[ubuntu-studio-devel] Elementary OS

[Len Ovens]

On Mon, 31 Aug 2015, ttoine wrote:

> The fact is in the past, it cost me a lot of money to buy many "pro" sound card
> to test and debug drivers (RME and Echo are pretty expensive...). The

As you may guess, that is not likely to happen any more.

> alsa-firmware package would not work in Ubuntu without this investment I had. At
> the moment, we miss someone with pro video equipment, like Blackmagic or Matrox
> cards. And I can't buy expensive stuff anymore

And it is not just the cards, but the camera(s) to go with it. However, 
the software to go with these cards is not plentiful either. Using a 
computer for live switching/effects, while not unheard of, is generally 
rare. Thankfully, good quality digital cameras are cheaper than those 
loaded with pumbs (the TV station I worked at in the 80s paid 150k used 
for their cameras). Good peds are still not cheap, but they have to hold a 
lot less weight too.

The reality with video right now is recording in the camera and editing on 
the computer which requires no extra hardware.

> Most of us are all hobbyist around Ubuntu Studio: nobody is full time dedicated.
> There are new comers, others leave, and some like me are still around but with
> less time and resources.

That has been our biggest lack is resources... mostly time the last few 
cycles. The other thing is people who are dedicated to graphics and video 
are not in large supply.

> My idea is not to divide. My idea is to understand how we can gather more people
> around this original project: "produce multimedia with Open Source software"

I think inertia has more to do with it than anything. If the project is 
seen as active, more people want to join in.


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Len Ovens
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