If memory serves me correctly I did have difficulty installing it from the Linux side. I did have to do the initial installation in windows. This might not be a limitation of the free player though On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Danni Coy <danni.coy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > yes kontakt player does work under wine I had problems with connecting > midi doing it that way though. > I am able to perform on my keyboard using festige and the kontakt vst > plugin (part of the player) > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Aiyumi Moriya <aiyumi.br@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 2014-05-26 1:30 GMT-03:00, Danni Coy <danni.coy@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> I have had some luck with Kontact and festige >> >> Really? :D That got my hopes up. >> >> Does the free Kontakt 5 Player also work under Wine? There's this >> violin sample library that I'm interested for quite a while now: >> >> http://embertone.com/instruments/friedlanderviolin.php >> >> It is a solo violin library, but it also has an "ensemble" mode. I >> really liked the sound... But It runs on Kontakt Player. I googled >> about Kontakt 5 Player on Linux/Wine and didn't find anything useful. >> Also, from what I understood from some reading, it seems to use a >> software called Continuata for watermarking and downloading the >> library. I've never heard of it before - I'm a beginner in the area of >> (proprietary) sample libraries -, but from the forum posts I read, it >> seems to require the user to install a "Continuata utility program" >> that downloads and extracts the library. The posts I read were this >> one: >> >> http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5448245 >> >> and the one directly below it. >> >> But I googled about it too, and found a post about someone downloading >> (not specifically this sample library) normally via the browser >> without using the Continuata thing. >> >> http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=376934 >> >> Does that mean it isn't required, and only the developers need to use >> it to watermark/upload or something? If it's really required, any idea >> if that works under Wine? >> >> The library is on sale right now, costing $99 USD until June 15th >> (before, it was $110), and I'm seriously considering buying it. I just >> would like some confirmation if it can work under Wine, even if JACK >> doesn't work and I have to use an external hardware recorder to >> capture the speaker outputs or something. :P >> >> Thank you to anyone that chimes in! :) >> >> >> -- >> ____________________ >> >> Blog: http://aiyumi.warpstar.net/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
