[Sugar-devel] ObjectChooser() Issue?

[Art Hunkins]

Walter,

Thanks for the note; you are quite right that ObjectChooser() indeed works 
in Sugar 0.82 and the XO-1. Indeed, surprisingly, it is also fast enough for 
my purposes.

I will not use it in 0.82 for two reasons, however: 1) it lists objects on 
USB sticks as well as the Journal (confusing, and different from later 
Sugars); 2) it does not allow specification of 
what_filter=mime.GENERIC_TYPE_AUDIO (this feature appeared with 0.83; and is 
highly useful in targeting the audio objects).

There's another reason as well: the version of Csound that comes with 0.82 
is linked to a libsndfile that cannot be updated to handle ogg vorbis 
soundfiles; Csound (5.10) from 0.84 on is linked to (or can be updated) to a 
version of libsndfile that does.

The Record activity - the activity most likely to be used by children to 
create their soundtracks - records ogg vorbis files only, depositing them 
directly in the Journal. (Unfortunately, versions of Record prior to about 
66-67, use the ogg speex format, which even the more recent libsndfile 
doesn't handle.)

So, quite a few reasons not to try to handle Journal audio objects in 0.82. 
FileMix is way too complex already; further complication will likely drive 
everyone away completely.

I think I may have answered my previous question: "Feature unavailable in 
Sugar 0.82."

Art Hunkins

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Bender" <walter.bender at gmail.com>
To: "Art Hunkins" <abhunkin at uncg.edu>
Cc: "Sascha Silbe" <sascha-ml-reply-to-2010-3 at silbe.org>; "sugar-devel" 
<sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] ObjectChooser() Issue?


> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Art Hunkins <abhunkin at uncg.edu> wrote:
>> Sascha,
>>
>> Thanks to you and other members of this listserv I've now got multiple
>> instances of ObjectChooser() running in my FileMix activity.
>>
>> Of course it does not work with the XO-1/Sugar 0.82, and I need to 
>> express
>> this limitation clearly in my activity.
>
> I my experience, it does work, but so slowly as to not be of any
> practical use :)
>
> -walter
>
>>
>> So, is it better to say: "Feature unavailable on XO-1" or "Feature
>> unavailable in Sugar 0.82" or what (please suggest something 
>> appropriate)?
>>
>> Thanks again for your help.
>>
>> Art Hunkins
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sascha Silbe"
>> <sascha-ml-reply-to-2010-3 at silbe.org>
>> To: "sugar-devel" <sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 6:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] ObjectChooser() Issue?
>>
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