On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 at 19:40, Jerry James <loganjerry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > MuseScore is music composition and notation software, currently > available from Fedora in the mscore package. Version 4.0 was just > released. If anybody would like to try it out, it is available from > this COPR: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jjames/MuseScore4/. > I do not intend to build for Fedora until some issues have been worked > out. Thanks for this! Testing while watching the latest Tantacrul video. :) > WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! > DO NOT TRY THIS IN A WAYLAND SESSION. It will run for anywhere from a > few seconds to a few minutes, then abruptly exit with a "Protocol > error". Run an X session to try MuseScore 4.0. > WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! > > WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! > Configuration for MuseScore 3.x and 4.x differs in some important > respects. You may have to do a "factory reset" when switching > versions. Run "mscore -R" or "mscore -F" if it won't start. This > will clear out your list of recently opened scores, for example, so > backup your configuration before you do this. > WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! > > To try it out, run: > > sudo dnf copr enable jjames/MuseScore4 > sudo dnf install musescore > > Please try the video export option, which has bitrotted upstream. I > have attempted to update it for current ffmpeg. Please let me know if > it does or does not work for you. If it works well, I will submit my > patch upstream. Do this: "mscore --score-video <path_to_score> -o > filename.mp4", and optionally try the --resolution and --fps > arguments. Run "mscore --help" for more information. This > functionality does not seem to be available via the GUI. > > Upstream bundles fluidsynth, apparently for the sole purpose of > implementing a caching soundfont loader that uses internal fluidsynth > APIs. I have unbundled fluidsynth for this repository, which means > there is no soundfont cache. If you switch soundfonts frequently, > please let me know if the performance is acceptable. If you are > familiar with the fluidsynth API and can implement a caching soundfont > loader using only public APIs, please do so and submit it upstream. Unfortunately, the playback seems to be broken. The mixer doesn't show SoundFonts and there's no audio at all. :( Iñaki > Several other products are bundled (beatroot-vamp, dtl, intervaltree, > rtf2html, and KDDockWidgets). Each of them has either been altered by > the MuseScore developers or, in the case of KDDockWidgets, internal > APIs are used so extensively that I cannot see how to unbundle > successfully. Thoughts on how any of these products might be > unbundled are welcome. > > The COPR version makes a long-requested change: the package name > changes from mscore to musescore. Let me know if you encounter any > problems arising from that change. > > A new font package is needed to build version 4.0 for Fedora. I would > appreciate a review from anybody who feels competent to review a font > package: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2152347. There > is a question about the appropriate foundry name. If you can help > answer that question, please chime in. > > Regards, > -- > Jerry James > http://www.jamezone.org/ > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- Iñaki Úcar _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
