On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman <schiv@archlinux.org>wrote:
On 23 February 2014 05:02, Maxime Gauduin <alucryd@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Jerome Leclanche <adys.wh@gmail.com wrote:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fluidr3/
Appears to be the same packaged data as https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/soundfont-fluid/ except it doesn't build properly. Note: I might be wrong on this, but I can't figure out how to make it build.
J. Leclanche
I haven't tried building the fluidr3 package recently, but that sfark format is a pain in the neck anyway. The fluidr3 soundfont from soundfont-fluid doesn't use that and comes with changes from the musescore guys, so it's actucally a more up-to-date version of the original fluidr3 by hammersound. I'll merge fluidr3 into soundfont-fluid. Thx.
Sfark decompression became a non-issue early last year. [1][2] The upstream author made contact, and sfarkxtc is maintained by a known (at least to me) member of the Linux audio community. [3]
A sfark-compressed soundfont is still helpful for people with slow Internet connections; 72 MB from 124 MB is a 42%, 52 MB reduction! That's an extra 13 minutes and a dollar (or even more) for some.
Fair enough.
In conclusion, soundfont-fluid is a better package name, but the original fluidr3 that existed in the AUR and depended on a decompressor is (since Feb 2013) not obsoleted by musescore's changes -- unless they're actually critical to be worth the extra megs.
Here is the changelog from MuseScore (BlissSam: which BTW is shipped in the archive, along with the original ReadMe from Hammersound):
"Missing note (#94) added to Violin and range extended to G7 (MIDI#103) for compatibility with MuseScore 2" Anyone not using the Violin font or MuseScore may argue that the changes aren't critical enough.
[1] http://melodymachine.com/sfark-linux-mac [2] http://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=9854&start=15#p35712 [3] https://github.com/raboof/sfarkxtc
-- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1
I'd rather stick with the version from MuseScore, but yeah, bandwitdth is not a problem here and as you pointed out, I understand if people would like to have separate packages. How about soundfont-fluid for the original soundfont from hammersound and soundfont-fluid-musescore for the modified soundfont? -- Maxime