Re: [LAU] ShowQ - "a QLAB for Linux"

Hi,

Linux Show Player http://linux-show-player.sourceforge.net creator (and
only developer) here,
One of the goal of my project was to provide an alternative to the
abandoned showQ, and an open-source GNU/Linux alternative to
Windows/Mac closed and expensive (cue) software.
It's been 3 years since I started this project, but unfortunately it
didn't gain the expected attention, so I'd like to re-propose Linux Show
Player as an alternative to showQ.

- Native GPLed linux software with a GUI
- ogg/flac/wav/mp3/a-lot-of-format-support
- some stuff are programmable, and others can be added
- you can use the software in a show with just pressing space

Currently it works with jack, but it's not possible to manage the
connections, because the GStreamer implementation doesn't provide
the ability to do so.
I've limited knowledge about jack and almost nothing about programming
with jack, so I really need help here.

It's not written in C/C++, but in Python, and i know, a lot of people
could complain about this choice, but the development is
faster and easier. The cpu-expensive parts are managed by C/C++
extensions like GStreamer and Qt5.

I'm open to new ideas coming from more experienced people, even to
change application-design.

>> ShowQ is a unique cue-player for Linux-Audio-Users. I use it as a core
>> application for my theater activities.
> Dear ShowQ-users,
>
>
> it appears that ShowQ is a very useful piece of software - at least
> people using it seem to agree with that statement. Still, ShowQs future
> is not saved as there's no C++-developer in reach caring about it.
>
> So, instead of just making it public that ShowQ will soon fall out of
> debians repositories if nothing changes here (which would prevent most
> linux-audio-users from even getting in touch with that great cue-player) I
> ask YOU: What can we do to save ShowQ?
>
> Well, all I can offer to help besides making the problem public is some
> (symbolic amount of) payment.
> I'll promise 10 Euro for every bug that I reported on the debian
> bugtracker to be fixed.
> Finding a new developer for ShowQ (before fixing the bugs :) ) or
> finding a developer that delivers another software as a
> drop-in-replacement for ShowQ that is equal or even better than the
> original software is worth 30 Euro to me.
>
> Drop-in-replacement means:
> * Native GPLed linux software with a GUI
> * jack support
> * ogg/flac/wav-support
> * programmable start/stop/crossfade/fade-in/fade-out/fade-to-level
> * drag audio-file from f.e. file-manager to cue in the application
> * use the software in a show with just pressing space
>
>
> I hope that some people would join me paying some money to make it a
> little more attractive...
>
> Greets!
> Mitsch
>
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Received on Thu Jun 4 16:15:01 2015