#!/bin/bash
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# /usr/local/bin/audcap RM20071012
# a simple script for capturing audio straight off the soundcard using kdialog 
# and arecord. Figuring out which device you are copying might be a pain but
# after you've sorted that out, this is a handy little script to link to an icon
# on your desktop. 
#
# Read the manpage to understand options.
# "-D hw:0,0" option refers to the # PCM device (on my soundcard) used to capture
# the audio. Yours may be different.
#
# "-f cd" indicates a CD stereo quality format
#
# "`date +%g%m%d%H%M`.wav will provide a timestamp name for the wav file
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# Nominate a place to put the recording
save_dir=/multimedia/audcap/

# Use a KDE dialog popup to get the duration of recording
# $duration is assigned the number entered in the kdialog box
duration=`kdialog --title "audcap" --inputbox "Enter The number of minutes to save audio:"`

# arecord times out after X seconds so convert minutes entered to seconds
time=$(($duration*60))

arecord -d $time -D hw:0,0 -f cd $save_dir`date +%g%m%d%H%M`.wav

# End of script