Linux Support

[timothyis]

Separate issue from #20.

[PaulBGD]

Just opened this, should be ready soon wulkano/Aperture#3

[okdewit]

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

[timothyis]

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

[PaulBGD]

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

[skllcrn]

As mentioned in wulkano/Aperture#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)

[Serkan-devel]

Could ffmpeg be used if installed?

[albinekb]

@Serkan-devel see #20 (comment) 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. 🤔