Subject: Re: [long] sound-server history Re: [linux-audio-user] What's arts?
From: LinuxMedia (linuxmedia4_AT_netscape.net)
Date: Mon Sep 08 2003 - 00:24:31 EEST
> garyb_AT_cotecorner.com wrote:
> Robert,
>
> Thanks for the back-story. It was more helpful
> than you could know. There are lots of very-detailed
> faqs out there, on numerous topics, but precious
> little that attempts to sum it all up.
>
> From your post, and others by Guy, Rocco, and Rick,
> I've been able to make some good progress. Knowing
> what components are required or optional for what
> I'm trying to do was a big help.
You hit the nail right on the head. I can't tell you how much time I
spent researching something (for weeks even) that didn't even pertain to
my (perticular) goals. Heck... a person has to know --what it is-- (and
were it fits into the Linux/Audio/Sound picture) before you can even say
to yourself "do I need this"? That's where the majority of My time
working with Linux/Music/Sound has been spent. It's no one's fault. In
fact, there's many really wonderful people on this list that have
educated Me and made that quest shorter for Me.
I want to mention another thing that (I think) you will find valuable...
Since you don't seem to be afraid of the command line, get "ecasound".
It is a command line mulitrack-recorder/sound-effects/file-converter (I
wont list any more of it's features because I will leave some out). It
is very powerful, stable, and useful. But it's syntax is very simple.
It's kind of like all those other command line utilities that you have
been using, yet it combines them in one place (with a standard, simple
syntax). You can choose to just use it to do a simple recording, and
then build to do more complex things. And it spits out enough info into
the shell to let You know if You need to look towards the software or
hardware end to figure out what's wrong. It's like a lot of things
though. You have to get to know how to use it. But since it doesn't have
a GUI, and it doesn't (require) Jack, you can eliminate a lot of other
issues (for now).
Wait... now that I think of it... You originally mentioned using "lame"
and "mpg123". Good news... ecasound uses "lame" and "mpg123" (along with
other stable/powerful command line utilities) to get it's work done, yet
you use ecasound's simple syntax, so I know you have parts of ecasound
installed.
> At any rate ... I disabled the arts server, and can
> now record from /dev/dsp. I'll have to determine
> based on experience whether I miss any of the features
> that arts provided.
Yea... Keep it simple and build as you go...
Rocco
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