Plan for P1/P2 clean-up

P1

• Check at Code Review 2.0.7 that there are no commits listed in "Not assessed" and that Status reads per the latest commit at https://code.google.com/p/audacity/source/list.

• Preferences Add Modules Preferences to the list of Prefs. Replace all the images.
• Modules Preferences Update the page. Text of Modules Preferences window may possibly change.
• Meter Toolbar Transition band and Meter Preferences changes. Click the playback meter to reset the peak level indicator instead of having to click the record meter.
  • Peter 04Oct14: I have this on my personal action list, once the dust has settled on the GUI.

New Hosts

Not yet listed as P1s, as there remains the issue of whether:

• WDM-KS will remain in the 2.0.6 release
• WASAPI full functionality retained - or reversion to loopback only

Peter 01Aug14: Vaughan's RM email of 31Jul14 10:40PM states "I'm putting both off for 2.0.6."

• Peter 13Aug14: r13289 12Aug14 alpha has WDM-KS turned off & WASAPI is loopback only.

The following pages currently have P2s associated with WDM-KS / WASAPI that may become P1s:

• Glossary
• Device Toolbar
• Devices Preferences
• Tutorial - Selecting Your Recording Device
• Tutorial - Recording Computer Playback on Windows

Wiki P2s re WDM-KS

• Windows Vista OS
• MultichannelRecording
• Windows 7 OS

These above three P2s in the Wiki - all relate to WDM-KS

P2s that may block a release

• Mixing Audio Tracks: There is no mention here or in Tracks Menu of how render handles white space before the audio begins or audio before zero. Should there be? Current behaviour following r11248 is to preserve the clip length by no longer rendering white space between time zero and first audio as silence, and to preserve audio before time zero instead of discarding it. So people who want to export tracks with silent lead-ins preserved now have to generate silence after rendering. I think that tip at least should be in this page.

• FAQ:Recording - Troubleshooting#pauses: This probably wants "pausing" split into a separate FAQ and the formatting improved.

• Track Drop-Down Menu: accuracy comment from Steve - needs checking

• Tutorial - Recording Computer Playback on Windows: Review WASAPI loopback changes - they may need expanding.

• DC offset: need to discuss naturally occurring offset recordings

P2 placeholders for VST Linux support when re-enabled

• In Effect Menu and FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins

P2 placeholders for VST preset saving and loading

• In Effect Menu#vst_presets - for improved description of preset support, and removal of Mac-only advice if file extension bug is fixed

P2 placeholder for Audacity compilation on Linux against FFmpeg

• Gale 10Sep14: FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#FFmpeg version support - Placeholder P2 to change the text about dynamic loading if bug 540 is fixed and to monitor compiling status on different distros.

Placeholders

• Tracks Menu: Gale 12Aug13: There is a strong case for an examples page since some users shy away from the align commands as they are thought to be complex.

• Tutorial - Recording audio playing on the computer: maybe mention that audio can be ripped from DVDs with details
  • Gale: Probably needs a Wiki page first, in view of the complications. Been on my list for ages.

• Tutorial - Copy and paste a section of audio: Gale 15Apr13: wrote "This is orphaned and not as good as it could be. The best suggestion at the moment seems to be to tweak it and move it into Tutorial_-_Editing_an_Existing_File with a longer term intention of some Manual or more likely Wiki material on repairs including drop-ins. See http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=210332#p210332 for some other suggestions."
  • Peter 23Apr13: As an orphaned page this is clearly not a release-blocker.

• Transcription Toolbar: This is a placeholder P2 "Having to click the Play-at-Speed button to change speed was a change made to prevent a freeze on Linux with some buggy versions of PulseAudio. Previously, dragging the slider restarted playback. Please monitor this and change the Manual if the behaviour is changed back."
  • Peter 23Apr13: Not a release-blocker.

• Keyboard Shortcut Reference: When Bug 133 is fixed, remove "You need to then use the Play-at-speed shortcut above to restart playback at the new speed." from the "Increase/decrease playback speed" shortcuts.

• Splitting a recording into separate tracks: replace the references to the two Finders with Steve's new Album Track Marker when it gets released.
  • Peter 22Aug13: Moved to placeholder section as Album Track Marker will not be in 2.0.4/2.0.5/2.0.6 (as discussed with Steve).

• Sample workflow for LP digitization: If and when an improved Sound-Finder/Silence-Finder gets implemented consider adding advice about sound/silence finder as a way to place labels. Peter 19Jul13: Steve is currently working on a new Analyzer with a working title of Album Track Marker.
  • Peter 22Aug13: Moved to placeholder section as Album Track Marker will not be in 2.0.4/2.0.5/2.0.6 (as discussed with Steve).