Really? I've always been under the impression that there wasn't any real audible difference between 8-bit audio and 16-bit. Time for some experimentation...
Tim On Wednesday 17 September 2003 10:49 pm, someone claiming to be Matthew Carpenter wrote: > 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 -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 1:05am up 26 days, 6:58, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.11, 0.04 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
