GStreamer -
2005/08/24 20:11
Hi guys,
This is a small list of things that in my honest opinion I think that are needed to write a very good "open source" dj program:
- Multiplatform support: Linux, Mac and Windows. If all the platforms are supported then more people will be interested in the project. Also it would be nice to write the software to be platform independent.
- The programming language need to be a standard one. I think that c or c++ are the rigth choices due to the fact that normally all the programmers out there knows they (...again this means more people interested in the project).
- The source must to be divided in different "independent" objects. Mainly the streaming kernel, the gui, the playlist manager and the input control. I will open new topics to comment this in detail.
- All the code must to be well documented. This is one of the bigger problems
with a open source project. If the project is bad documented then new developers won't support the project in the future.
- This is evident but a good plannig and project timeline is needed and also more than one developer to share the hard work (...at least two source code developers and a graphic designer).
About me: I have been writing dj software for years and I have a lot of info and source code to share. Like most of yours I have not released it due to the lack of time and that there is a lot of hard work to do it and also support it in the future. Now I'm focused in hardware development for dj's. I have been visiting this website from the beginning and it's the only one that I know with people interested in build open dj software. I really think that it's the time to do it well .
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, but that's just a personal choice.
