Re: [Alsa-user] arecord default settings

2007-12-22 Thread John Haxby
Mark Constable wrote: > On 22 December 2007 13:24, Lee Revell wrote: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ arecord -D plugfile out.wav >>> Recording WAVE 'out.wav' : >>> Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono >>> [snip] > Seems weird to have default settings for a format > that I have never ever seen in

Re: [Alsa-user] arecord default settings

2007-12-21 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Sat, 2007-12-22 at 16:27 +1000, Mark Constable wrote: > On Saturday 22 December 2007 14:41:39 Bill Unruh wrote: > > > Why couldn't the arecord defaults be what would > > > most likely be the most common settings of 16 bit, > > > Rate 44,100 Hz, Stereo ? > > > > Because then your counterpart wou

Re: [Alsa-user] arecord default settings

2007-12-21 Thread Lee Revell
On Dec 21, 2007 10:54 PM, Mark Constable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22 December 2007 13:24, Lee Revell wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ arecord -D plugfile out.wav > > > Recording WAVE 'out.wav' : > > > Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono > > > > arecord does not do any kind of format detectio

Re: [Alsa-user] arecord default settings

2007-12-21 Thread Mark Constable
On Saturday 22 December 2007 14:41:39 Bill Unruh wrote: > > Why couldn't the arecord defaults be what would > > most likely be the most common settings of 16 bit, > > Rate 44,100 Hz, Stereo ? > > Because then your counterpart would complain that since his sound card was > 48KHz, 24 bit, why did th

Re: [Alsa-user] arecord default settings

2007-12-21 Thread Bill Unruh
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, Mark Constable wrote: > On 22 December 2007 13:24, Lee Revell wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ arecord -D plugfile out.wav >>> Recording WAVE 'out.wav' : >>> Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono >> >> arecord does not do any kind of format detection >> on its input. It records w

[Alsa-user] arecord default settings

2007-12-21 Thread Mark Constable
On 22 December 2007 13:24, Lee Revell wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ arecord -D plugfile out.wav > > Recording WAVE 'out.wav' : > > Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono > > arecord does not do any kind of format detection > on its input. It records with whatever format > you tell it to (in this c