There are two issues we present in this bug: 1) Ubuntu users need to be able to customize **alert sounds** (in any readable directory for that user). 2) A utility should be made available for users with little knowledge of the spec to create custom **sound themes**.
A few ideas on how to resolve this. The first part of the issue (alert sounds) can be solved by allowing a user to: a) place files in ~/.alerts (example) and having them show up in sound preferences b) having the user be able to click "Add" in sound preferences and add a new alert The second part (sound theme creation) is a mess and I'm not sure how to go about making it easier to use. We can't/shouldn't be able to customize all event sounds (Enable window and button sounds) within Sound Preferences. There are over 100 sound events available (see "Sound Naming Specification"). Allowing users to change them all inside Sound Preferences utility would be not be neat. However, importing a sound theme from any accessible location should be clean enough. The issue still remains: How doe the average use create a sound theme? It could be solved by creating a utility to simplify the process of creating sound themes. I suggest a utility be created for this process. This utility would bring up a list of all 100+ possible events and then allow the user to assign sound files to each. It will then output a folder containing a index.theme file and a stereo folder with all the sounds (converted to .oga format if needed). Spec: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/sound-theme-spec ** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-media In the latest gnome-media (2.25.5-0ubuntu1) in Jaunty, gnome-sound- preferences has been merged into gnome-volume-manager. But gnome-volume- manager is missing the adjustments for system events that were in gnome- sound-preferences. See attached screenshots - the one from Intrepid has 'Alerts and Sounds' and allows the user to edit the sound files for various sounds (and to test play the sounds). The one from Jaunty only lets you select an alert sound (which doesn't seem to work, incidentally). + + Specification: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/sound- + theme-spec -- gnome-volume-control missing ability to customize session sound effects theme https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/324700 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
