11 bit is used for a lot of voice. 16 bit is the accepted standard for music... some stereophiles love 24bit, and 32bit just seems a little like overkill.
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:12:07 +0100 "Squabsy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:25:38 -0400, "Tim Wunder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > > FWIW, 20 minutes of 44.1KHz 8-bit stereo recorded from vinyl takes up > > about > > 200 MB of space on my ext3 filesystem. RHL 8.0 on an 1GHz Duron with > > 384MB > > RAM. > > > > And yes, that /windows/C drive looks mighty full. > > > > I don't believe the problem lies with the K6 processor, although it's > > been a > > while since I recorded audio from the line in on a K6...bit rate might be > > a > > reasonable culprit, but *something* is amiss here. The plot thickens, > > indeed. > > > > Could it be a soundcard module problem? > > > Thank you all for your patience and advice. > > The c:\ drive is very full mostly due to my children installing The SIMS > in all its expansion pack glory. > > The D:\ drive is shared between Windows & Linux for files it also had a > complete copy of my c:\drive on it which I created before building my > Linux partition in cases anything went wrong. I deleted that after my > mail last night. > > I have tried writing the wav's to both d:\ and to my Linux partition and > there are 2 or 3 1.gb Wavs still on these drives. > > Your estimate of space ties up with my expectations based on the same > sort of operation in Windows. > I notice that you state 8 bit I may well have mine set at 16 or even > 32bit (can't check till this evening) > Is 8 bit adequate ? > Could using a higher bit rate be causing my problems ? > > How could I establish if my soundcard is the problem ? > > > Could I just also say that this is the first question I have asked on > this list (or any Linux list for that matter) and I was worried about > being flamed for asking a "newbie" question having heard that some Linux > lists don't suffer fools gladly. > But in contrast to my fears you have all been extremely patient and > helpful > Thank you and if it's Ok I will keep you appraised of my progress. > > -- > Squabsy The List Crawler > Using Opera, The Bat, K-meleon, or Becky. > Right Now Using Fastmail when I should be working > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems * Network Server Appliances * Network Consulting, Integration & Support * Web Integration and E-Business _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
