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diff --git a/FileMixReadMe.txt b/FileMixReadMe.txt index 46a52cc..ad81a7b 100755 --- a/FileMixReadMe.txt +++ b/FileMixReadMe.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Sugar. The following versions of Record seem to work well or fairly well: v86 with the XO-1.5 and the XO-1 upgraded to Sugar 0.84; and v64 with Sugar-on-a-Stick Strawberry (0.84). The XO-1.5 works *best* with v78 (strangely named the "Grabar" activity). No current Record -versions work correctly with Sugar 0.86 and higher (as of 12/2010). +versions work correctly with Sugar 0.86 and higher (as of 3/2011). Please note that Record prior to v74 (except for v61-64) produce ogg *speex* files; these files are *not* compatible with FileMix. @@ -47,12 +47,18 @@ practically, however, user sound-files may be loaded from the Journal (Sugar 0.84 and later). In this case, only wav and ogg/vorbis formats are allowed. +Unfortunately, no other Sugar activity (including TimeLapse, +ShowNTell, and most importantly, Etoys) produces soundfiles useable +by FileMix. Either they write files other than Ogg Vorbis or wav, are +restricted to Sugar 0.82, or their output is inaccessible to the +Journal and other activities (the case with Etoys). + More advanced users may wish to record their soundfiles on some other system, and import their wav or ogg vorbis files into the Journal via a USB drive. (Display drive contents in Journal view, and drag your file onto the Journal icon.) -Otherwise, advanced users can also run the fine Audacity application +Otherwise, adventureous users may run the fine Audacity application to record and edit. (Happily, none of the limitations of the Record activity apply here.) In the Terminal, connected to the web, enter: su <Enter> |