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Subject: RE: Long Recordings

RE: Long Recordings

From: Tom Sustins <tom.sustins_at_bbc.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 13:22:18 +0100

Why not just have an option within rockbox to split the files at a certain
time or size?

-----Original Message-----
From: ajf [mailto:ajf_at_midmaine.com]
Sent: 19 May 2003 12:56
To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se
Subject: Long Recordings


Yes it is "cool" to be able to record for as long as you want, but it does NOT follow that the recording has to be in one looooong file. As several responses have pointed it, there are practical problems in handling files in

the GB range, not to mention the risk of losing the entire thing if
something goes wrong. To expect flawless handling of monster files from a freeware is, shall we say, optimistic.

A better solution would be a "tracking" feature, which automagically starts a new file at a pre-determined interval, or perhaps after detecting n
seconds of silence after a pre-determined track length has been reached. This capability is available in a PC application called Audiotools, and with

it I am able to record unattended for 12 hours (or more) and get 15 - 20 files named sequentially, each of approx 45 minute length. I can fix the headers and apply tags to these files in a matter of minutes, and copy the whole thing to a directory on the JBR for playback.

Audiotools also has a "timed record" feature that will stop the recording so

that I don't get hours of silence at the end. NO I can't take Audiotools to

a concert to make a bootleg recording, but in that case, I am willing to
actually monitor my JBR with Rockbox, end a file at each intermission, and shut it off at the end of the concert.

It would be nice if Rockbox had a tracking feature like this, but I can't honestly say that I think this is the most important thing for the
developers to work on.

Martin Borus writes:

> rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se schrieb am 19.05.03 00:17:16:
>>
>> >The files are from 300 MB to almost 2 gigabytes big.
>>
>> I can't imagine trying to work with files that big.
>
> Here's two examples from real life:
>
> 1. You are at a concert and record the whole event. In fact your start
> the recording way before the concert not to miss the beginning and
> leave it running all the time until the end. This might give you a 300
> MB file and you probably want to forward to check on the results right
> after the end.
>
> 2. You hate your local radio stations so to avoid it you connect your
> jukebox to cable
> or satellite radio and press record when you come back from work. The next
morning you
> press stop and have a 500 MB file. Now you unplug the jukebox, put it
into the car and
> play your favorite station. You can skip any song, newsbreak or
commercial you don't like.
> And if they play something really good (like a surprise live set) you can
cut it out of the big
> file before you delete the rest.
>
> #2 is something I do every week and the main reason why I enjoy
> Rockbox
> so much: It records full days without crashing and has a user defined fast

> forwarding speed that is flexible enough to reach any point in a gigabyte
file within
> a reasonable amount of time.
>
> Martin
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