sugarized version of audacity
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/All
>
> I dont know if this bundle has all the feature of the last audacity.
>
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Sean Linton <sean at lpnz.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am working on a conference presentation on ICT enabled networking
>> for indigenous music foundations. I have been working on some ideas
>> with David Leeming who as supplied me with an XO machine while I try
>> to work some things out on it.
>>
>> We are looking at the potential for using Audacity as a tool to help
>> enable and create content for community radio stations. The idea being
>> that the XO can be used to record audio an then send low latency audio
>> code to the radio hub as oggs or mp3s.
>>
>> I have installed audacity using
>>
>> yum install audacity
>>
>> It is no problem for me to run "audacity' from the command line,
>> however I am aware that OLPC developers are trying to keep the sugar
>> gui.
>>
>> I have been also trying to find the lame libraries to enble the mp3
>> export function, but have limited success adjusting the
>> /etc/yum.repos.d or /etc/yum.conf files. I think I need to access the
>> ubuntu multiverse? I have no problem working in .ogg format but I am
>> not sure if everyone feels that way?
>>
>> I would be interested in using the 'sugarize' script that you wrote to
>> give audacity 'activity' status, with icon, and journal compatability.
>>
>> Would you be able to discuss with me how to sugarize audacity, or walk
>> me through your script? Audacity has options for saving files; the
>> "save" function creates a file that only audacity can read (aup).
>> Mp3/Wav/Au/Ogg require "export". Perhaps the *aup file would be useful
>> for journal use, eg. by chmod -x ( asigning it executble status have
>> it run audacity from journal?  )
>>
>> I have also been looking at introducing new insruments to the
>> tamtam suites, ethnic instruments based on the local instruments of
>> the XO distributions, eg Panpipes on Tamtam for computers in the
>> Solomon Islands? Can you suggest a way to implement this?
>>
>>
>> Sincerely
>>
>> Sean Linton
>> Ph D Student
>> Otago University
>> Music Department
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>
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