Easy Debian Wheezy Multimedia

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Starting from rcolistete's "wheezy" upgrade of Sulu's Scientific image, this is a bells-and-whistles image (warning: bloatware) with lots of multimedia software thrown in.
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== Development ==
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=== Preamble ===
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Chromium browser
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This image starts from rcolistete's "wheezy" Scientific image (thanks!) and aims to be a bells-and-whistles image (warning: possible bloatware) with lots of new multimedia software thrown in. In particular, this includes MP3 tagging and renaming software, audio file format converters, normaliser, audio editor and a variety of MP3 players and organisers.
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XMMS
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Musicbrainz Picard 1.0
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==== Key aims ====
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GJay 0.3.2
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MP3 Diags 1.0.11  
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* Advanced MP3 functionality to complement the use of the N900 as a mobile music player, including MP3 taggers, validators, renamers, normalisers, file format converters etc.
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Audacity 2.0.1
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* Maintain the expected core functionality of Easy Debian, i.e. LibreOffice, GIMP, etc.
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SoundConverter
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Free Musical Instrument Tuner 0.99
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=== Specifications ===
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Gnome ALSA mixer 0.9.7
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EasyMP3Gain 0.5.1
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==== Package selection ====
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QASTools 
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Packages are largely selected from Debian "wheezy", except where dependencies on a newer version of PulseAudio would prohibit this. Therefore, the image is an injudicious mixture of oldstable, stable and testing. Packages are selected on a best effort basis to avoid unmet dependencies.
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MythTV+plugins
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LAMP environment
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==== Disk image ====
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The disk image has been enlarged to 4GB in size (well, 4GB minus one byte), which is the largest file that will fit on a FAT32 filesystem, and converted (well, copied over) to an ext4 filesystem. The use of ext4 means that you will require a relatively recent kernel-power & CSSU to mount and use the image, but it does offer slight performance advantages over ext3.
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== Software included ==
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=== Internet ===
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* Chromium web browser (from Squeeze)
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* Iceweasel web browser (10.0.6)
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* Icedove e-mail client (10.0.6)
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=== Office ===
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* AbiWord
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* LibreOffice
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=== Audio / Video ===
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* XMMS2
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** gXMMS2
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** Abraca
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** GJay 0.3.2
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* QASTools
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** QASMixer
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** QASHCTL
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** QASConfig 
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* SoundConverter
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* EasyMP3Gain-GTK 0.5.1
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** mp3gain
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** vorbisgain
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** aacgain
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* Musicbrainz Picard 1.0
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* MP3 Diags 1.0.11
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* Audacity 1.3.12 (from stable) - the version from "testing" depends on a newer version of libportaudio2, but ours is held back for pulseaudio compatibility.
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== Packages not working as expected ==
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* GJay - installs and runs OK, but scanning silently fails (visible in debug mode) complaining that (all of 4000+) MP3s aren't valid.
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== Still needing work ==
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Packages in this section have been installed successfully, but require some scripting work in order to be any use.
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=== LAMP environment ===
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=== MythTV 0.24 (from stable) ===
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The version from "testing" depends on a newer verson of libpulse0

Latest revision as of 11:51, 29 August 2012

Contents

[edit] Development

[edit] Preamble

This image starts from rcolistete's "wheezy" Scientific image (thanks!) and aims to be a bells-and-whistles image (warning: possible bloatware) with lots of new multimedia software thrown in. In particular, this includes MP3 tagging and renaming software, audio file format converters, normaliser, audio editor and a variety of MP3 players and organisers.

[edit] Key aims

  • Advanced MP3 functionality to complement the use of the N900 as a mobile music player, including MP3 taggers, validators, renamers, normalisers, file format converters etc.
  • Maintain the expected core functionality of Easy Debian, i.e. LibreOffice, GIMP, etc.

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Package selection

Packages are largely selected from Debian "wheezy", except where dependencies on a newer version of PulseAudio would prohibit this. Therefore, the image is an injudicious mixture of oldstable, stable and testing. Packages are selected on a best effort basis to avoid unmet dependencies.

[edit] Disk image

The disk image has been enlarged to 4GB in size (well, 4GB minus one byte), which is the largest file that will fit on a FAT32 filesystem, and converted (well, copied over) to an ext4 filesystem. The use of ext4 means that you will require a relatively recent kernel-power & CSSU to mount and use the image, but it does offer slight performance advantages over ext3.

[edit] Software included

[edit] Internet

  • Chromium web browser (from Squeeze)
  • Iceweasel web browser (10.0.6)
  • Icedove e-mail client (10.0.6)

[edit] Office

  • AbiWord
  • LibreOffice

[edit] Audio / Video

  • XMMS2
    • gXMMS2
    • Abraca
    • GJay 0.3.2
  • QASTools
    • QASMixer
    • QASHCTL
    • QASConfig
  • SoundConverter
  • EasyMP3Gain-GTK 0.5.1
    • mp3gain
    • vorbisgain
    • aacgain
  • Musicbrainz Picard 1.0
  • MP3 Diags 1.0.11
  • Audacity 1.3.12 (from stable) - the version from "testing" depends on a newer version of libportaudio2, but ours is held back for pulseaudio compatibility.

[edit] Packages not working as expected

  • GJay - installs and runs OK, but scanning silently fails (visible in debug mode) complaining that (all of 4000+) MP3s aren't valid.

[edit] Still needing work

Packages in this section have been installed successfully, but require some scripting work in order to be any use.

[edit] LAMP environment

[edit] MythTV 0.24 (from stable)

The version from "testing" depends on a newer verson of libpulse0

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