Do we need a sound recorder in the default install?

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Iain Lane wrote on 14/01/13 12:24:
> ...
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> I think we should remove gnome-media from the default install. In 
> addition to not being ported and being EOLed upstrem, it seems to
> be quite crashy now. There are some bad reviews on the software
> centre too; I don't think it's providing a good experience to our
> users notwithstanding the lack of a finished/working gst-1.0 port.
> 
> If we do do this, should we replace it with another microphone 
> recording application? Is this a usecase that we think is
> important for the default install? gnome-sound-recorder (the
> rewrite) would require some engineering commitment to port to 1.0
> and resolve bugs (for example it segfaults here as soon as I click
> 'record' ;-)). Unless someone knows of another suitable lightweight
> recording app.
> 
> ...

When it is stable, David Klasinc and I intend to propose Kazam for the
default install, replacing gnome-screenshot. Currently it takes only
screenshots and screencasts, with screencasts optionally including
microphone audio. The medium-term plan is to allow capturing
standalone microphone audio clips as well.

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