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mafw-gst-eq-renderer 0.1.2009.47-1-1 released

Posted in Igalia,Maemo,Software on the February 19th, 2010
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A new version of mafw-gst-eq-renderer has been released: 0.1.2009.47-1-1.

mafw-gst-eq-renderer is a renderer plugin for MAFW, the multimedia framework used in Maemo 5. It is a fork of original MAFW renderer plugin which adds an equalizer.

This release integrates all changes from original mafw-gst-renderer v0.1.2009.47-1 plugin. So it should have all features as original (and unfortunately all bugs too).

If you want to use it with the default mediaplayer, I suggest to install MGR flavour.

Installing mafw-gst-eq-renderer

Installing mafw-gst-eq-renderer (I’m assuming you want to install MGR flavour) is very easy: download it and from a terminal, install it, uninstall original mafw-gst-renderer and reboot the device.

For those that need a detailed step by step:

  1. sudo gainroot
  2. dpkg -i mafw-gst-eq-renderer_0.1.2009.47-1-1mgr_armel.deb
  3. apt-get remove mafw-gst-renderer
  4. reboot

Uninstalling mafw-gst-eq-renderer

If for any reason you want to uninstall it, it is easy too: you must restore original mafw-gst-renderer and then remove the fork.

Again, step by step:

  1. sudo gainroot
  2. apt-get install mafw-gst-renderer mp-fremantle-generic-pr
  3. apt-get remove mafw-gst-eq-renderer
  4. reboot

After this, everything should work fine.

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  1. adam said,

    on February 24th, 2010 at 00:04

    for some reason i cant seem to download the package, says it cant be found… any solutions?

  2. jasuarez said,

    on February 24th, 2010 at 01:32

    @adam:

    That is very weird. I can click on the MGR link and download the package.

    In any case, project is hosted in https://garage.maemo.org/projects/mafweqrenderer/

    You can find there all packages.

  3. mikec said,

    on February 25th, 2010 at 13:28

    Got this running nicely.
    CPU at 52% in use, and 30% when flat selected. Can you turn the equaliser off when set to flat to save battery and CPU please.
    Also conflict with subtitles package as reported in previous comments.

  4. jasuarez said,

    on February 25th, 2010 at 18:46

    @mikec

    What does “CPU at 52% in use, and 30% when flat selected” exactly means? That when listen a song, if flat is selected CPU is at 30% but with other preset is at 30%?

    Also, unfortunately equalizer can’t be turned off, as it would lead to a lot of problems.

  5. mikec said,

    on February 28th, 2010 at 11:48

    the figures are for cpus usage when playing a song.
    with the flat preset it uses 30% CPU
    with other presets its using 52% CPU

    If the equalizer can be bypassed when flat in some way it would help battery life

  6. jasuarez said,

    on February 28th, 2010 at 17:28

    It would help knowing how much cpu is used with original mafw-gst-renderer plugin, which is like having equalizer disabled.

  7. Nick said,

    on August 15th, 2010 at 18:22

    From what I understand. The N900 uses a Texas Instruments TLV320AIC34 audio codec chip.
    http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Hardware_Audio_Codec
    This has 3D/Bass/Treble/EQ/De-Emphasis Effects built right into the hardware :-) I for one would be very grateful to see an EQ utilising this.

    The specs for this chip seem very impressive:
    102-dBA Signal-to-Noise Ratio
    16/20/24/32-Bit Data
    3D/Bass/Treble/EQ/De-Emphasis Effects
    Programmable Input/Output Analog Gains (Hardware DRC control perhaps)
    I2C Control Bus

  8. jasuarez said,

    on August 16th, 2010 at 09:29

    @Nick

    Me too. But I’m afraid that the work should be done at gstreamer level, not in mafw-gst-eq-renderer

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