burningmyhair
I want vDJ 4 linux! ASAP! When will you guys at Atomix make a version for linux? I know I buy it,
Posted Sat 04 Feb 06 @ 12:39 am
JeremK
VDJ uses directx for the sound.
it is a different sound engine on linux, so for the moment VDJ can't be compatible with linux.
all the program's source code would have to be rewritten.
it is a different sound engine on linux, so for the moment VDJ can't be compatible with linux.
all the program's source code would have to be rewritten.
Posted Sat 04 Feb 06 @ 2:35 am
burningmyhair
Okay. Have you reconcidered to make a similar program to linux?
Posted Sun 05 Feb 06 @ 10:12 pm
blazemonger
Linux is good for a lot of stuff, very good for some but heavy audio applications like VDJ is not one of them. And since it is generally agreed it is best to have a dedicated system for VDJ why not just install Windows on that..
Posted Sun 05 Feb 06 @ 11:47 pm
Andrew87
Probably because of cost
Posted Sun 05 Feb 06 @ 11:51 pm
DJ_whiteDVL
its been asked before and there are some incompatibilities from the current sound engine as well as the fact that VDJ requires DirectX. Linux unfortunatelly doesn't use DirectX nor is it compatible although there are users that got VDJ to work in Linux using a windows emulator.
Best Regards
DJ White Devil
Best Regards
DJ White Devil
Posted Mon 06 Feb 06 @ 4:13 am
lopez453
maybe once in the future. I know that fruity loops is going the linux way. And the reason is not that it's written in Delphi, that should be easy to port to kylix. They are turning multiplatform.
But it is cool to have super-dooper VDJ running on windows a first and than probably spent sime time with porting it to other versions.
But it is cool to have super-dooper VDJ running on windows a first and than probably spent sime time with porting it to other versions.
Posted Mon 06 Feb 06 @ 8:20 am
JamesWjRose
My *GUESS* as to why VDJ may not come to Linux in the near future is becuase of the same reason that I am a Windows Developer. Linux (as well as other versions of Unix) and Apple (which is not Unix) together do not make up even 10% of the desktop market share. It is too small a market for *ME* to bother with writing applications. (Remember, I am NOT speaking for VDJ)
Creating a product is almost always about the market to which you can sell your products. If you are going to sell to 1 to 5% of market, do you want to sell to 5% of 90%, or 5% of 10%? The last 15+ years of my career has been based on this BASE logic.
I believe that Apple and Linux are good systems, this is not a Windows vs Whatever conversation.
However, if people are so interested in a VDJ for Apple/Linux maybe a development project that could create a DirectX for Linux would be the first step.
Peace,
James Rose
Creating a product is almost always about the market to which you can sell your products. If you are going to sell to 1 to 5% of market, do you want to sell to 5% of 90%, or 5% of 10%? The last 15+ years of my career has been based on this BASE logic.
I believe that Apple and Linux are good systems, this is not a Windows vs Whatever conversation.
However, if people are so interested in a VDJ for Apple/Linux maybe a development project that could create a DirectX for Linux would be the first step.
Peace,
James Rose
Posted Mon 06 Feb 06 @ 5:20 pm
TexZK
Has no one ever tried Wine (http://www.winehq.org/) for his Unix distro? I'll try after reinstalling Fedora Core 4 (by reinstalling Win XP I can't see the bootloader anymore, damn).
WINE IS *NOT* A WINDOWS EMULATOR!!!
WINE IS *NOT* A WINDOWS EMULATOR!!!
Posted Thu 27 Jul 06 @ 2:21 pm
Andrew87
Wine with DX will load VDJ, just not very well. I'd rather have seen a linux version of Virtual DJ than a Mac one, it would make more sense to make a linux one which boots to vdj into it's own dedicated platform (via a cd so no installneeded), didn't finalscratch have something like this? But I know this will never happen because finalscratch had a hardware key, i.e. the scratchamp and Virtual DJ is lacking in hardware protection.
@TexZk, just run the windows tool fixmbr from the installation cdrom to get the bootloader to work with xp. Then configure grub in linux for dual, tri, quad booting etc.
@TexZk, just run the windows tool fixmbr from the installation cdrom to get the bootloader to work with xp. Then configure grub in linux for dual, tri, quad booting etc.
Posted Thu 27 Jul 06 @ 6:05 pm
sbangs
snore buy windows!
or wait for the mac version
or wait for the mac version
Posted Thu 27 Jul 06 @ 11:43 pm
playmaker29
What about ReactOS? Its not Windows, Linux, or OSX. It is, however, very similar to XP. If I get board this week, maybe I'll give it a try.
Mat
Mat
Posted Fri 28 Jul 06 @ 12:49 am
Dj Xeo
lol since when is Linux a type of Unix?
Mac version makes sence, Linux too? maybe a bit too far, if the development was made more independant of platform it would be easy to make a different version but i would think VDJ4 is being made with direct audio and core audio systems in mind (XP and OSX)
Mac version makes sence, Linux too? maybe a bit too far, if the development was made more independant of platform it would be easy to make a different version but i would think VDJ4 is being made with direct audio and core audio systems in mind (XP and OSX)
Posted Fri 28 Jul 06 @ 1:18 am
xanthar
I don't think there will ever be a Linux version of VDJ. It's just not worth it! BTW why would you DJ from Linux? Most distro have very weak support of such basic formats like mp3 or wmv and Linux sound system suxx.
Posted Fri 28 Jul 06 @ 2:24 am
jchiar
JamesWjRose wrote :
My *GUESS* as to why VDJ may not come to Linux in the near future is becuase of the same reason that I am a Windows Developer. Linux (as well as other versions of Unix) and Apple (which is not Unix) together do not make up even 10% of the desktop market share. It is too small a market for *ME* to bother with writing applications. (Remember, I am NOT speaking for VDJ)
Apple is not unix? You gota be kidin ? Are U really a developer? It runs on BSD.
JamesWjRose wrote :
However, if people are so interested in a VDJ for Apple/Linux maybe a development project that could create a DirectX for Linux would be the first step.
However, if people are so interested in a VDJ for Apple/Linux maybe a development project that could create a DirectX for Linux would be the first step.
This will never happen unless MS makes DX open source.
But thats how MS operates.
Posted Fri 28 Jul 06 @ 2:52 am
Steve Lynch
my guess is that because linux sucks so bad, they'll probably not release it... :)
just kidding... but seriously...
linux is such a nightmare with drivers, and it's really not developed enough to be a multimedia powerhouse yet.... there's really no good linux audio editors, no dj software worth a crap, and no drivers for most of the good sound cards...
I love what linux stands for, but it's not really ever gonna' leave geek status if it strays so open source
granted, it's great to run a machine for 5 years without a reboot, and outperform a pentium 4 on a pII machine wih linux, but without the large user base, it's just probably not economically feasible to spend the time porting it...
yes, I know there's alot of linux users, but not the general public...... it takes a special person to run linux
-Steve
just kidding... but seriously...
linux is such a nightmare with drivers, and it's really not developed enough to be a multimedia powerhouse yet.... there's really no good linux audio editors, no dj software worth a crap, and no drivers for most of the good sound cards...
I love what linux stands for, but it's not really ever gonna' leave geek status if it strays so open source
granted, it's great to run a machine for 5 years without a reboot, and outperform a pentium 4 on a pII machine wih linux, but without the large user base, it's just probably not economically feasible to spend the time porting it...
yes, I know there's alot of linux users, but not the general public...... it takes a special person to run linux
-Steve
Posted Fri 28 Jul 06 @ 10:20 am
anewsome
VirtualDJ will be available on Linux as SOON as it makes economic sense to do so. I promise.
Posted Sun 30 Jul 06 @ 6:41 pm