There is a limit to the size of a wav file. Are you writing a file too large after the time period? On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Eric Steinberg <eric.steinberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > I'm trying to build an audio logger- a machine to record audio that can stay > running all the time. I've been attempting to use Rotter and Jack for this, > but I'm getting the same problems across a variety of distros (Arch, Ubuntu, > Ubuntu Studio, CentOs &c.). I'm using an Edirol FA-101, attached to a P4 > 3ghz machine with a second SATA drive as an audio recording volume. I > launch jack, with a big period so as to avoid xruns: > jackd -v -d firewire -r 44100 -n 3 -p 4096 2> jack_stderr.log > > jack_stdout.log & > Then I launch multiple instances of Rotter, one per channel, six total: > rotter -f flac -c 1 -n channelone -d 500 -L flat -v > /secondsatadrive/channelone > . > . > . > rotter -f flac -c 1 -n channelsix -d 500 -L flat -v > /secondsatadrive/channelsix > Then I launch esjit and patch physical input one to rotter instance > channelone, etc. > This works, for a while. Jackd still gets xruns, but the recording happens > and files are written properly. However, after several hours and a whole > lot of xruns, it stops working. Files are still written and named properly, > but they are only a few hundred k in size and contain no audio. The error > logs show the xruns, but nothing else (no error messages, except for xruns). > The output of Rotter also does not show anything wrong. Clearly, jackd is > breaking somehow; anyone have clues? Any way to get more info from jackd? > What am I doing wrong? This problem is the same across several distros > (see above), and occurs whether or not I use the -R realtime flag. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > -- **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
