[LAU] Best recording software for long session

[Kevin Cosgrove]

On 18 May 2008 at 17:39, Al Thompson <biggles58 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I have need to record a lengthy (2+ hours) live show non-stop,
> stereo, and was wondering what Linux program is best at this.
> I've tried reading the docs and FAQs I could find, and those
> docs that I could find say nothing of any recording time
> limits, or file size limits.  It's got to save in 44.1/16bit
> .WAV format, and run on non-jack Fedora.
>
> I've got Audacity, but besides the fact that I don't know if
> it will do the length of non-stop recording, it's quirky on my
> laptop.  Sometimes it doesn't recognize the input device, and
> only has one logical input device available.  Other times it's
> fine.  There is no apparent pattern to it, so I hate to trust
> it since I can never predict if it's going to work.

I routinely use audacity to record ~1.3 hours of continuous audio
on a laptop (Mandriva 2008.0) without any issues.

G'luck....

--
Kevin