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diff --git a/audio/jack_capture/README b/audio/jack_capture/README index 3ae29ea35c..11d45875ad 100644 --- a/audio/jack_capture/README +++ b/audio/jack_capture/README @@ -12,28 +12,28 @@ jack_capture is a program for recording sound files with JACK. * Option for writing raw 16 bit data to stdout. (option: -ws) -* Built-in console meter, plus option for automatically starting and stopping - the Meterbridge jack meter program. Port connections to Meterbridge - are done automatically, and on the fly, by jack_capture. +* Built-in console meter, plus option for automatically starting and + stopping the Meterbridge jack meter program. Port connections to + Meterbridge are done automatically, and on the fly, by jack_capture. * jack_capture can connect to any input or output jack port. - When "connecting" to a jack input port (i.e. a writable port), jack_capture - constantly monitors which jack ports which are connected - to that input port, and makes sure jack_capture is always + When "connecting" to a jack input port (i.e. a writable port), + jack_capture constantly monitors which jack ports which are + connected to that input port, and makes sure jack_capture is always connected to the same ports. - In other words, jack_capture will reconnect its ports automatically during - recording to match the connections of the ports. - This is for instance convenient when recording the playback ports since + In other words, jack_capture will reconnect its ports automatically + during recording to match the connections of the ports. This is + for instance convenient when recording the playback ports since jack_capture can be started first, and then other programs can start and stop at any moment while all sound still should be recorded. * No limit on the number of jack ports jack_capture can connect to. (I.e. the --port argument can be specified more than once, plus that - it accepts wildcard arguments. For instance, jack_capture --port "*" will - connect to all current jack ports, both input and output ports, except - jack_capture's own ports.) + it accepts wildcard arguments. For instance, jack_capture --port "*" + will connect to all current jack ports, both input and output ports, + except jack_capture's own ports.) * Buffers are automatically increased during runtime to prevent underruns and to avoid wasting memory by preallocating too much. @@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ jack_capture is a program for recording sound files with JACK. * The disk thread is automatically reniced to a higher priority when using more than half of the buffer. -* Significantly better recording performance than Ardour. (probably because - jack_capture writes all channels into only one file and that it is - not creating peak files). (tested on athlonXP) +* Significantly better recording performance than Ardour, probably + because jack_capture writes all channels into only one file and that + it is not creating peak files). (tested on athlonXP) * No problem writing at least 256 channels of 32 bit wav at once to a local hard drive. (tested on icore7) |