WAV without QT

[Richard Gaskin]

Robert Man wrote:

> i'm also ready to participate to  group-library development (paying somebody
> to do it but spreading the cost). [to resell it to runrev later!?]
> 
> We really need basic audio functions including mp3 (maybe by incorportaing
> lame to the engine with all precautions " only to be used for educationnal
> puproses" ) and providing a basic library to deal with wave files outside
> quicktime like on all platforms (that means functions written in revtalk) :
> minimal  duration, timetopoint, split, merge, cross/fade merge, minimal
> effects, standardize level, simple compression, and possibly basic
> visualization (stacks already exists).
> 
> As mentionned there is a stack that visualizes the content of a wave file
> that was made by.. (tactile media??) ?? and that would be a good start to
> build a library since basics of opening a wave file are there.
> 
> Otherwise I was going to turn to java audio librairies.
> 
> Audio quality is so important for multimedia...!
> 
> what do you think?

I like the idea of a group-funded effort if necessary, but beyond being 
a lazy person there's another reason why finding out where RunRev is 
with this can be useful:  it'd be a drag if we knock ourselves out and 
come up with a useful external only to see those features added into the 
product the following week.

My own needs with audio and video playback are modest:

- determine a file's duration
- determine the current time
- set the current time

If I had those I can handle almost anything else I enjoy with QT, making 
a custom controller for looping, selection, etc.

It would be nice to know where those three things fall on RunRev's 
priority list....

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