Improving Squeak's Mutlimedia

Blake blake at kingdomrpg.com
Fri Feb 18 20:51:35 UTC 2005


I'm interested. I've coded a fair amount of stuff around existing A/V  
components, so I'm more on the consumer side, though.


On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:09:39 -0800, Brad Fuller <brad at sonaural.com> wrote:

> Is anyone interested in improving the multimedia facilities in Squeak?
>
> I'm suggesting a group of interested parties get together and review
> potential improvements and enhancements to the audio/video functionality
> in Squeak. And then, really do something about it.
>
> I'm not suggesting a formally structured group, but BOFs that want to
> help improve the current state. Maybe it's a loose-knit group, maybe it
> will have a primary contact to this dev-list or to the castways/SqF. I
> don't know, and I don't think that's important at this very moment.
>
> I have _plenty_ of ideas for audio and I would like to gather all of
> those other audio people and video enthusiasts that would like to help
> put together a plan. Let me tell you upfront that I'm not a highly
> skilled smalltalk programmer. But, I am experienced in audio; both
> technically and from a composer and sound designer standpoint (that's
> what pays da bills.). And I have programmed for many years on (mostly)
> embedded products.
>
> Perhaps a review of the current multimedia state is first at hand and
> then fixing what needs to be fixed. But I don't want to get ahead of
> myself before I hear if anyone else is interested.
>
> I imagine there is less than a handful that would be interested. But,
> hey, I hope I'm wrong.
>
> anyone?
>
> brad
>





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