UbuntuStudio

Revision 74 as of 2007-01-22 05:15:16

Clear message

Ubuntu Studio aims to be a multimedia editing flavor of Ubuntu for the Linux audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional who is already familiar with the Ubuntu-Gnome environment. Ubuntu Studio is currently in planning. This page is the starting point for these plans.

The old documentation can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudioPreparation

Ultimate Goal

To build a solid multimedia editing distro based on Ubuntu-Gnome by Feisty Fawn.

Get Involved

NOTICE!

  • Our new main URL is: http://ubuntustudio.org This will eventually become the main source for info on Ubuntu Studio

  • We need help getting a proper spec written for a Ubuntu Studio kernel. Please look [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultimediaProductionKernel HERE] to add to the spec.

  • Please try to sign your comments. Though, with the addition of concrete info, it isnt needed.

Status

The plan at the moment is:

  • Use only packages in official Ubuntu repositories
  • Use the best kernel Feisty Fawn provides.
  • Use Gnome
  • Build "Alt" DVD

Contributors

UbuntuStudio/TeamStructure

Project Goals

UbuntuStudio/ProjectGoals is the place to go to see what we need help with.

Art & Themes

UbuntuStudio/ArtProposal - Guide and info on the "look and feel" for Ubuntu Studio.

Ubuntu Studio Metapackages Breakdown

UbuntuStudio/MetapackagesBreakdown - A page for the structure of the metapackages and disks.

Ubuntu Studio "To Package" List

UbuntuStudio/ToPackage - A page with the apps we are trying to package for Ubuntu

Current Questions

  • Just looking through the package list (which is pretty complete as it is), may be an idea to segregate the sections further (ie. the graphics section has 2D Raster/2D Vector/3D all in the same area - divide and sort the apps into their specific areas). In addition to this, also put down some extra information about the package (current dev version, current stable version, package maturity). Thoughts? - norbert_drageBR

  • With all of the apps, there is a lot of choice (wonderful stuff), but will there be default or suggested apps? (I want to be careful here, because this can get religous) Also guessing that sorting will be alphabetical? - norbert_drageBR

Comments

  • I will put a quotation of one of my sound engineer friend : "no matter what it looks, if you can work a day on, if it is functionnal, and if it sounds great". Do you think it is possible with Ubuntu (or Ubuntu Studio)? - ttoineBR

  • What's the current state for the amd64 architecture? I believe there's no metapackage yet; do you plan to support this arch. ? - rdoursenaud
    • We do not support 64 bit. We hope to support it for our next release. - C.Kontros

  • Can we get some good samples with this? I'm especially interested in public domain looped or long-sampled instruments in formats like .ITI; although a new instrument format using FLAC compression would be awesome. There's some good base samples at [http://freepats.opensrc.org/samples/imis/] but they need to be split up, tuned (i.e. have their C-4 sample rate set), and arranged in an .ITI. --JohnMoser

    • Sure. If you want to get together the samples and package it. Wink ;)

    • There's another bunch of free instrument samples, recorded in an anechoic room, at [http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MIS.html the University of Iowa]. They plan to add piano performances of all the Bach chorales. --MikeODonnell

    • I'm not sure I'd want to see raw samples as part of the distro - that tends to be very much a matter of personal preference, and what I might consider a crucial part of my kit could be viewed as a waste of space by another. However, if the instruments packaged with the distro come with sample sets contributed by the plugin devs, I'd regard that as a Good Thing. - patrick238