Hi Vincent, Vincent Gulinao schrieb am 02.05.2013 19:19: > Hi everyone, > > I have a task to setup a system that will continuously capture multiple > stereo signals using a MADI audio card (RME HDSPe MADI) and write them into > files (perhaps in 1 hour chunks). Few checks I've learned while googling on > the topic looks like that my linux setup seem to recognize the card at > least. > > I'm a total noob in ALSA and audio concepts in general. I've read many docs > and forums (e.g. arecord, asoundrc, pulseaudio, jack, etc.) here and there. > But while I wait all those info settle in my mind, can somebody pitch here > some high-level hints on what things I need to know, or what sort of > questions should I be asking, to accomplish this task and make sure I'm on > the right direction? > > Thanks in advance! > There's an application targeted at recording audio continuously in chunks of 1 hour length called 'rotter': http://www.aelius.com/njh/rotter/ I didn't use this application for quite some time, so I don't know whether this program still does what you are looking for. But at the time I used the program it just worked: lightweight and solid. rotter requires that you run the jack audio server (you would let jack run all the time). For sure there are other (better?) options that I don't know of, but your goal (continuously in 1 hour chunks) seems to be exactly what rotter was built for... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user