On Wed, 04 May 2005 16:13:27 +0530 ISh <ish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just wanted to add to the previous mail --how will the sample rate be > determined between the two devices, is there a hand shake that takes > place between the two devices when they are connected ? Or is alsa mixer > supposed to take care of the input only. There's a possibility that you DAT player can do the sample rate conversion on its output. If the DAT doesn't have this capability, then you need to record the audio from the DAT at the DAT sample rate and then sample rate convert the data to CD Audio specs. Most Linux audio software on Linux (including Ardour) uses libsamplerate for high quality sample rate conversion. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "Linux everywhere pretty much eliminates the need for Java everywhere" -- Bruce Ide in letter to LWN editors