# Konstantin's weekly report #44
**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018
**Category:** Development reports
**Created:** [June 3, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018 "2014-06-03T17:31:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@KonstantinDmitriev](https://forums.synfig.org/u/KonstantinDmitriev)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/1 "2014-06-03T17:31:28Z")
Hello, everyone!
This weekly report marks the end of the month, which was dedicated to bring Sound Support into Synfig. Let’s see what we’ve got.
== Sound Layer ==
In [my last report](http://synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=5402) the availability of Sound Layer was announced and now I am happy to present the video demonstration of this feature:
[](http://youtu.be/_IkrqZMmD9g)
This time I have a good news for our Windows users - we are publishing a special testing installation package with Sound Layer is available. Check it out - [sourceforge.net/projects/synfig/ … e/download](http://sourceforge.net/projects/synfig/files/snapshots/synfigstudio-0.65.0-20140602-32bit.exe/download)
Unfortunately, there are lot of issues remains - for example, the delay doesn’t worked correctly for me in Windows build and the playback of WAV file is not synced well. But I’ve got a good results with MP3 files. 🙂
We hope to deliver the testing packages for other platforms very soon (in fact, this is my personal responsibility).
Until then, the code is available for compilation here - [github.com/morevnaproject/synfig/commits/mlt](https://github.com/morevnaproject/synfig/commits/mlt)
As of current moment the Sound Layer have a very basic functionality, but it’s a good start and it’s already possible to work with. Also, as I mentioned earlier, the Sound Layer functionality is implemented through adopting [MLT Framework](http://www.mltframework.org/). And this open a great possibilities for further development. For example, the MLT Framework can generate the sound (and images!) itself, without any external files. Second - it provides a great features for export into various format. My favorite MLT-based application is [Kdenlive](http://www.kdenlive.org/) and below you can see a screenshot of its interface for video export. And it works very well!
(Sorry for posting non-Synfig screenshots, I’m just trying to plant irresistible ideas into the minds of other developers here. ^\_\_^)
So, the MLT Framework promises a really nice perspectives. I just hope that we won’t hit crossplatform related problems (we still have to test how it works on OSX and Win64 builds also not ready yet).
== JACK integration ==
Last week the following improvements were made for JACK integration:
- Now it is possible to set the delay for jack transport. That makes Synfig playback to start later (or earlier), relatively to global transport time. Very useful if you want to synchronize with a big project in Blender or Ardour. Just set the delay to the time when your scene should start and you’re done!
- The JACK synchronization now also available for Preview Window - you can enable it using the special button. The bad thing is that it makes playback of preview window linked with playback of canvas, which leads to performance problems. In the future that should be re-worked - when playback takes place in Preview Window, the playback in the canvas should be disabled. We have postponed this for now.
== Fundraising campaign ==
Great news here - our campaign have successfully reached its initial goal and this is enough to continue the full-time development of Synfig in June!
Thanks to everyone who didn’t hesitated to spread a word about our campaign and of course to everyone who made a contribution! Special thanks to Gerald Young who made a final donation, pushing the campaign beyond of $1000 goal.
The “Choose Priority” reward was claimed by Rob Lefrandt and his choice is… Better UI!
So, today Ivan starts to follow [our outline for UI improvement](http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Dev:Roadmap/UI). And meanwhile I will be finishing with resolving the crossplatform issues of sound-related features.
With this campaign the collected amount is a little more than one-month funding, so the reasonable question is how do we deal with it.
Here goes an important announcement - we are going to skip the fundraising for next month and try to fulfill the remaining amount from the money collected through other sources - subscriptions (at the moment we have 4 subscribers with total amount of $25 per month), training package sales and my personal funds.
Most probably this won’t be enough to cover a whole month of development, so for remaining days of July (if we will be unable to cover the whole month) I am going to send Ivan for vacation. After all those months he deserves a little break.
In any case, [the donations are still appreciated](http://www.pling.it/p/569/). 🙂
That’s all news for today. Stay tuned till the next report!
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### Author:  [@John\_Smith](https://forums.synfig.org/u/John_Smith)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/2 "2014-06-04T03:31:31Z")
Nows the time for patreon
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### Author:  [@Genete](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Genete)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/3 "2014-06-04T05:12:34Z")
Regarding to Sound layer and OS X I’ve made some tests with an in house made package and those are the conclusions:
1. Sound is played.
2. UI gets frozen after some point (random) after press play.
3. Volume doesn’t seem to work.
4. Delay works
Anyway, it is an incredible advance.
-G
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### Author:  [@KonstantinDmitriev](https://forums.synfig.org/u/KonstantinDmitriev)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2014, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/4 "2014-06-04T07:08:53Z")
Hi Carlos!
Thank you for testing! Did you tested different file/formats or just one? For example in Windows version I get better results with MP3 format.
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### Author:  [@Genete](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Genete)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2014, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/5 "2014-06-04T10:20:16Z")
Just .wav
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### Author:  [@Tonttu](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Tonttu)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2014, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/6 "2014-06-07T09:36:54Z")
> [@John Smith](#):
>
> Nows the time for patreon
Maybe also consider Gittip:
[gittip.com/on/github/synfig/](https://www.gittip.com/on/github/synfig/)
They are working on non-US payment options:
[github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1960](https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1960)
[github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/891](https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/891)
Btw., Flattr accounts need to be updated by July 15 or else they will be shut down
[blog.flattr.net/2014/05/time-to- … r-account/](http://blog.flattr.net/2014/05/time-to-update-your-account/)
[flattr.com/profile/KonstantinDmitriev](https://flattr.com/profile/KonstantinDmitriev)
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### Author:  [@KonstantinDmitriev](https://forums.synfig.org/u/KonstantinDmitriev)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2014, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/7 "2014-06-07T09:44:18Z")
> [@Tonttu](#):
>
> Btw., Flattr accounts need to be updated by July 15 or else they will be shut down
> [blog.flattr.net/2014/05/time-to- … r-account/](http://blog.flattr.net/2014/05/time-to-update-your-account/)
> [flattr.com/profile/KonstantinDmitriev](https://flattr.com/profile/KonstantinDmitriev)
Thank you for heads up about Flattr! I wasn’t aware of that. 🙂
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### Author:  [@John\_Smith](https://forums.synfig.org/u/John_Smith)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/8 "2014-06-07T16:03:43Z")
There is also this new decentrilized payment system called ripple [prefundia.com/](http://prefundia.com/)
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### Author:  [@Ahmed](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Ahmed)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/9 "2014-07-10T22:39:16Z")
it’s not implemented yet in the 9 Jun 2014 build, isn’t it? or it’s a mistake I did?
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### Author:  [@KonstantinDmitriev](https://forums.synfig.org/u/KonstantinDmitriev)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/10 "2014-07-11T04:00:51Z")
> [@Ahmed](#):
>
> it’s not implemented yet in the 9 Jun 2014 build, isn’t it? or it’s a mistake I did?
Yes, there are no Linux builds with this feature yet.
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### Author:  [@KonstantinDmitriev](https://forums.synfig.org/u/KonstantinDmitriev)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/konstantins-weekly-report-44/3018/11 "2014-10-27T13:47:34Z")
Hello, everyone! The Sound Layer feature is available in development builds now!
Check it out - [synfig.org/cms/en/news/devel … und-layer/](http://www.synfig.org/cms/en/news/development-builds-sound-layer/)