Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Brian
I am sure I could find this via Google, but I wanted to inspire some linux talk on this list :) Here'es what I want to do: Setup a linux server with a samba share and directories labelled 1-8. .wav files can be put in those dirs and when a simple serial string is received a random file is

Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Bill Freeman
Brian writes: Setup a linux server with a samba share and directories labelled 1-8. .wav files can be put in those dirs and when a simple serial string is received a random file is selected from the appropriate directory and played via the line-out of the sound card. Ok, but why.

RE: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Brian
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Freeman Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 2:44 PM To: Brian Cc: 'GNHLUG' Subject: Play wav files from serial input Brian writes: Setup a linux server with a samba share and directories labelled 1-8. .wav files can be put in those dirs and when

RE: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Bill Freeman
Brian writes: Thanks for the play tip, I found a reference to that via google and looks good for playing .wav's. I imagine there is a similar one for .mp3's, or I can just require people to convert them... By the way, you probably already have play. It's part of the sox

Re: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 02:47:02PM -0500, Brian wrote: Thanks for the play tip, I found a reference to that via google and looks good for playing .wav's. I imagine there is a similar one for .mp3's, or I can just require people to convert them... mpg123 plays mp3s for me. Not sure about what

RE: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Charles Farinella
On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 15:11, Bill Freeman wrote: (I'd been happily converting records to digital until my laptop died last year.) I've been wanting to do that for awhile, but haven't been able to motivate myself enough to figure out how. Tips? Brief rundown? --charlie -- Charles Farinella

Re: Recording your phonograph records digitally (was: Play wav files from serial input)

2005-01-12 Thread Charles Farinella
On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 16:06, Bill Freeman wrote: I was using rec, also from sox. I'm sure that there are GUI solutions as well. I have a cable (from Radio Shack) with a mineature stereo phone plug on one end (fits the sound card line in jack), and a pair of RCA phono plugs on the

Re: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Bill Freeman
Jeff Kinz writes: ... Any PII from 200-600 MHz will rip a CD at about 1:1 music time to rip time ratio. If you have a large (25+ years collection) it will take 'forever' to convert it. On the other hand, any recent vintage machine w/a 1GHz or better will rip a 1 hour cd in approx 15

Re: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:16:56PM -0500, Bill Freeman wrote: Jeff Kinz writes: ... Any PII from 200-600 MHz will rip a CD at about 1:1 music time to rip time ratio. If you have a large (25+ years collection) it will take 'forever' to convert it. On the other hand, any recent

Re: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:16:56PM -0500, Bill Freeman wrote: Jeff Kinz writes: ... Any PII from 200-600 MHz will rip a CD at about 1:1 music time to rip time ratio. If you have a large (25+ years collection) it will take 'forever' to convert it. On the other hand, any recent

Re: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Bill Freeman
Mark Komarinski writes: What software are you using for click/pop and normalization? I was using a combination of gwc and audacity(?), but it didn't seem to catch everything and I couldn't figure out how to remove a single click. I never actually did it. The sox man page mentions

Re: Recording your phonograph records digitally (was: Play wav files from serial input)

2005-01-12 Thread Tom Buskey
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:06:05 -0500, Bill Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charles Farinella writes: On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 15:11, Bill Freeman wrote: (I'd been happily converting records to digital until my laptop died last year.) I've been wanting to do that for awhile, but

Re: Recording your phonograph records digitally (was: Play wav files from serial input)

2005-01-12 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jan 12, 2005, at 16:06, Bill Freeman wrote: I have a cable (from Radio Shack) with a mineature stereo phone plug on one end (fits the sound card line in jack), and a pair of RCA phono plugs on the other end (fits the tape out or tape-rec jacks on the HiFi amplifier/receiver) (no attenuation).

RE: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Bill Mullen
On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 15:26, Charles Farinella wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 15:11, Bill Freeman wrote: (I'd been happily converting records to digital until my laptop died last year.) I've been wanting to do that for awhile, but haven't been able to motivate myself enough to figure out