esdrec1

Usage

Overview

The esdrec application pipes data from the sound device to stdout using the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd).

Options

The following options are supported:

-s hostname:port Contact the esd server on hostname at port.

-b Specify that the output should be in 8-bit format. By default, the output is in 16-bit format.

-h Display help text, and exit.

-m Specify that the output should be in mono format. By default, the output is in stereo format.

-r freq Specify that the output rate should be set to freq. By default, the output rate is set to 44.1 kHz.

Examples

Example 1: Record sound from sound device to file "sample"

example% esdrec > sample

Exit status

The following exit values are returned:

0 Application exited successfully

>0 Application exited with failure