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6.11 Channel Status and User Bits

be connected to the
narecord
example, if
any program
audio data, then data can be captured and ltered before storing using a command
such as:
narecord -s 8000 -ol | any_program >file
The recording will continue until either
is interrupted.
6.11 Channel Status and User Bits
In addition to audio data, the connection between the
audio equipment also carries some additional information known as channel status
bits and user bits . By default,
be captured by using the
information into a le. This le can be examined or edited using any text editor.
It's format is the same as is used by
The also has the ability to capture continuously changing channel status
narecord
and user bits by interleaving them with this data by specifying the
the manual page for
narecord
stored using this option.
6.12 Starting and Stopping the DAT Machine
The program provides an option that allows the
narecord
stop the DAT recorder automatically. By running
DAT-Link
the will start the DAT machine playing before beginning recording onto
a disk le. After recording has completed, the DAT machine will be stopped.
Before this option can be used, it is necessary to set up the
control facility as described in Section 8. Also, the
must be set to the name of the device to be controlled. To start the DAT machine
the program issues the following remote commands in sequence:
narecord
STOP - PLAY
When playback is nished the program issues a STOP command.
program without creating an intermediate le. For
is a program which performs some secondary ltering of
any program
discards this information. This data can
narecord
option, which instructs
-c
and is described in Appendix B.4.
naplay
in Appendix G for details on the format of les
exits or the program
narecord
DAT-Link
and the digital
to store the side
narecord
option. See
-C
DAT-Link
to start and
with the option,
narecord -a
DAT-Link
's remote
environment variable
DL RC
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