Audio Creation test 2012-07-26

The first Audio Creation test day will be on the 26th of July.

Join #fedora-audio on IRC for more information

people available

• jvlomax

What are we looking for ?

The most important thing we are looking for is usability and how to improve the user experience. We also need to make sure that programs behave as expected both from the live cd and after an installation.

Requirements

• Fedora Jam iso - we use a single location, and it contains the [| currently built spin isos]
• Free HD space
• Microphone or some way of recording

Test cases

• Run jack and non jack programs at the same time on the live cd
• Run jack and non jack programs at the same time after install
• Create a short audio recording, using at least 3 different programs
• - add more common actions that we need to confirm are operational on the spin...

Test Results

Here you can post any bugs or test case results you encounter. If you file a bug report, please link to it in the notes section

Who	Test	Expected result	Actual result	Does it need fixing?	Notes
Sample User	Hydrogen through jack	Sound from speakers	No sound from speakers	yes	Only happens on Thursdays
jvlomax	Jack-audio-kit	Different applications sending audio between them	As expected	Nope	Tried at the most 4 application at once. Installed version
jvlomax	Midi connectivity	Use a midi keyboard, having it available in all application	It was	Nope
imalone	Jack with Amarok	Able to start Jack apps and normal Pulse apps	Unable to start without tweaking	yes	Possibly default Jack setup has been discussed, enabling DBus in QJackctl, restarting dbus before doing anything else and starting jack works (some odd interactions with Amarok I haven't untangled though, it does work eventually. (Live version, installed untested)
imalone	Recording with multiple apps	Able to record sound	Recording Hydrogen + Guitarix into Ardour over Jack works	no	Possibly some minor bug creating Ardour projects and being unable to type a name after selecting location. Will need to test a bit more). (Live version)
imalone	Recording with Jack capture	Able to start app and record sound	Unable to start app	Yes	Jack capture GUI wont start (seems to be a component missing). Command line utility works.
bsjones	Create Live USB w/Overlay	Persistent session between reboots	No issues	No	su -c "livecd-iso-to-disk --format --msdos --reset-mbr --noverify --overlay-size-mb 512 /home/bsjones/Downloads/fedora-jam.x86_64.iso /dev/sdb" Extra packages installed with no problems. Settings persist between sessions. Great! We should probably document this.
bsjones	Compose	Built from rawhide/F18	Composed from F17	Yes	Suggest renaming the ISO accordingly with a version number and dist until composes are generated by the Spins team
bsjones	Desktop Effects	Deskop Effects do not interfere with Jack/Xruns	More XRuns while Desktop effects are turned on	?	Investigate turning off by default
bsjones	Missing packages	Required / Nice to have		?	pavucontrol / rtirq
bsjones	Seq24 / Zynaddsubfx	Adequate performance with no Xruns	Many Xruns	yes	I need to investigate the root cause of this problem
bsjones	qjackctl	Setup using Alsa interface	Jack fails to start	yes	Not sure why this is happening - more investigation required
bsjones	module-jack-source / module-jack-sink	Should be loaded by default using the pulse module-jackdbus-detect	Have to load sink/sources manually	yes	Maybe a deficiency in the version of pulseaudio currently in F17. More investigation required