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1 | % $Id$ % | 1 | % $Id$ % |
2 | \section{\label{ref:Recording}Recording} | 2 | \section{\label{ref:Recording}Recording} |
3 | \subsection{\label{ref:Whilerecordingscreen}While Recording Screen} | 3 | \subsection{\label{ref:Whilerecordingscreen}While Recording Screen} |
4 | \screenshot{main_menu/images/ss-while-recording-screen}{The while recording | 4 | \screenshot{main_menu/images/ss-while-recording-screen}{The while recording |
5 | screen}{} | 5 | screen}{} |
6 | 6 | ||
7 | Entering the \setting{Recording} option in the \setting{Main Menu} brings up | 7 | Entering the \setting{Recording} option in the \setting{Main Menu} brings up |
8 | a screen in wich you can choose to enter the \setting{Recording Screen} or | 8 | a screen in wich you can choose to enter the \setting{Recording Screen} or |
9 | the \setting{Recording Settings} (see below). The \setting{Recording Screen} | 9 | the \setting{Recording Settings} (see below). The \setting{Recording Screen} |
10 | shows the time elapsed and the size of the file being recorded. A peak meter | 10 | shows the time elapsed and the size of the file being recorded. A peak meter |
11 | is present to allow you set Gain correctly. There is also a volume setting, | 11 | is present to allow you set Gain correctly. There is also a volume setting, |
12 | this will only affect the output level of the \dap\ and does \emph{not} | 12 | this will only affect the output level of the \dap{} and does \emph{not} |
13 | affect the recorded sound. | 13 | affect the recorded sound. |
14 | \opt{MASCODEC}{The frequency, channels and quality} | 14 | \note{When you start a recording, the hard disk will spin up. This will cause |
15 | \opt{SWCODEC}{The frequency and channels} settings are shown on the last line. | 15 | the peak meters to freeze in the process. This is expected behaviour, and |
16 | 16 | nothing to worry about. Recording is continiued during the spin up.} | |
17 | The controls for this screen are: | 17 | \opt{MASCODEC}{The frequency, channels and quality} |
18 | \opt{SWCODEC}{The frequency and channels} settings are shown on the last line. | ||
19 | |||
20 | The controls for this screen are: | ||
21 | |||
22 | \begin{table} | ||
23 | \begin{btnmap}{}{} | ||
24 | |||
25 | \ButtonUp\ / \ButtonDown & Select setting.\\ | ||
26 | % | ||
27 | \ButtonLeft\ / \ButtonRight & Adjust selected setting.\\ | ||
28 | % | ||
29 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD,IAUDIO_X5_PAD}{\ButtonPlay} | ||
30 | \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{\ButtonMenu} | ||
31 | \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonOn} | ||
32 | \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD}{\fixme{FixMe}} | ||
33 | & Start recording.\\ | ||
34 | & While recording: pause recording (press again to continue).\\ | ||
35 | % | ||
36 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD,ONDIO_PAD,IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonOff} | ||
37 | \opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD}{Hold \ButtonPlay} | ||
38 | \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD}{\fixme{FixMe}} | ||
39 | & Exit \setting{Recording Screen}.\\ | ||
40 | & While recording: Stop recording.\\ | ||
41 | % | ||
42 | \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD,IAUDIO_X5_PAD}{ | ||
43 | \ButtonRec & Starts recording.\\ | ||
44 | & While recording: close the current file and open a new one.\\ | ||
45 | } | ||
46 | % | ||
47 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD}{\ButtonFOne} | ||
48 | \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{Hold \ButtonMenu} | ||
49 | \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonMode} | ||
50 | \opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD}{Hold \ButtonRec} | ||
51 | \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD}{Hold \ButtonSelect} | ||
52 | & Open \setting{Recording Settings} (see below).\\ | ||
53 | % | ||
54 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD}{ | ||
55 | \ButtonFTwo & Quick menu for recording settings. A quick press will | ||
56 | leave the screen up (press \ButtonFTwo\ again to exit), while holding | ||
57 | it will close the screen when you release it.\\ | ||
58 | } | ||
59 | % | ||
60 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD}{ | ||
61 | \ButtonFThree & Quick menu for source setting.\\ | ||
62 | & Quick/hold works as for \ButtonFTwo.\\ | ||
63 | & While recording: Start a new recording file.\\ | ||
64 | } | ||
65 | \end{btnmap} | ||
66 | \end{table} | ||
67 | |||
68 | \subsection{\label{ref:Recordingsettings}Recording Settings} | ||
69 | \screenshot{main_menu/images/ss-recording-settings}{The recording settings screen}{} | ||
70 | |||
71 | \opt{MASCODEC}{ | ||
72 | \begin{description} | ||
73 | \item[Quality:] | ||
74 | Choose the quality here (0 to 7). Default is 5, best quality is 7, | ||
75 | smallest file size is 0. This setting effects how much your sound | ||
76 | sample will be compressed. Higher quality settings result in larger | ||
77 | MP3 files. | ||
78 | |||
79 | The quality setting is just a way of selecting an average bit rate, | ||
80 | or number of bits per second, for a recording. When this setting | ||
81 | is lowered, recordings are compressed more (meaning worse sound quality), | ||
82 | and the average bitrate changes as follows. | ||
83 | \end{description} | ||
18 | 84 | ||
19 | \begin{table} | 85 | \begin{table}[h!] |
20 | \begin{btnmap}{}{} | 86 | \begin{center} |
21 | 87 | \begin{tabularx}{0.75\textwidth}{lX}\toprule | |
22 | \ButtonUp\ / \ButtonDown & Select setting.\\ | 88 | \emph{Frequency} & \emph{Bitrate} (Kbit/s) -- quality 0$\rightarrow$7 \\\midrule |
23 | % | 89 | 44100Hz stereo & 75, 80, 90, 100, 120, 140, 160, 170 \\ |
24 | \ButtonLeft\ / \ButtonRight & Adjust selected setting.\\ | 90 | 22050Hz stereo & 39, 41, 45, 50, 60, 80, 110, 130 \\ |
25 | % | 91 | 44100Hz mono & 65, 68, 73, 80, 90, 105, 125, 140 \\ |
26 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD,IAUDIO_X5_PAD}{\ButtonPlay} | 92 | 22050Hz mono & 35, 38, 40, 45, 50, 60, 75, 90 \\\bottomrule |
27 | \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{\ButtonMenu} | 93 | \end{tabularx} |
28 | \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonOn} | 94 | \end{center} |
29 | \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD}{\fixme{FixMe}} | ||
30 | & Start recording.\\ | ||
31 | & While recording: pause recording (press again to continue).\\ | ||
32 | % | ||
33 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD,ONDIO_PAD,IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonOff} | ||
34 | \opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD}{Hold \ButtonPlay} | ||
35 | \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD}{\fixme{FixMe}} | ||
36 | & Exit \setting{Recording Screen}.\\ | ||
37 | & While recording: Stop recording.\\ | ||
38 | % | ||
39 | \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD,IAUDIO_X5_PAD}{ | ||
40 | \ButtonRec & Starts recording.\\ | ||
41 | & While recording: close the current file and open a new one.\\ | ||
42 | } | ||
43 | % | ||
44 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD}{\ButtonFOne} | ||
45 | \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{Hold \ButtonMenu} | ||
46 | \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonMode} | ||
47 | \opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD}{Hold \ButtonRec} | ||
48 | \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD}{Hold \ButtonSelect} | ||
49 | & Open \setting{Recording Settings} (see below).\\ | ||
50 | % | ||
51 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD}{ | ||
52 | \ButtonFTwo & Quick menu for recording settings. A quick press will | ||
53 | leave the screen up (press \ButtonFTwo\ again to exit), while holding | ||
54 | it will close the screen when you release it.\\ | ||
55 | } | ||
56 | % | ||
57 | \opt{RECORDER_PAD}{ | ||
58 | \ButtonFThree & Quick menu for source setting.\\ | ||
59 | & Quick/hold works as for \ButtonFTwo.\\ | ||
60 | & While recording: Start a new recording file.\\ | ||
61 | } | ||
62 | \end{btnmap} | ||
63 | \end{table} | 95 | \end{table} |
64 | 96 | } | |
65 | \subsection{\label{ref:Recordingsettings}Recording Settings} | 97 | |
66 | \screenshot{main_menu/images/ss-recording-settings}{The recording settings screen}{} | 98 | \begin{description} |
67 | 99 | \opt{MASCODEC,x5}{ | |
68 | \opt{MASCODEC}{ | 100 | \item[Frequency:] |
69 | \begin{description} | 101 | Choose the recording frequency (sample rate) -- 48kHz, 44.1kHz, 32kHz and |
70 | \item[Quality:] | 102 | 24kHz, 22.05kHz, 16kHz are available. Higher sample rates use up more disk |
71 | Choose the quality here (0 to 7). Default is 5, best quality is 7, | 103 | space, but give better sound quality. |
72 | smallest file size is 0. This setting effects how much your sound | 104 | This setting determines which frequency range can accurately be reproduced |
73 | sample will be compressed. Higher quality settings result in larger | 105 | during playback, Lower frequencies produce smaller files. |
74 | MP3 files. | 106 | \opt{MASCODEC}{ |
75 | 107 | The frequency setting also determines which version of the MPEG standard | |
76 | The quality setting is just a way of selecting an average bit rate, | 108 | the sound is recorded using:\\ |
77 | or number of bits per second, for a recording. When this setting | 109 | MPEG v1 for 48, 44.1 and 32\\ |
78 | is lowered, recordings are compressed more (meaning worse sound quality), | 110 | MPEG v2 for 24, 22.05 and 16\\ |
79 | and the average bitrate changes as follows. | 111 | } |
80 | \end{description} | ||
81 | |||
82 | \begin{table}[h!] | ||
83 | \begin{center} | ||
84 | \begin{tabularx}{0.75\textwidth}{lX}\toprule | ||
85 | \emph{Frequency} & \emph{Bitrate} (Kbit/s) -- quality 0$\rightarrow$7 \\\midrule | ||
86 | 44100Hz stereo & 75, 80, 90, 100, 120, 140, 160, 170 \\ | ||
87 | 22050Hz stereo & 39, 41, 45, 50, 60, 80, 110, 130 \\ | ||
88 | 44100Hz mono & 65, 68, 73, 80, 90, 105, 125, 140 \\ | ||
89 | 22050Hz mono & 35, 38, 40, 45, 50, 60, 75, 90 \\\bottomrule | ||
90 | \end{tabularx} | ||
91 | \end{center} | ||
92 | \end{table} | ||
93 | } | 112 | } |
113 | \item[Source:] | ||
114 | Choose the source of the recording. This can be | ||
115 | \opt{recorder,recorderv2fm,h1xx}{SPDIF (digital),} microphone or line in. | ||
116 | \opt{CONFIG_TUNER}{For recording from the radio see \reference{ref:FMradio}.} | ||
94 | 117 | ||
95 | \begin{description} | 118 | % Add h1xx here whenever it supports setting recording frequency. |
96 | \opt{MASCODEC,x5}{ | 119 | \opt{recorder,recorderv2fm} |
97 | \item[Frequency:] | 120 | {\note{You cannot change the sample rate for digital recordings.}} |
98 | Choose the recording frequency (sample rate) -- 48kHz, 44.1kHz, 32kHz and | 121 | |
99 | 24kHz, 22.05kHz, 16kHz are available. Higher sample rates use up more disk | 122 | \opt{MASCODEC,x5}{ |
100 | space, but give better sound quality. | 123 | \item[Channels:] |
101 | This setting determines which frequency range can accurately be reproduced | 124 | This allows you to select mono or stereo recording. Please note that |
102 | during playback, Lower frequencies produce smaller files. | 125 | for mono recording, only the left channel is recorded. Mono recordings |
126 | are usually somewhat smaller than stereo. | ||
127 | } | ||
128 | |||
103 | \opt{MASCODEC}{ | 129 | \opt{MASCODEC}{ |
104 | The frequency setting also determines which version of the MPEG standard | 130 | \item[Independent Frames:] |
105 | the sound is recorded using:\\ | 131 | The independent frames option tells the \dap\ to encode with the bit |
106 | MPEG v1 for 48, 44.1 and 32\\ | 132 | reservoir disabled, so the frames are independent of each other. This |
107 | MPEG v2 for 24, 22.05 and 16\\ | 133 | makes a file easier to edit. |
108 | } | 134 | } |
109 | } | 135 | |
110 | \item[Source:] | 136 | \item[File Split:] |
111 | Choose the source of the recording. This can be | 137 | This option is useful when timing recordings. If set to active it stops |
112 | \opt{recorder,recorderv2fm,h1xx}{SPDIF (digital),} microphone or line in. | 138 | a recording at a given interval and then starts recording again with a |
113 | \opt{CONFIG_TUNER}{For recording from the radio see \reference{ref:FMradio}.} | 139 | new file, which is useful for long term recordings. |
114 | 140 | \newline | |
115 | % Add h1xx here whenever it supports setting recording frequency. | 141 | The splits are seamless (frame accurate), no audio is lost at the split |
116 | \opt{recorder,recorderv2fm} | 142 | point. The break between recordings is only the time required to stop |
117 | {\note{You cannot change the sample rate for digital recordings.}} | 143 | and restart the recording, on the order of 2 -- 4 seconds. |
118 | 144 | \newline | |
119 | \opt{MASCODEC,x5}{ | 145 | Options (hours:minutes between splits): off, 24:00, 18:00, 12:00, 10:00, |
120 | \item[Channels:] | 146 | 8:00, 6:00, 4:00, 2:00, 1:20 (80 minute CD), 1:14 (74 minute CD), 1:00, |
121 | This allows you to select mono or stereo recording. Please note that | 147 | 00:30, 00:15, 00:10, 00:05. |
122 | for mono recording, only the left channel is recorded. Mono recordings | 148 | |
123 | are usually somewhat smaller than stereo. | 149 | \item[Prerecord Time:] |
124 | } | 150 | This setting buffers a small amount of audio so that when the record button |
125 | 151 | is pressed, the recording will begin from that number of seconds earlier. | |
126 | \opt{MASCODEC}{ | 152 | This is useful for ensuring that a recording begins before a cue that is |
127 | \item[Independent Frames:] | 153 | being waited for.\\ |
128 | The independent frames option tells the \dap\ to encode with the bit | 154 | Options: \setting{Off}, \setting{1 -- 30 seconds} |
129 | reservoir disabled, so the frames are independent of each other. This | 155 | |
130 | makes a file easier to edit. | 156 | \item[Directory:] |
131 | } | 157 | Allows changing the location where the recorded files are saved. The |
132 | 158 | default location is \fname{/recordings}. | |
133 | \item[Time Split:] | 159 | |
134 | This option is useful when timing recordings. If set to active it stops | 160 | \item[Show recording screen on startup:] |
135 | a recording at a given interval and then starts recording again with a | 161 | If set to yes, the \dap\ will start up with the while recording screen |
136 | new file, which is useful for long term recordings. | 162 | showing.\\ |
137 | \newline | 163 | Options: \setting{Yes}, \setting{No} |
138 | The splits are seamless (frame accurate), no audio is lost at the split | 164 | |
139 | point. The break between recordings is only the time required to stop | 165 | \item[Clipping Light:] |
140 | and restart the recording, on the order of 2 -- 4 seconds. | 166 | Causes the backlight to flash on when clipping has been detected.\\ |
141 | \newline | 167 | Options: \setting{Off}, \setting{Remote unit only}, |
142 | Options (hours:minutes between splits): off, 24:00, 18:00, 12:00, 10:00, | ||
143 | 8:00, 6:00, 4:00, 2:00, 1:20 (80 minute CD), 1:14 (74 minute CD), 1:00, | ||
144 | 00:30, 00:15, 00:10, 00:05. | ||
145 | |||
146 | \item[Prerecord Time:] | ||
147 | This setting buffers a small amount of audio so that when the record button | ||
148 | is pressed, the recording will begin from that number of seconds earlier. | ||
149 | This is useful for ensuring that a recording begins before a cue that is | ||
150 | being waited for.\\ | ||
151 | Options: \setting{Off}, \setting{1 -- 30 seconds} | ||
152 | |||
153 | \item[Directory:] | ||
154 | Allows changing the location where the recorded files are saved. The | ||
155 | default location is \fname{/recordings}. | ||
156 | |||
157 | \item[Show recording screen on startup:] | ||
158 | If set to yes, the \dap\ will start up with the while recording screen | ||
159 | showing.\\ | ||
160 | Options: \setting{Yes}, \setting{No} | ||
161 | |||
162 | \item[Clipping Light:] | ||
163 | Causes the backlight to flash on when clipping has been detected.\\ | ||
164 | Options: \setting{Off}, \setting{Remote unit only}, | ||
165 | \setting{Main and remote unit}, \setting{Main unit only}. | 168 | \setting{Main and remote unit}, \setting{Main unit only}. |
166 | 169 | ||
167 | \opt{MASCODEC}{ | 170 | \opt{MASCODEC}{ |
168 | \item[Trigger:] | 171 | \item[Trigger:] |
169 | \fixme{Add description of triggered recording.} | 172 | \fixme{Add description of triggered recording.} |
170 | } | 173 | } |
171 | 174 | ||
172 | \end{description} | 175 | \end{description} |