jtd wrote: > On Wednesday 05 November 2008 16:45, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: >> On Wednesday 05 November 2008 04:09:40 pm jtd wrote: >>> arecord -d xx -f cd -t wav -D device copy foobar.wav >> wav? what happened to ogg? > > .wav is a standard pcm file, the -cd specifying the sampling rate, > stereo, endianess, and other basic sampling parameters. On a linux > box it is uncompressed. The format is open. On a doze box a.wav file > can contain a compressed file (though usually not) and could mangle > your music in weird ways. Once you have a "linux" wav file you can > use ogg or flac (preferable). Dont use mp3 - it' proly the worst > format.
Thanks for the information. I have always used audacity to capture the song, and exported as wav file, flac and mp3. Though mp3 is the worst format I still have to use it, as none of the stand alone players (cheap chineese ones) could play anything but mp3. I use the flac for playing on the computer and wav to transfer it to CD. Next time I use this, I will try out your method. Thanks and regards. sadhu -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
