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Man page of KINETOPHONE
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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