For those who want the awesome SRC resampling fb2k plugin to be updated for 0.1.3

[darckhart]

Disclaimer: I have never used the SRC plugin nor do I intend to.

His blunt demand for monetary donations to update the plugin disgusts me. If you're going to write software to sell, sell it. Don't make any pretense. If you're going to write software for free, then don't EXPECT donations. It's not a complicated situation at all.

If SRC was intended as a foobar plugin, I am going to assume that he wanted to release it as such, a free plugin for use, in which case I would assume some thread on hydrogenaudio was filled with user input during its initial creation. Money is not the only form of users showing support. I'm sure several HA members would have volunteered for beta testing, submitting bug reports, giving each other general support, etc. while he was developing the plugin and if he had stated that he was not willing to develop further at the end, at least he could give others the opportunity to take up the reins if he would pass them over. Of course, his replies seem to indicate that his plugin was never meant for free use/distribution in f2k anyway...

[spacemanspliff]

lol

HOW could you sell software nowadays?

Torrents have done huge damage to online commerce.

I support his attitude. If he does not use it himself then it is worth paying him for improvements. Especially for the best software out there. Be objective. If you were in his shoes I am certain you would be pissed off too.

[carlosgp]

Aside these discussions, it seems that there is no real demand for his plugin. Little more can be said.

[darkswordsman17]

Originally Posted by n3rdling

Don't mean to derail your thread, but would a person only use a software resampler like SRC with a card like an audigy? Would you use this with a good DAC like a Pico or DAC1, or do those do better resampling on their own via hardware? Thanks.

That is an interesting question, and I think it is part of the issue here. Most people who care about upsampling/resampling are going to have hardware that does it. I just don't think there are that many people really interested in his software, and a lot of people who use foobar are into the "don't mess with the signal" mentality, and would prefer to leave the source at it's original sampling and bit rates.

I admit that I do personally use it, as my DAC/amp (Hippo Hi-Fi Bloat) does not resample on its own (heck it doesn't even have its own volume knob), and it does work quite well from what I can tell (there is a noticeable difference between 96khz and the standard 44.1 of most of my music, although it is not as much as that between 16 and 24 bit). If I had a different setup, it is quite likely I would not be using the software, and I even turn it off fairly often as it doesn't necessarily sound better for quite a bit of songs.

I appreciate the guy's work, but his attitude is very offputting. Considering how entrenched in the open-source movement he seems to have an attitude very different from what that whole thing is about. I'm not saying he's not entitled to feel a bit bitter about it, but if he was looking for appreciation or validation he won't find it in the money he received from it. That's just me and he's entitled to his opinion.

[darckhart]

Originally Posted by spacemanspliff

lol
HOW could you sell software nowadays?
If you were in his shoes I am certain you would be pissed off too.

Certainly. I'm not saying his emotions aren't justified either. I'm merely pointing out that it seems that his priority and work model is monetary compensation for work done. Therefore, he should not say, "I want DONATIONS." He should say, "Here is the PURCHASE PRICE of the upgrade."

Originally Posted by darkswordsman17

Considering how entrenched in the open-source movement he seems to have an attitude very different from what that whole thing is about.

This was my exact impression.