From: Blue Chip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 00:08:23 +0100

At 18:52 19/05/03 -0400, you wrote:
>On Mon, 19 May 2003 13:42:35 +0100, Meirion Williams [e-knowledge] wrote:
> >I too use my Juke/Rockbox solely for recording live gigs, of about 6 - 9
> >hours at a time. Dealing with the 600mb+ file at the end of the night is
> >a pain to say the least.
> >
> >If there was a way of getting the Rockbox to record in say 1 hour chunks
> >or something like that I think it would be fantastic.
> >
> >A timer-record facility would be the absolute icing on the cake...
> >bootleggers delight!
>
>A strict timer record feature might impose significant gaps in between
>the files, as I imagine it would take some time for the buffers to get
>written out so the next recording could start.
>
>Does anyone have an idea of the minimum amount of time it would take to
>close out one recording and start another? I'm just curious if it would
>be some sort of acceptable amount of time or if we would risk having many
>seconds of gaps at each "track change".
>
>Chris

surely you have a 30 second buffer to play around with?
Received on 2003-05-20