Re: Video generation on linux systems: Note and rests change color

[David Kastrup]

Adam Spiers <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Knut,
>
> On 21 July 2017 at 09:00, Knut Petersen <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi everybody!
>>
>> To generate score videos like Bach: Invention 1, Wolf: Resignation and
>> Peterson-Berger: I Fyrreskoven
>> that give a different color to notes and rest while they are active you
>> might use the attached files if
>> you run a unixoid system like linux.
>
> This is a very interesting approach - thanks a lot for sharing!  I
> particularly like the highlighting of notes currently being played.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Please can you put the source files in a git repository and publish
> it somewhere (e.g. GitLab.com), to reduce barrier to collaboration?
> 2. Would it be possible to generate video which is perfectly
> synchronised with a live performance with variable tempi?

A patch for his changes in LilyPond is in the issue tracker at
<https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5162/> but it seems
basically abandoned after discussion.  You might want to look at the
Rietveld issue to see what it would require taking it forward.

-- 
David Kastrup