Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] ekiga-devel-list Digest, Vol 61, Issue 1

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 02/08/11 18:01, Rex Djere wrote:
> Hello Eugen,
> I gave your reply a little bit more thought, and it is a very good idea.
> However, I wanted to present a possible scenario to you:
>
> Audacity is probably the most popular free software sound editor while Ekiga
> is probably the most popular telephony program. Both are extremely good at
> what they do.
> Imagine this hypothetical scenario:
>
>     - My friend, Andrew Weber, and I host a Linux podcast. We have Richard
>     Stallman on as an upcoming guest.
>     - Andrew has been held late at work, so I start recording the show using
>     my usb microphone and Audacity on my local home pc.
>     - 30 minutes after I start the show, Andrew gets home and makes a sip
>     call to me using Ekiga.
>
> This is why I propose the plugin solution. The plugin in would add an Ekiga
> bar to Audacity, or something similar. In anticipation of Andrew's call, I
> could have had
> the Ekiga bar open, ready for the call.
>
>     - Audacity's Ekiga plugin picks up the call, and I hit a button to add it
>     to the recorded streams.
>     - A few minutes later, Richard Stallman calls in using Ekiga, and gets
>     added to the recording.
>
>
> It seems to me that it would be more efficient to leverage the existing
> capabilities of both Ekiga and Audacity and play towards their strengths.
> For example, a "record call using Audacity button" could be added to Ekiga
> that would start Audacity up instead of having to write a whole new addition
> to Ekiga. I can easily see how the two projects could develop a lot of
> interrelationship.

Hi Rex,

Sorry to answer so late.

It is not easy to make two programs interoperate.  You need to have 
programmers from both programs.  Moreover, maintainability and testing 
is not simple, you have to test on two programs.  Etc.  It is better to 
use a more general solution, like the one proposed by Craig.  Anyway, 
someone is needed to implement it...

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> >    1. Re: FREE SOFTWARE PODCASTING IDEA: ALLOWING AUDACITY TO
> >       DIRECTLY RECORD EKIGA CALLS USING A PLUGIN (Eugen Dedu)
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> > Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:48:35 +0200
> > From: Eugen Dedu<Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>
> > To: ekiga-devel-list gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] FREE SOFTWARE PODCASTING IDEA:
> >         ALLOWING AUDACITY TO DIRECTLY RECORD EKIGA CALLS USING A PLUGIN
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> > On 29/07/11 06:08, Rex Djere wrote:
> > > Hello everyone!
> > > My name is Rex Djere and I host a GNU/Linux oggcast. I have an idea that
> > I
> > > wanted to present to all of you for consideration, creating an Audacity
> > > plugin that allows it to directly accept Ekiga telephony calls and record
> > > them. This is how I propose that this feature could be used:
> > >
> > >      - Imagine that Mr. Richard Stallman is a guest on my podcast.
> > >      - I, the host, record my microphone directly in Audacity.
> > >      - Mr. Stallman calls my pc from his pc using Ekiga.
> > >      - Audacity answers the call, and I use a button in Audacity's menu to
> > >      start recording the call.
> > >      - An optional "record all streams" button could be added to Audacity
> > to
> > >      record everything (my mic, phone call etc.)
> > >
> > > Now imagine this, Audacity being able to accept and record an unlimited
> > > number of Ekiga streams using the plugin. This would be wonderful for a
> > > podcast with multiple hosts and or guest. For the podcasting community, I
> > > believe that this would be a godsend. Please feel free to send me any
> > > comments or replies. Thank you.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I do not know much how oggcasts work, so I might be wrong.  Isn't the
> > following solution envisageable?  You speak to Mr. Stallman with ekiga,
> > you record your conversation (using the not-yet possibility of ekiga to
> > record streams), and afterwards you put the file in oggcast syndication.
> >
> > So why do you need to create a plugin instead of fixing ekiga to accept
> > conversation recording?
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Eugen Dedu