[linux-audio-user] digital recording of minidisc?

Frank Pirrone fpirrone at localnet.com
Tue Nov 26 21:10:01 EST 2002


Bob Cain wrote:

>roussel jerome wrote:
>  
>
>>>No.  The track change frame information is not passed through
>>>sound cards in either direction.  There is no out of band channel
>>>in sound card drivers for this information even if the card
>>>recognized it or could generate it.
>>>
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>It surprises me, because the windows driver is able to detect the copy
>>protection bit and can change its behaviour with some
>>options. Do you think it could be possible to put that in a driver for
>>the "End of Track"?
>>    
>>
>
>Can't say.  I'm not sure what the driver sees at the hardware
>interface to the various cards but I do know that the track
>change information is just status info in the normal S/PDIF data
>frames so even if it is detectable (or writeable) it would
>require a separately open channel with the driver that operates
>synchronously with the data channel.  No drivers currently
>support this even if it is available at the card.  
>
>I'm not sure if the SCMS info is like this or if it comes framed
>separately.
>
>
>Bob
>  
>
There is a program GramoFile that in addition to serving as a pop and 
click filter is designed to detect the silence between tracks of a 
continuously recorded copy of an LP record to break the one file into 
tracks.







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