Audacity - sound editor

Audio editors, music players, video players, burning software, etc.
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Audacity - sound editor

#1 Post by aragon »

Home: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Version: 1.39b
Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
Download: http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/aragon/audac ... -1.39b.pet ~8 MB

NOTE: Sorry i have confused some of you. 1.39a is a pet file, not a sfs. Now i have corrected the download link to link directly to the correct file.

Compile-Options:

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./configure --build=i486-t2-linux-gnu --enable-static --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-ladspa --with-libsamplerate --with-lib-preference=local --with-ffmpeg --disable-shared
It's statically linked against the lib-versions that come with audacity, so the following should be the only dependencies.

Dependencies:
- jack (attached)
- iconv (attached)
- lame (installed on most puppies, else official repo)

Compiled in Puppy-4.21.

Bugs (so far):
ffmpeg: Neither im- nor export with ffmpeg is possible. it makes no difference if i compile against the included lib, the system lib or an updated system-lib.

IF you have problems with this one try another test build here:http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 266#342266

Please test and report back.

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#2 Post by maxtor »

aragon,
when I tried to download 1.39b, username and password was requested.
What can I do?
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and password linux
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#4 Post by Lobster »

I used the SFS convertor in 4.3 beta 2
but found this lib was missing . . .
Anyone get further?

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# ./audacity 
./audacity: error while loading shared libraries: libFLAC++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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#5 Post by maxtor »

thanks!
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#6 Post by maxtor »

@Lobster
maybe this flac package could solve...
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 5&start=45

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#7 Post by aragon »

:oops: :oops: :oops:
guys, as all know, copy&paste ist the devil. but we have to remember...

1.39b is a pet-file!! in the directory. the sfs is the older-version, some of you allready know. i will correct the first post!

sorry, sorry, sorry.

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#8 Post by Lobster »

maybe this flac package could solve...
It did indeed. Audacity is running but I can not record
(however I have not been able to record with this computer ever)
playback works ok - audacity seems a little flaky - but running . . .
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#9 Post by aragon »

Lobster wrote:
maybe this flac package could solve...
It did indeed. Audacity is running but I can not record
(however I have not been abl to record with this compuer ever)
playback works ok - audacity seems a little flaky - but running . . .
lobster,

which version are you actually testing, 1.37b or 1.39b? would it be possible for you to test 1.39b on a pc where you have been able to record?

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using 137 :oops:

May be able to rustle together my old computer
At the moment I am plugged permenantely into this
http://www.soundsleeping.com/ to counter building work noise . . .
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#11 Post by aragon »

Lobster wrote:using 137 :oops:

May be able to rustle together my old computer
At the moment I am plugged permenantely into this
http://www.soundsleeping.com/ to counter building work noise . . .
maybe test the 1.39b-version (although i don't have much hope....)

i don't know if putting together the old box is worth the effort. maybe someone else who's following this thread is able to record from external plugged mic.

if i remember right, i also own a mic, but have to remember where :roll:

by the way, have you seen this thread http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=46352 and the little gui from Bruce B? would this help you?

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#12 Post by Lobster »

Thanks aragon :)

[Lobster wipes away salty tear]
I have been trying Multimedia / Soxgui and the recording option
and all sorts
Somehow I do not think the driver for the inbuilt sound card is being engaged

Good luck with Audacity - and remember you can use headphones as a mic
plug them into the mic socket and shout into them - ememrgency mic
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#13 Post by mikeb »

Ok tested 1.39b...

Will only record a fraction of a second...a similar symptom which was bypassed by changing the sample rate but this doesn't work this time.
The audiocard is a cmi8738 rather than the 'known to have issues' one .
Portaudio is a known pain in the a**e so I assume this is where the problems lie...maybe its for ubuntu users only :D
The preferences dialog was a bit flaky too.

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#14 Post by aragon »

thanks for the info mike.

a feeling is getting stronger that audacity might be one of those apps, that remain problematic. it's partly working (mixing, effects,...) but the recording issue and the ffmpeg issue remains.

i will try to do an alternative build with shared libs. maybe this works better and failures with the libs will be more obvious on compiling stage...

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Might MHedit or another of the less sophisticated audio recording apps be "brought to heel"?
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#16 Post by aragon »

edoc wrote:Might MHedit or another of the less sophisticated audio recording apps be "brought to heel"?
have you tested 1.39b, if it works for you / your son?

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#17 Post by aragon »

ok, some progress report:
i've got a new compile of 1.39b that works (at least) for me. i've tested recording with a micro, works. export to mp3, works, effects work.
it's once again a static compile.

steps:
1. exchanged taglib-files in lib-src with original-sources taglib-1.5
2. edited ./configure line 5869: deleted "--disable-alsa" as this seems not to be a good idea to me
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./configure --build=i486-t2-linux-gnu --enable-static --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --without-ffmpeg --with-lib-preference="local" --with-libsamplerate
- note that ffmpeg is disabled, as it would need a new compile of ffmpeg. as it is only used to import/export some formats...
- this time i compiled without jack

this build does not need any additional libs (on 4.21).

Download: http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/aragon/audacity-1.39b-2/

I've put that one in the subdir, to avoid confusion.

Size is about 6 mb, seperate Language-Pack 2 mb.

Please report back.

NOTE:
- might fail on puppys withh alsa < 1.0.20

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#18 Post by mikeb »

Cheers aragon...will try out later :)

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#19 Post by mikeb »

Same...some error messages

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sh-3.00# /usr/bin/audacity 
Expression 'ret' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1027
Expression 'AlsaOpen( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params, streamDir, &self->pcm )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1185
Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->playback, alsaApi, outParams, StreamDirection_Out, NULL != callback )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1419
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Initialize( stream, alsaHostApi, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, callback, streamFlags, userData )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1996
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3668
sh-3.00# 

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#20 Post by mikeb »

Hmmm...retested on a setup with alsa 1.0.20..this time it records ok so I guess the alsa version matters.
Would still need a longer testing period as the other previous problem was that recording is ok but after a period of usage (not continous) it becomes stuttery

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