Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] arecord question
From: Hans (hansfong_AT_zonnet.nl)
Date: Mon Jun 28 2004 - 22:11:10 EEST
wes schreiner wrote:
> hansfong_AT_zonnet.nl wrote:
>
>> Does anybody know how to override the -d switch used with arecord? I
>> simply want to start recording and exit when I want with ctrl+c. For
>> now I have to estimate the time I want to record and that is not
>> always possible, hence very difficult to set the -d switch.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Hans
>>
>>
>
> Well, arecord seems to do the right thing if one just sets -d longer
> than one expects to record, then hits Ctrl+C to stop. And by the
> right thing, I mean that if arecord needs to write a header, such as
> for a WAVE file, then it does indeed write the correct header before
> exiting. Doesn't it work that way for you?
>
> wes
>
It works. I'll make a bash alias then, because for me the -d switch is
unnecessary. Thanks. --Hans
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