On Dec 21, 2007 10:54 PM, Mark Constable <markc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 22 December 2007 13:24, Lee Revell wrote: > > > carlos@chaos:~$ 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 case, the default of 8Khz > > 8-bit mono) > > Why couldn't the arecord defaults be what would > most likely be the most common settings of 16 bit, > Rate 44,100 Hz, Stereo ? > > Seems weird to have default settings for a format > that I have never ever seen in practical useage, > let alone likely to ever use myself, and I'm > pretty sure this would be the same for 99.99% of > folks out there. aplay and arecord are not really intended to be used by end users on a regular basis, they're just reference implementations, for testing drivers and things like that. Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
