[Shotwell] About adding support for recorded audio files

[Alexey Fisher]

Just to add my two cents.
many cameras can record stand alone voice or voice comments for some
pictures. So i really like this idea too. But first thing first, video
support is currently in progress.


Am Sonntag, den 05.12.2010, 20:54 +0100 schrieb Tobias Rapp:
> Hello,
> 
> this is some rather long mail that aims to discuss about the idea to add
> support for handling audio files in Shotwell. This might sound as an
> inappropriate (or better: crazy) feature request for a photo manager
> application but I will try to explain why this makes more sense to me
> than just stick to using Rhythmbox (or some other music manager).
> 
> It's important to point out that audio != music.
> 
> I own a digital audio recording device called "Tascam DR-07" [1]. This
> is some handheld device which is a bit larger than a mobile phone and
> allows you to capture audio data in digital format. The data is stored
> on those common flash memory cards. In my case I am using it to capture
> e.g. the first spoken words of my children, funny minutes while playing
> Taboo with friends, some service or prayer at the church. In the last
> two or three years these kind of devices have become more and more
> popular (see [2]).
> 
> For organizing the recorded audio files I have not yet found an
> appropriate application. Common music managers allow you to play the
> recorded files, of course, but apply the usual Artist/Album/Track
> model. In this case the more relevant information would be:
>  - date and time of the recording
>  - event name (birthday, Christmas, holidays, ...)
>  - location of the event
>  - persons audible in the recording
> 
> This is similar with the typical metadata when managing photos. Indeed
> it would be great to manage both, captured images and captured audio
> files of a single event within the same software. I really prefer
> Shotwell for managing my photo images and would like to use it for my
> recorded audio, too.
> 
> The import workflow (transfer files from attached device or memory card
> to HDD), the management of files (using date, location and tags) and the
> export are very similar. Actually as similar support for video files is
> currently in progress I think that extending support towards audio files
> in a future version would not be a too far away. It would be some
> courageous feature, if that is the right word, something that has not
> been tried before.
> 
> Finally my main question is not if *you* will add support for audio
> recordings in Shotwell but rather if you would accept patches that
> implement this feature. Not sure if I will get an initial test version
> up and running soon, though. Maybe there are other developers that are
> interested in working on this feature, too?
> 
> Regards,
> Tobias
> 
> Links:
> [1] http://tascam.com/product/dr-07/
> 
> [2] Examples of portable recording devices:
>  http://tascam.com/applications/home_recording/handheld_recorder/
>  http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h1/
>  http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h2/
>  http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4n/
>  http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/2581_18551.htm
> http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666016155
> 
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Regards,
        Alexey