
$Id: README,v 1.1.1.1 1999/02/20 14:19:01 bartw Exp $

Sound Recorder
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Sound recorder is a small utility to records sounds from your soundcard
to a file. This can be usefull to record samples from line-input and cdrom.

Because some older cdrom players can't handle reading digital audio direct
from disk, this program has a special interface (cdsound-recorder) to record
parts (or hole) of a track. This way you can record what's on you cd without
the use of CDDA.

The current version supports raw files and wave files so it can be played on
all systems (i hope). In this package there is also a tool called
'play-sample'. It is a raw and wave file player (no wave compressions are
supported in this release, yet).


DISCLAIMER
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Use this program as you see fit. I am not liable for damages or illegal use
of it whatsoever. You are on your own.


Have fun with it!



NOTE:
On slow computers an extensive use of CPU time gives buffer overflow errors in
the soundcard. This means your recording has stutters and is of a bad quality.
The same problem occures when using it under X. Dragging big object interferes
with the scheduling and X gets priority above this program. So bits of
information can be recorded in bad quality,

No solution for this problem is available right now. Any suggestions are
welcome. Running the program with 'nice -5' as root helps....
