Comments on: Nobody cares about open video and audio http://robotfromthefuture.com/2009/08/nobody-cares-about-open-video-and-audio/ Science Fiction » Epic Nerdery » Medieval Warfare Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:24:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: chris http://robotfromthefuture.com/2009/08/nobody-cares-about-open-video-and-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 chris Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:39:11 +0000 http://robotfromthefuture.com/?p=5985#comment-1405 Audacity is a great free and powerful audio editor. Jashaka is a cross platform video editor. i havent had reason to use it yet, but journalists often use it. Audacity is a great free and powerful audio editor.

Jashaka is a cross platform video editor. i havent had reason to use it yet, but journalists often use it.

]]> By: Mossop http://robotfromthefuture.com/2009/08/nobody-cares-about-open-video-and-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-1401 Mossop Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:39:34 +0000 http://robotfromthefuture.com/?p=5985#comment-1401 The thing is, the average Joe shouldn't really care much about open video and audio. So long as they can hear and see things why should it matter to them? The question is how can you have open source audio and video content creating products without widely accepted open audio and video formats? Open source products work when they are useful, if all they can create is content no-one other than the creator can see then they aren't useful. The other problem is the differing psyches between people who like to create music and people who like to code. Open source needs people who are enthusiastic about what they are building to the point that they will often do it in their spare time for free. It doesn't surprise me that very few coders are interested enough to build these tools. And I don't believe you can teach music to coders, or musicians to code, not and have them be passionate enough about both. Some of the right people do exist, it is just a matter of finding them and giving them the incentive and direction they need. The thing is, the average Joe shouldn’t really care much about open video and audio. So long as they can hear and see things why should it matter to them? The question is how can you have open source audio and video content creating products without widely accepted open audio and video formats? Open source products work when they are useful, if all they can create is content no-one other than the creator can see then they aren’t useful.

The other problem is the differing psyches between people who like to create music and people who like to code. Open source needs people who are enthusiastic about what they are building to the point that they will often do it in their spare time for free. It doesn’t surprise me that very few coders are interested enough to build these tools. And I don’t believe you can teach music to coders, or musicians to code, not and have them be passionate enough about both. Some of the right people do exist, it is just a matter of finding them and giving them the incentive and direction they need.

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