On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 11:24 AM Lukas Ruzicka <lruzicka(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:04 AM Lukas Ruzicka <lruzicka(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> Have you tested whether gnome-sound-recorder works well in KDE and
>> optionally also other desktops? If not (or if it pulls too many
>> dependencies), it would be good to suggest an alternative tool as well.
>>
>
So, now I have found the KDE recording tool - KWave. I have tested it and
works ok for the purposes of the test. I am updating the steps in the
proposal to:
If you do not have any sound recording application installed, install *Gnome
Sound Recorder* (the gnome-sound-recorder package) on GNOME or *KWave*
(the kwave package) on KDE.
I believe we should move away from desktop tribalism, if possible. If one
tool works well on all desktops, recommend that one, regardless of its name
or library toolkit used. Of course ideally such a tool shouldn't pull half
of some desktop with it as dependencies (as KWave does), and should have a
reasonably newcomer friendly UI. It would also make the instructions sound
better, currently it seems like we only care about GNOME and KDE.
After playing with this a bit (on my GNOME desktop and in a KDE VM), I'd
say that gnome-sound-recorder is the best universal application to
recommend, it has minimal dependencies and a very straightforward UI. An
alternative could be Audacity, which has a bit more dependencies but still
nothing too large, and while it's a professional editor, it's UI to start
and playback a recording is still simpler than in KWave.
So, what about something like:
"Install any sound recording application you're familiar with. If you've
never worked with any, the GNOME Sound Recorder (`gnome-sound-recorder`
package) is small in size and simple to use. Alternatively, Audacity
(`audacity` package) is a popular full-featured audio editor which can also
easily capture sound from your microphone."
I didn't try too many available sound recording applications, perhaps there
are even better tools, but the mentioned ones are OK.