Re: Some topics - Standard for Defining a Collection

[asthomps ouray cudenver edu]

> 
> Hello to everyone,
> 
> I want to discuss some topics with you in order to keep my mind clear
> from the beginning. I really need some feedback.
> 
> 1. Sound license: legal considerations.
> Do sounds need a license,like GPL? Can I download a "free" sound file
> from the Net and include it into Gnome without being cited?
> 
> 
> 2. Definitions
> a. How define a sound collection: soundtheme? soundset(MacOS)
> soundpack?
> b. Sound format: *.au? *.wav?
> 
I would like to propose we create a standard file format for defining sound themes.  Having a single format gnome developers can use to import an intire theme would be very useful.

Is there currently any "map" file to match sounds to events?  If not, what kind of format should be used (XML)?  With map files in place, we can probably work on a utility to quickly create some kind of sound "package" for quick redistribution.  From these mechanisms users can switch whole sound schemes quickly independantly of the WM theme.

Anyone else like to chime in?

Tony Thompson


> 3. Sound types
> What type of sound shall we include into a soundtheme
> -FX?
> -sounds from daily life (for example telephone ringing)?
> -voices associated  the dialogs?
> -from movies, TV or Radio?
> 
> 
> 4. Sound dimension
> Is there
> -a limit of X MB for soundtheme?
> -a limit of X Kb for each sound?
> 
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