Re: Sound for countdown timer



Peter Garrett wrote:
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:01:44 -0400
alex <aradsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


alex wrote:

I'm trying to get sound working for a general purpose countdown timer
that can be set for hours, minutes, and seconds. It offers a variety of
sounds that you can choose from to indicate the end of countdown. The
counter works in Windows or Linux. I want to use it in UBUNTU.


The counter works _online_ and you can access it directly online without
downloading at:

http://timberfrog.com/countdown/


In my case, the timer can be set and works counts down fine but that I don't have
any sound neither the test nor end of countdown, so I need help in setting up the sound.

Help, please......
alex




I've tried other countdown timers in UBUNTU and none of them have the
ease of use that this one
has. You can't know this unless you actually try it. If you do, you
may get sound because your UBUNTU may have something that mine lacks.


http://timberfrog.com/countdown/


I have this timer in Windows XP and sound is perfect but I prefer to
operate in UBUNTU.

I'm not sure whether the sound is provided on line along with the
coundown and my computer lacks the software to get it or if the sound
comes from some where in the UNUNTU installation.

alex





I get sound on that site - not sure what you are missing.

_This makes it look like my UBUNTU lacks something that can get sound
from an online connection_.


Could someone else give it a check by clicking on the website?
http://timberfrog.com/countdown/




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There are several, though I haven't looked lately to see which ones
are the easiest to use through Ubuntu; try this:

aptitude search timer or aptitude search countdown

You won't have to be root to try this. Are you seeking a GUI kind
of thing? There's a 'typing rest timer', for example, or if you're
comfortable with the command line, you can always pipe commands like this:

echo /usr/local/bin/mytimer-program | at now +12 minutes

...and in 12 minutes the program will launch, though it won't be tied
to an X window, unless you make special arrangements.

I use something like this:

echo "$HOME/bin/wakeme Today we look for work" | at now + 1 day

And the program will call 'wakeme' which uses festival to say the
words, after playing some claxon sounds, and making sure the music
players have all been stopped. Yeah, it's an alarm clock.




There are several, though I haven't looked lately to see which ones
are the easiest to use through Ubuntu; try this:

aptitude search timer or aptitude search countdown

You won't have to be root to try this. Are you seeking a GUI kind
of thing? There's a 'typing rest timer', for example, or if you're
comfortable with the command line, you can always pipe commands like this:

echo /usr/local/bin/mytimer-program | at now +12 minutes

...and in 12 minutes the program will launch, though it won't be tied
to an X window, unless you make special arrangements.

I use something like this:

echo "$HOME/bin/wakeme Today we look for work" | at now + 1 day

And the program will call 'wakeme' which uses festival to say the
words, after playing some claxon sounds, and making sure the music
players have all been stopped. Yeah, it's an alarm clock.




for what it's worth, have a look at:

http://www.boinc.ch/~thoreauputic/Timer_Script.html

Disclaimer: I wrote it :) ( shameless plug for my little timer! )

It does a countdown, and beeps when completed. You can also run simple
commands at the end of the countdown. For example, in the delayed command
field type

audacious /home/alex/music/yoursong.ogg

( or xmms or whatever )

It handles hours minutes and seconds, and gives a graphical countdown
showing time left. It is point-and-click, but requires Xdialog to run.
You can easily install xdialog, though. It has an optional colours file
that is basically dark - because default gtk 1.2 looks pretty horrible. It
will use gtk 1.2 themes though. ( not gtk-2).

I use it to remind me that I have food in the oven and it's time to get it
before it burns to a crisp :)

Just a suggestion - it's a bash script that uses xdialog for the GUI.

Peter





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