[CentOS] audio recorder compatibility

Wed Apr 13 01:06:11 UTC 2011
B.J. McClure <keepertoad at bellsouth.net>

On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 18:12 -0400, ken wrote:
> I'm shopping for a small/tiny audio recorder, the kind for recording in
> a class, interviews, etc... not really music, just voice.  Per usual, a
> lot of these write their audio files in some Windows format, e.g., WMA.
>  As a confirmed Linux guy, I'd want to offload the audio files in some
> format that Linux can read/play natively.  I've read a sketchy
> suggestion that there's a  Linux app or utility to do a translation from
> WMA, <http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/127583>, but I always like to
> keep things as simple as possible and so would much prefer avoiding the
> hassle and possible failure of conversion apps and Windows-format crap
> generally.
> 
> Secondly, connecting to my laptop... I've got a sound card, but it
> doesn't have LineIn, just mike and headphone jacks; neither of these is
> good for input, but...  Many audio recorders these days connect with USB
> (which I've got), so that's the most likely connection path.
> 
> Given these parameters, does anyone have good experiences with a really
> small audio recorder and offloading and then playing its sound files on
> Linux?
> 
> 
> Thanks much.
> 
> 

Sony ICD-PX820.  Records in mp3 format, connects with usb.  Sweet.

Cheers,
B.J.

Tue Apr 12 21:05:03 EDT 2011, RHEL 6, Linux 2.6.32-71.24.1.el6.x86_64
x86_64