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nightmorph 08/05/27 23:53:09 |
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Modified: index.xml |
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Added: decibel.xml |
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Log: |
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add decibel audio player mini-installation guide with Chainsaw's blessing |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.43 xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/index.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/index.xml?rev=1.43&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/index.xml?rev=1.43&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/index.xml?r1=1.42&r2=1.43 |
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Index: index.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/index.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.42 |
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retrieving revision 1.43 |
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diff -u -r1.42 -r1.43 |
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--- index.xml 27 May 2008 12:56:17 -0000 1.42 |
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+++ index.xml 27 May 2008 23:53:08 -0000 1.43 |
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@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/project.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/index.xml,v 1.42 2008/05/27 12:56:17 rane Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/index.xml,v 1.43 2008/05/27 23:53:08 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE project SYSTEM "/dtd/project.dtd"> |
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<project> |
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<name>sound</name> |
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<longname>Gentoo Sound project</longname> |
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-<date>2007-07-02</date> |
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+<date>2008-05-27</date> |
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<author title="Author"> |
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<mail link="chriswhite@g.o">Chris White</mail> |
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@@ -20,12 +20,19 @@ |
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<mail link="metalgod@g.o">Luis Medinas</mail> |
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</author> |
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-<description>Sound team to provide sound applications and drivers</description> |
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+<description> |
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+The sound team provides and maintains sound applications and drivers. |
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+</description> |
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-<longdescription><p> |
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+<longdescription> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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The Sound team strives to provide users with the best sound experience through |
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-providing sound applications and drivers including alsa, audacious, amarok and such. |
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-</p></longdescription> |
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+providing sound applications and drivers including alsa, audacious, amarok and |
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+such. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+</longdescription> |
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<dev role="lead" description="Herd Lead, Audacious and plugins, libnjb">chainsaw</dev> |
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<dev role="member" description="ALSA, lastfmplayer, voip">genstef</dev> |
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<herd name="proaudio" /> |
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<resource link="/proj/en/desktop/sound/alsa.xml"> |
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- Notes about ALSA framework's packages maintenance |
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+Notes about ALSA framework's packages maintenance |
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</resource> |
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- |
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<resource link="/proj/en/desktop/sound/mt-daapd.xml"> |
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- mt-daapd maintainer's guide |
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+mt-daapd maintainer's guide |
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</resource> |
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- |
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<resource link="/proj/en/desktop/sound/amarok.xml"> |
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- Amarok maintainer's guide |
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+Amarok maintainer's guide |
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</resource> |
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- |
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<resource link="/proj/en/desktop/sound/xmms.xml"> |
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- The How and Why of XMMS removal (by User Relations project) |
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+The How and Why of XMMS removal (by User Relations project) |
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</resource> |
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- |
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<resource link="/proj/en/desktop/sound/realtime.xml"> |
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- How to Enable Realtime for Multimedia Applications |
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+How to Enable Realtime for Multimedia Applications |
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+</resource> |
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+<resource link="/proj/en/desktop/sound/decibel.xml"> |
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+Decibel Audio Player Mini-installation Guide |
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</resource> |
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<extrachapter> |
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- <title>Guidelines for sound herd</title> |
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- |
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- <section> |
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- |
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- <title>Ebuild maintenance</title> |
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- <body> |
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- |
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- <p> |
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- It's not uncommon that a package is part of sound herd but have a direct |
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- maintainer. |
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- To avoid misunderstanding, such packages are to be considered maintained by |
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- that developer, leaving the herd as a fallback for when the maintainer is |
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- away for too much time. |
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- Always try to get a hold of the direct maintainer before touching a package |
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- that has a direct maintainer. |
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- </p> |
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- |
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- </body> |
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- |
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- </section> |
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+<title>Guidelines for sound herd</title> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>Ebuild maintenance</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+It's not uncommon that a package is part of sound herd but have a direct |
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+maintainer. To avoid misunderstanding, such packages are to be considered |
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+maintained by that developer, leaving the herd as a fallback for when the |
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+maintainer is away for too much time. Always try to get a hold of the direct |
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+maintainer before touching a package that has a direct maintainer. |
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+</p> |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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</extrachapter> |
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</project> |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/decibel.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/decibel.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/decibel.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: decibel.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/sound/decibel.xml,v 1.1 2008/05/27 23:53:08 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<guide> |
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<title>Decibel Audio Player</title> |
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<author title="Author"> |
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<mail link="nightmorph"/> |
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</author> |
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<abstract> |
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This page contains the ebuilds and instructions for Decibel, a gtk+ audio |
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player. |
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</abstract> |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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<version>1</version> |
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<date>2008-05-27</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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<section> |
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<title>What's Decibel?</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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From the <uri link="http://decibel.silent-blade.org/">homepage</uri>: Decibel |
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Audio Player is a GTK+ open-source (GPL license) audio player designed for |
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GNU/Linux, which aims at being very straightforward to use by means of a very |
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clean and user friendly interface. It is especially targeted at Gnome and will |
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follow as closely as possible the Gnome HIG. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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Decibel is a nifty, simple little app. It has as much playback functionality as |
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you want it to have. It's not an audio Swiss Army knife; for that, take a look |
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at Banshee, Exaile, or Amarok. It's intended for easy browsing and playing of your |
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music collection. It supports several audio formats and CD playback, and can |
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keep track of several different music library locations. (A nice improvement |
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over other audio applications that track only one library). |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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Decibel mostly uses Python, gtk+, and gstreamer, though it also needs a few |
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Gnome libraries. It should still be lightweight even if you don't use Gnome. If |
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you <e>do</e> use Gnome, it will be fully integrated into your desktop. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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Decibel has optional additional runtime integration with various Gnome libraries |
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such as gnomeprint, gtksourceview, wnck, gnome-applets, gnome-media, |
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totem-pl-parser, and a few others. More on this later. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Installation</title> |
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<section> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Sync your Portage tree to make sure you'll be getting the latest Decibel |
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version. It's currently marked ~arch, so you'll need to keyword it in |
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<path>/etc/portage/package.keywords</path> before installing. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Keywording Decibel"> |
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# <i>echo "media-sound/decibel-audio-player" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords</i> |
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# <i>echo "media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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Next, let's take a look at the available USE flags. Since Decibel uses the |
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modular gstreamer framework, you can choose the kinds of audio formats you want |
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to be able to play. Decibel currently supports WMA (via ffmpeg), mp4 (aac), mp3, |
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FLAC, Musepack, and Ogg Vorbis. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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Here are the USE flags available for the Decibel ebuild: |
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</p> |
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<table> |
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<tr> |
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<th>USE flag</th> |
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<th>Description</th> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>aac</ti> |
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<ti>Enables support for MPEG-4 AAC audio (mp4)</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>cdaudio</ti> |
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<ti>Adds support for CD audio playback and lookups via CDDB</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>gnome</ti> |
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<ti>Enables additional integration with the Gnome desktop</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>libnotify</ti> |
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<ti> |
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Enables desktop notification on track change. You'll get a customizable |
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little popup window. |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>musepack</ti> |
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<ti>Enables support for the Musepack (mpc) audio codec</ti> |
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</tr> |
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</table> |
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<p> |
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Decibel's ebuild depends on <c>gst-plugins-meta</c>, a metapackage that provides |
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most of the audio codecs. You can add support for the desired codec by |
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activating the appropriate USE flag for <c>gst-plugins-meta</c>: |
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</p> |
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<table> |
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<tr> |
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<th>USE flag</th> |
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<th>Description</th> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>ffmpeg</ti> |
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<ti> |
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Adds support for audio formats that use the ASF container, such as |
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Windows Media Audio (WMA) |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>flac</ti> |
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<ti>Adds support for FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>mad</ti> |
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<ti> |
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Adds support for mp3 playback via MAD, a high quality decoder library |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>vorbis</ti> |
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<ti>Adds support for the Ogg Vorbis (ogg) audio codec</ti> |
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</tr> |
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</table> |
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<p> |
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You can set your desired USE flags globally in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>, or |
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locally in <path>/etc/portage/package.use</path>. For example, to enable support |
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for everything but Musepack, you could do the following: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Setting USE flags in package.use"> |
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# <i>echo "media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta ffmpeg flac mad vorbis" >> /etc/portage/package.use</i> |
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# <i>echo "media-sound/decibel-audio-player -musepack aac cdaudio gnome libnotify" >> /etc/portage/package.use"</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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Once your flags are set, install Decibel: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Installing Decibel"> |
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# <i>emerge -avt decibel-audio-player</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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One thing Decibel <e>doesn't</e> do is edit tags. Its creators believe such |
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functionality is best provided by dedicated tag editing applications. Remember, |
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Decibel focuses on being a <e>real</e> audio player focused on playback. There |
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are <uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org">plenty of other tagging apps</uri> |
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available, such as <uri |
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link="http://pwp.netcabo.pt/paol/tagtool">TagTool</uri>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Resources</title> |
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<section> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Decibel is new, exciting, and going places, so stay on top of it! Here are a few |
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links to get you started: |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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The <uri link="http://decibel.silent-blade.org/">Decibel Audio Player</uri> |
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homepage. Screenshots, instructions, downloads, and more. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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Decibel's <uri link="https://launchpad.net/decibel-audio-player">bug |
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tracker</uri>. If you find bugs <e>in the program itself</e>, report them |
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here. The bug tracker is also the best way to make feature requests and stay |
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on top of development. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<uri link="http://dev.gentoo.org/~nightmorph/decibel/files/">Additional |
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screenshots</uri> |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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</guide> |
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