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Re: [Debian, Ubuntu] Add "sox" package dependency [message #44228 is a reply to message #44224]

Sun, 01 February 2015 13:31

dolik.rce
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Registered: August 2008
Location: Czech Republic

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Hi Klugier,

I've noticed the recent changes. However, I'm not sure if the sox package really should be a hard dependency. It is definitely not necessary for the upp package, as the sources work just as well without it. Only the applications created with U++ actually depend on it, and even those do not break when it is not present. They merely stop beeping. So for now, I will add it to recommended dependencies in theide package.

By the way: I was looking at the sox package and noticed that it also provides library with C API. It should be possible to use the library directly, instead of calling the "play" in new process. It would be bit more work, but on the other hand, it could make a nice and universal sound package for U++. Probably much better than the one I created couple years ago using portaudio (which now rots in bazaar Smile

). If you're interested, nice example of playing sound with libsox can be found at github.

Best regards,
Honza

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