[linux-audio-user] arecord and xrun

[Kai Vehmanen]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Ken Dere wrote:

> I am trying to record some phonograph records using arecord.  I get xruns of 
> about 0.5s or so.  I have tried increasing the buffer size which worked up to 
> a point.  I have tried running as root which didn't help.

On suggestion, install Ecasound from http://www.eca.cx/ecasound and record
with:

  ecasound -i alsa,default -o foo.wav

... run as root if you still get drop-outs. And why this can help? See my
mail (from Jun/2001 on ecasound-list):

  http://eca.cx/ecasound-list/2001/06/0016.html

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