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KINETOPHONE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Sept. 2, 2012
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NAME

kinetophone_console - command line sound recorder  

SYNOPSIS

kinetophone_console --help

kinetophone_console --list-devices

kinetophone_console [ output_file ] [ options ]  

DESCRIPTION

Kinetophone console is a command line sound recorder which supports a variety of file and data formats. It is part of the Kinetophone sound recording and narration system. The program can optionally display an audio level meter for each input channel. It can use JACK, OSS, or ALSA audio devices.  

OPTIONS

Use kinetophone_console -h to get a complete list of command line and configuration file options.  

CONFIGURATION FILE

By default, if you have a ~/.kinetophone file the program will parse it for options. You can also specify a configuration file with -i or --config on the command line. Options should be specified one per line, with the same syntax as the command line except for any leading dashes. For example, when the following line is present in the configuration file:

level-meter-max-width=1

Kinetophone will make the level meter span the entire terminal width.  

OPTION PRECEDENCE

You may specify (valid) combinations of command line and configuration file options. Command line options override configuration file options.  

EXIT STATUS

Exits with 0 on success, non-zero (the Kinetophone error code) on failure.  

NOTES

 

PERFORMANCE

Kinetophone console is a "soft" real-time program. To get the best performance from Kinetophone console, try to minimize unnecessary programs and services running while recording. Temporarily disable sleep and screen saver features to avoid interrupting the program. Use the -O option to show input/output overflow (dropout) counts.

The JACK audio subsystem has features which allow changing the priority and scheduling policy for the input thread used by Kinetophone console. Such changes might also improve the performance of Kinetophone when using JACK devices. See the JACK documentation for further details.  

BUGS

When accessing an input device already in use, the program outputs "Invalid number of channels" rather than the appropriate message.  

EXAMPLE

The command:

kinetophone_console -d3 -m -t aiff -a float -s 48000 -c 2

will record from audio device number 3, display an audio level meter on the command line, and output to a new temporary file. The temporary file will be in AIFF format with floating point samples at 48000 stereo samples per second. Run kinetophone --list-devices to get a list of device numbers.

 

AUTHOR

This man page was written by the Roan Trail, Inc. development team.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
CONFIGURATION FILE
OPTION PRECEDENCE
EXIT STATUS
NOTES
PERFORMANCE
BUGS
EXAMPLE
AUTHOR

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