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On Wednesday 05 December 2007 13:14, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:44:16 +0000 > "Mike Martin" <redtux1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Mike, > > > ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp -vn -t 00:45:00 -acodec mp2 oufile.mp2 > > (for 45 minute per side tapes) > > IME, C90s would hold more than 90 mins of music. For safety, I'd > recommend upping the 45 to 48 or more. > > However, if Tom wants to record commercially produced tapes (for > personal use only, of course), there's no way to know what length they > are, other than to sit and time them. Especially as at least one side > will invariably have a rather long lead out. Sometimes, the lead in > can be excessive, too. On my own tapes theres a lot of blank stuff. Ideally I'd like something that wraps around audacity and recognises silent sections so it automatically splits tapes into songs and doesn't record silence when I've wandered off bored somewhere leaving the tape playing ... It used to be easy to do this sort of thing in analogue electronics! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html