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This page thanks to great work from ["?TimHall"], shamelessly re-used by dancerj, updated by ["billitch"].
Packages maintained by the Debian Multimedia Team
Here you can find a list of packages maintained by the Debian Multimedia Team:
http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org
http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
New packages should set the Maintainer field to Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. Existing packages should move to using that address on a best-effort basis.
All source packages shoud use the [http://git.debian.org/git/pkg-multimedia/ pkg-multimedia git area] in alioth.
How to help with packaging
The DeMuDi (Debian Multimedia Distribution) project needs help to create new Debian packages and maintain the existing ones. If you want to contribute to this effort, but you are new to the Debian packaging systems, here follows some information to get you started.
Packaging guidelines
- Packages should use git, as mentioned above.
Upstream sources should be kept in the upstream branch and the the debian packaging in the master branch.
Quilt should be used for patch management, and the master branch should only differ from the upstream branch in files inside the debian/ directory. This means no direct changes to the source.
The maintainer field should be set to Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
The git repository should be hosted in alioth, under the pkg-multimedia project. It should forward commit messages to pkg-multimedia-commits@lists.alioth.debian.org and package_cvs@packages.qa.debian.org
- You can use the setup-repository script in /git/pkg-multimedia to create the bare repository with commit messages enabled. The repository should be named as the source package name for the message forwarding to work (eg, the repository for source package liblo is named liblo.git).
- The control file should use the Vcs-Git and Vcs-Browser tags.
Documentation
[http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#maint-guide Debian New Maintainers' Guide]
[http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#devref Debian Developer's Reference]
[http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#policy Debian Policy Manual]
Lists of packages and applications
[http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ Work-Needing and Prospective Packages]
Key to status column
O - The package has been ‘Orphaned’. It needs a new maintainer as soon as possible. If the package has a Priority higher or equal to standard, the severity should be set to important.
RFA - This is a ‘Request for Adoption’. Due to lack of time, resources, interest or something similar, the current maintainer is asking for someone else to maintain this package. They will maintain it in the meantime, but perhaps not in the best possible way. In short: the package needs a new maintainer.
RFH - This is a ‘Request For Help’. The current maintainer wants to continue to maintain this package, but they need some help to do this, because their time is limited or the package is quite big and needs several maintainers.
ITP - This is an ‘Intent To Package’. Please submit a package description along with copyright and URL in such a report.
RFP - This is a ‘Request For Package’. Someone has found an interesting piece of software and would like someone else to maintain it for Debian. Please submit a package description along with copyright and URL in such a report.
not in WNPP - That's because you haven't submitted an RFP for it yet (see above).
You can click on the links in this column to bring up the full bug reports.
Audio and multimedia applications which need help
The table below could be better managed through BTS's user tags. This would allow syncing this info with the current one in BTS without duplicated work. This page is currently generated using a semi-automated process. I have separated the packages into two lists - the first is a prioritised list of Debian packages which require help or adoption, the second is packages that have not made it into Debian.
Package |
Status |
Maintainer |
Comment |
[http://bugs.debian.org/metamail metamail] |
Debian QA Group |
An implementation of MIME - Popcon users: 1492 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/mpg321 mpg321] |
Debian QA Group |
A Free command-line mp3 player, compatible with mpg123 - Popcon users: 1058 |
|
Debian QA Group |
command line tool for viewing images in X11 - Popcon users: 4450 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/swh-plugins swh-plugins] |
Anand Kumria |
Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins - Popcon users: 553 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/gnuift gnuift] |
Debian QA Group |
GNU Image Finding Tool - index and search images by content - Popcon users: 541 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/gimageview gimageview] |
Debian QA Group |
Image Viewer using GTK+ - Popcon users: 429 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/gtkam gtkam] |
Takuo KITAME |
GTK+ application for digital still cameras - Popcon users: 390 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/vamps vamps] |
Debian QA Group |
Tool to recompress and modify the structure of a DVD - Popcon users: 315 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/mp3splt mp3splt] |
Debian QA Group |
Splits MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files without reencoding - Popcon users: 190 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/lineakd lineakd] |
Debian QA Group |
Linux support for Easy Access and Internet Keyboards - Popcon users: 159 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/fluidsynth fluidsynth] |
Eric Van Buggenhaut |
Real-time MIDI software synthesizer - Popcon users: 159 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/jack-tools jack-tools] |
Debian QA Group |
various JACK tools: plumbing, play, udp, ctl, scope, clock - Popcon users: 149 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/qsynth qsynth] |
Eric Van Buggenhaut |
fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end - Popcon users: 147 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/sweep sweep] |
Anand Kumria |
An editor for sound samples - Popcon users: 129 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/quiteinsane quiteinsane] |
Debian QA Group |
A Qt based X11 frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) - Popcon users: 121 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/gqmpeg gqmpeg] |
David B. Harris |
a GTK+ front end to mpg321/mpg123 and ogg123 - Popcon users: 117 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/gamix gamix] |
Debian QA Group |
Graphical sound mixer for ALSA - Popcon users: 113 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/preview.app preview.app] |
Debian QA Group |
General purpose image viewer for GNUstep - Popcon users: 86 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/gkrellmss gkrellmss] |
Debian QA Group |
Plugin for GKrellM that has a VU meter and a chart - Popcon users: 77 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/burn burn] |
Gaetano Paolone (bigpaul) |
Command line Data-CD, Audio-CD, ISO-CD, Copy-CD - Popcon users: 74 |
|
Steve ?McIntyre |
The Network Audio System - Popcon users: 141 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/mp3wrap mp3wrap] |
Debian QA Group |
Utility for MP3 wrapping (rolling multiple MP3s into one) - Popcon users: 66 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/flite flite] |
Mario Lang |
A small run-time speech synthesis engine - Popcon users: 75 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/ecawave ecawave] |
Debian QA Group |
graphical audio file editor - Popcon users: 55 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/xmcd xmcd] |
Debian QA Group |
X11 based CD player - Popcon users: 54 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/imgseek imgseek] |
Debian QA Group |
image viewer and manager with content based query - Popcon users: 54 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/kradio kradio] |
Steffen Joeris |
Comfortable Radio Application for KDE - Popcon users: 69 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/mctools-lite mctools-lite] |
Debian QA Group |
A CD player and audio mixer for X - Popcon users: 50 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/openexr openexr] |
the OpenEXR image library - Popcon users: 50 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/tkmixer tkmixer] |
Debian QA Group |
An audio mixer with Tk interface - Popcon users: 37 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/mesademos mesademos] |
Debian QA Group |
Example programs for Mesa (and OpenGL in general) - Popcon users: 35 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/pydance-music pydance-music] |
Debian QA Group |
Songs and step patterns for pydance - Popcon users: 34 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/dtmfdial dtmfdial] |
Christoph Berg |
DTMF Tone Dialer - Popcon users: 32 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/wavsplit wavsplit] |
Cyril Bouthors |
Splits wavfiles into tracks - Popcon users: 41 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/mserv mserv] |
Nick Estes |
local centralised multiuser music server - Popcon users: 30 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/libvisual-projectm libvisual-projectm] |
William Pitcock |
libvisual module for projectM - Popcon users: 30 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/galrey galrey] |
Debian QA Group |
Command line image gallery generator. It also makes thumbnails - Popcon users: 29 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/cdtool cdtool] |
Max Vozeler |
text-based audio CD player and CD-ROM control commands - Popcon users: 219 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/workbone workbone] |
Debian QA Group |
A simple text-based CD player - Popcon users: 27 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/poe.app poe.app] |
Debian QA Group |
Vorbis comment editor - Popcon users: 27 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/mpg123-el mpg123-el] |
Ryuichi Arafune |
a front-end program to mpg123 audio player on Emacsen - Popcon users: 27 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/freqtweak freqtweak] |
Debian QA Group |
Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation - Popcon users: 27 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/pic2fig pic2fig] |
Debian QA Group |
Convert PIC drawings to FIG drawings - Popcon users: 23 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/xaos xaos] |
Debian QA Group |
real-time interactive fractal zoomer - Popcon users: 169 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/transcriber transcriber] |
Debian QA Group |
transcribe speech data using an integrated editor - Popcon users: 21 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/juice juice] |
Abraham vd Merwe |
playlist editor / player frontend - Popcon users: 21 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/camediaplay camediaplay] |
David Coe |
Still Camera Digital Interface - Popcon users: 20 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/wsoundserver wsoundserver] |
Debian QA Group |
Window Maker Sound Server - Popcon users: 19 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/view3ds view3ds] |
Debian QA Group |
Simple viewer for 3D Studio files - Popcon users: 19 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/tkpaint tkpaint] |
Debian QA Group |
Versatile bitmap/pixmap editing tool - Popcon users: 19 |
|
Debian QA Group |
An Mbone Conference Scheduling and Booking System (SDR) - Popcon users: 19 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/smilutils smilutils] |
Roland Mas |
Digital Video command line utilities - Popcon users: 20 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/wsoundprefs wsoundprefs] |
Debian QA Group |
Preferences editor for the Window Maker sound server - Popcon users: 14 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/wsola wsola] |
Debian QA Group |
allows one to speed/slow audio without altering its pitch - Popcon users: 14 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/tapiir tapiir] |
Debian QA Group |
A tool for real time audio delay and feedback effects - Popcon users: 14 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/wmscope wmscope] |
Debian QA Group |
Graphical representation of sound waves in a dockapp - Popcon users: 13 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/kguitar kguitar] |
Debian QA Group |
Stringed instrument tablature editor for KDE - Popcon users: 100 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/qliss3d qliss3d] |
Steffen Joeris |
demonstration tool for Lissajous figures - Popcon users: 15 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/cinepaint cinepaint] |
Andrew Lau |
tool for motion picture frame-by-frame painting, retouching and dust-busting - Popcon users: 41 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/nyquist nyquist] |
Hans Fugal |
a language for music composition and sound synthesis - Popcon users: 13 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/cmus cmus] |
Julien Louis |
Lightweight ncurses audio player - Popcon users: 60 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/pydance pydance] |
Debian QA Group |
dancing simulation game similar to the kind in arcades - Popcon users: 34 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/prokyon3 prokyon3] |
Gustavo Franco |
A mp3 and ogg/vorbis manager and tag editor - Popcon users: 31 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/iripdb iripdb] |
Christoph Siess (CHS) |
Generates the DB files for the iRiver iHP-1xx - Popcon users: 4 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/gmod gmod] |
Riku Voipio |
Module player for Ultrasound and SB AWE soundcards - Popcon users: 4 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/mp3roaster mp3roaster] |
Ivo Marino |
A Perl hack for burning audio CDs out of MP3/OGG/FLAC/WAV files - Popcon users: 20 |
|
Debian QA Group |
Musical Midi - Popcon users: 12 |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/python-oss python-oss] |
Debian QA Group |
Open Sound System (OSS) interface for Python - Popcon users: 3 |
|
rtirq |
Startup script for realtime-preempt enabled kernels |
||
opustex |
Anthony Fok |
Typeset music scores with TeX |
|
lives |
LiVES is the Linux Video Editing System |
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[http://bugs.debian.org/festvox-suopuhe-mv festvox-suopuhe-mv] |
Niko Tyni |
Finnish male speaker for festival - Popcon users: 0 |
|
[http://bugs.debian.org/festvox-suopuhe-lj festvox-suopuhe-lj] |
Niko Tyni |
Finnish female speaker for Festival - Popcon users: 0 |
|
em8300 |
Nicolas Boullis |
Drivers for DXR3/Hollywood+ decoder cards |
|
dvbcut |
Qt application for cutting parts out of DVB streams |
Last Updated: 2008-11-25 -- ["?TimHall"]
Packages not in Debian
Package |
Status |
Upstream |
Comment |
dirac |
not in WNPP |
video codec that provides general-purpose video compression and decompression tools comparable with state-of-the-art systems - package available |
|
gplflash |
not in WNPP |
[http://gplflash.sourceforge.net/ http://gplflash.sourceforge.net/] |
a fully Flash 7-compliant replacement for the restrictively licensed [:FlashPlayer:Adobe/Macromedia Flash Player and browser plugin] |
ingen |
not in WNPP |
modular audio processing system for GNU/Linux audio systems using the Jack audio server and LV2, LADSPA or DSSI plugins. In process of being Orphaned / RFP'd |
|
latencytest |
not in WNPP |
Tool to measure kernel latency |
|
midicomp |
not in WNPP |
utility to "compile" and "decompile" midi files from/to text files |
|
opledit |
not in WNPP |
OPL2 and OPL3 patch editor |
|
rivendell |
not in WNPP |
complete radio broadcast automation solution |
|
rtsynth |
not in WNPP |
[http://www.linux-sound.org/rtsynth/ http://www.linux-sound.org/rtsynth/] |
a midi event triggered real time synth for Linux |
wasp |
not in WNPP |
|
LADSPA plugins |
yatm |
not in WNPP |
Ogg and mp3 player with time stretching capabilities |
Work in progress : We're checking all the WNPP bugs and updating infos on this page.
- -- ["billitch"]