Hi folks! Well, version 0.3 of Orecchiette is now heading up to Extras-Devel. This one is sort of an intermediate build; I've still got several items I'd like to implement (particularly the aforementioned play-during-silent-mode ability), but the code is at a relatively stable state right now. So, I figured I should push it up and see what users think about it.

This build features some minor but long-necessary cleanup of the UI; in particular, on the main screen, input choices have been placed into two combo boxes, one for audio, another for video. So, the main window is now a bit cleaner.

And yes, there are now multiple video choices. The front and back cameras are now available for recording. A new "video monitor" window has been added to see what is being recorded on them. This is all pretty rough right now; serious video recording should still be done with one of the full-blown camera apps.

As requested, parameters for controlling the AAC encoding have been added to the Preferences panel. I can't swear that increasing the bitrate provides any better quality of audio, but lowering it down below 16000 does create some funny effects. As to what, if anything, the rest of the parameters do, I can't really say. (Nor do I know what their limits are, nor if they even are valid parameters...) So you are hereby warned that unexpected things may happen if you modify these values yourself.

I have also created a new desktop icon, sporting a big red "record" button, and a smaller picture of a little orecchiette pasta. It probably still needs a little more work, but hopefully looks a bit more presentable than the previous desktop icon. I'll attach this icon and a few screenshots to the end of this post.

As always, please be prepared for bugs, and tell me if you find any! Thanks.