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Syrinx

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3. Yeah, I know

Reply to bemildred (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 02:35 AM

Jan 2012

But I don't know why Audacity would need to store the entire recording in RAM at one time, since it's being stored as files in the /tmp directory anyway. Maybe the programmers didn't think of people making recordings of four-hour long events.

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Anyone familiar with the audio editor/recorder application Audacity? [View all] Syrinx Jan 2012 OP

You probably need to get the lame MP3 codec and set MP3 to be the record format. bemildred Jan 2012 #1

PS: RAM and disc space are different. bemildred Jan 2012 #2

Yeah, I know Syrinx Jan 2012 #3

Programmers do make mistakes. bemildred Jan 2012 #4

I recently switched to streamripper Confusious Jan 2012 #5

Cool, I'm going to check that out. nt bemildred Jan 2012 #6

PS: thinking about it, Audacity provides very powerful editing. bemildred Jan 2012 #7