> From: Michael Jarosch <riotsound@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Hi there! > > ShowQ is a unique cue-player for Linux-Audio-Users. I use it as a core > application for my theater activities. > > Even in the linux-community it's not a very well known application, > although there's no other linux-program (I know) if you need a > one-shot-audio-player with features like f.e. programmable fade-in, > fade-out, no matter if you want it time-based or triggered by space (or > another key). > > It can do a lot more - ShowQ has MIDI-support. Although I never tested > this feature, it should be possible to control any application with > MIDI-support. QLC(+) f.e. - or maybe some video-players do support MIDI > - I don't know... > Yeah, of course, ShowQ is not a drop in replacement for QLAB, but > speaking about audio it fits quiet perfectly in my setup. > > ShowQ is in the Debian (and Ubuntu?) repositories, it's written in C++ > and of course released under the terms of the GPL. Although this app is > quiet useful for technicians like me, the development stopped years ago. > > I am not a coder, but I do my best to keep this project alive. On the > Debian bug-tracker I write bug-reports for ShowQ, hoping that on one > hand it's useful for other users to work around problems, on the other > hand that someone fixes them. > > Last time I reported a bug Jarom?r Mike? the Debian-maintainer of ShowQ > wrote that he is not able to fix the bugs and he would like to kick > ShowQ. Of course, he also would like to package an alternative if there > would be some he could package. > I don't know any - so my linux-based theater setup is about to be killed > one day when ShowQ wouldn't compile on my debian machine, anymore. > > So, what do I want from you? > Test ShowQ! Maybe it's the app you've been missing for a long time! > And if you're a coder with C++-skills, check out my bugreports on > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=showq > - maybe you've got the clue... > > OR: Got an alternative to ShowQ? You're welcome! > > Greets! > Mitsch Great to see I'm not the only ShowQ user in the world. I somehow installed (maybe even built) it on my Arch Linux netbook about 4 years ago and I've used it at least one week a year without issues or updates ever since. I even hand-edited the .geany GUI file to add some keyboard shortcuts to the menu items. mH _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
