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(suggestion) To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 87B5C8BBF9 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=uRxLu2Cv; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of gobblewa@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2e as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=gobblewa@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.92 / 15.00]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.98)[-0.982,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_HAS_QUESTION(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; IP_SCORE(-2.93)[ip: (-9.59), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-2.85), asn: 15169(-2.14), country: US(-0.07)]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[e.2.e.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:26:48 -0000 On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 2:33 PM Jos=C3=A9 Manuel RoMa w= rote: > > Hi there. > > > Why is there no more support for multimedia in BSD, to match in that sens= e to GNU-Linux, in the multimedia part? > > For editing video, audio, images, etc., as well as improving software and= hardware compatibility. > > It is necessary that BSD have pages like these (for video too): > http://linux-sound.org/ > http://linux-audio.com/ > > Or maybe, develop a multimedia BSD version like Gentoo has: https://gento= ostudio.org or UbuntoStudio. > > Maybe work together with other current BDS-like (and BSD community) to wo= rk and improve those aspects. > > I hope something can be done, I hope you consider it. > > I think the BSD user community would grow exponentially in the world. > > Thank you. > > > Jose. I've been using FreeBSD for professional video, audio and image / photo editing for years. Also use Linux, and I have an MS Windows machine here. I'm not sure what deficiency you speak about? There are some commercial programs that are developed for Windows/Mac that do not run on FreeBSD. If you can get them to run on Linux with Wine then you can do it on FreeBSD too. FreeBSD has Linux compatibility if need be, there are some programs like (i think?) the web cam software which need Linux libraries. I've been using NVIDIA graphics cards for years, and no issues, 3d acceleration and opengl works great. I'm pretty sure Intel cards work and probably AMD cards are working.. there was a time years ago when AMD cards weren't so hot, i wouldn't mess with them, but at that time it was also true for AMD on Linux really. NVIDIA produces drivers for FreeBSD. Audio works well, FreeBSD is especially good for recording. You can record at 192KHz/24bit if you have the right hardware. (the right hardware isn't very expensive, there just aren't many devices that support good recording). OSS is great. SNDIO works great. You can use pulseaudio and alsa too if you want, but why bother. Maybe you're missing games, i dunno. I don't really play games much more than once a year. However, Sony reportedly chose FreeBSD for their PlayStation OS. They didn't use Linux. (It doesn't mean that you can play playstation games on FreeBSD.) I looked at those page links you sent. I do not understand what purpose they serve. FreeBSD is well-known for having great documentation. But it can always be better. -- Waitman Gobble