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Re: audio recorder on etch?



> Scheduling an audio recording with sound-recorder failed on my etch
> box. Only about the first 3 hours were recorded, resulting in a file
> just 2.0 GB large. (This was a recording of an opera production, so
> it is difficult / impossible to predict suitable breaks in order to
> record smaller chunks.)
> 
> I cannot find any hint in the documentation to sound-recorder
> claiming a limit on file size / maximum recording time.
> 
> I use ext3 and routinely record videos of larger size than 2.0 GB.
> 
> Is this a bug in sound recorder?
> Are there any (better) command line tools available for recording
> audio, that allow for longer recordings?  

A search for "recorder" within Synaptic is bound to turn up
something....bplay, for instance, looks promising (disclaimer: I've not
tried bplay myself).

Mark



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