Kap: Linux Support

Created on 7 Oct 2016 · 7Comments · Source: wulkano/Kap

Separate issue from #20.

Aperture On Hold

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timothyis

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@CodeTheory Actually, there's an NPM package right here that works for the cropper window: https://github.com/PaulBGD/LinuxAreaSelector

PaulBGD on 24 Mar 2017

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Just opened this, should be ready soon https://github.com/wulkano/aperture.js/pull/3

PaulBGD on 8 Oct 2016

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Active issue on aperture.js about Linux support is now wulkano/aperture.js#7

okdewit on 12 Dec 2016

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For the record, Linux currently has some issues with transparency, which is required for the cropper window.

timothyis on 24 Mar 2017

@CodeTheory Actually, there's an NPM package right here that works for the cropper window: https://github.com/PaulBGD/LinuxAreaSelector

PaulBGD on 24 Mar 2017

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As mentioned in https://github.com/wulkano/aperture/issues/46 we encourage anyone motivated to port Kap to other platforms to create their own fork.

If that person is you, these could help you get started:

Port to Linux (Kap)
Linux Support (Aperture)

skllcrn on 12 May 2018

Could ffmpeg be used if installed?

Serkan-devel on 17 May 2018

@Serkan-devel see https://github.com/wulkano/kap/issues/20#issuecomment-255219672 and https://github.com/wulkano/aperture#why

We've actually discussed this internally for a little while. We have explored using ffmpeg as a cross-platform fallback but the CPU usage has shown to be extremely costly (see here for comparison). Additionally, in order to meet our ideal performance margins we would need to tweak performance for ffmpeg on a per-system basis, which would probably be pretty complex. 🤔