On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 12:57 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 12:49 -0400, Rob wrote: > > On Thursday 07 September 2006 09:50, Josh Lawrence wrote: > > > He needs an audio application that will record for a specific > > > amount of time, say, for 4 hours, without user intervention. > > > > rec 4hourrecording.wav & sleep 14400; killall -INTR rec > > > > ;) > > Suboptimal (requires OSS emulation). Better: > > arecord 4hourrecording.wav & sleep 14400; killall -INTR arecord > > NB: This will record 8 bit mono at 8000Hz. Use "arecord -f cd" for > better quality. arecord -d 14400 -f cd 4hourrecording.wav will leave you with a .wav file that has a correctly formed header.
