From: Henry Mitchell <hmitchell_at_fastmail.fm>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 02:55:33 -0700

I do long recordings all the time. 4+ hours off FM to record a talk
show. Haven't done it in a while, but Rockbox was superior to Archos
firmware in this respect (well, pretty much all respects). I just did
an 80 minute lecture recording the other day with the builtin mic, no
problem.



Chris Holt wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 22:20:15 -0500, LoveLearn wrote:
>
>>Linus continued saying, "You seem to assume that everybody has problems
>>with long recordings." Notes in the archive and bug reports seemed to
>>indicate that we can't safely assume that recordings will continue
>>until either available disk space or available battery power is
>>exhausted. I suspect others reading those reports may have gotten the
>>same impression. Responses to my note will explain in the archive that
>>long recording session troubles are exceptions rather than the rule.
>
>
> One of the hazards of learning about a product or service from a support
> group is that by and large people don't write in to say "everything is
> fine and this product/service works perfectly today"
>
> One tends to be forced to take a poll of some sort. "Has anyone had good
> success with long term recordings?" or "Does anyone have any tips for
> making long recordings?"
>
> Periodically people do post here with much deserved but general praise and
> gratitude to the rockbox team though. :)
>
> Chris
>
>
Received on 2003-10-09