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[mcewanw]

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# Changes:
Version 8.0.7: Record stop button opens mixer/vu if not recording.
Useful in small GUI (which has no mixer button per se) since adjusting mixer so crucial to good recordings.
Version 8.0.6: Rearranged the small GUI such that the rec/play buttons come first. That way the small GUI can be dragged part way off the right hand side of the screen and still be operatable.
Fixed helpsetup for internationalisation.

NOTE WELL:

To be sure the newest version will start, prior to installation you should definitely delete any pre-existing hidden config file /root/.precord (glad it ran okay for you anyway Flash). This version has new variables which aren't in the config file of some earlier versions. If ever precord fails to start just delete that config directory and the new config directory will auto rebuild next time you run precord after which all should be fine...

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# Changes:
Version 8.0.8: Version 8.0.8: Fixed pause date-stamped record. Fixed help text.

Version 8.0.7: Record stop button opens mixer/vu if not recording.
Useful in small GUI (which has no mixer button per se) since adjusting mixer so crucial to good recordings.
Version 8.0.6: Rearranged the small GUI such that the rec/play buttons come first. That way the small GUI can be dragged part way off the right hand side of the screen and still be operatable.
Fixed helpsetup for internationalisation.

NOTE WELL:

To be sure the newest version will start, prior to installation you should definitely delete any pre-existing hidden config file /root/.precord (glad it ran okay for you anyway Flash). This version has new variables which aren't in the config file of some earlier versions. If ever precord fails to start just delete that config directory and the new config directory will auto rebuild next time you run precord after which all should be fine...

Version 8.0.5: More logical drag and drop facility:
File entry takes precedence over Directory entry on filepath decision. Tidied up some of the code.

[mcewanw]

# Changes:
Version 8.0.9: Uses ffmpeg for ogg recording if oggenc is not available. For example, oggenc (from vorbis-tools) is not provided in Slacko-5.3.3 by default so Precord could not record ogg audio format by default there until now. Wary-5.3 includes oggenc by default anyway. I tested in Wary by temporarily renaming the oggenc binary so that Precord automatically then used ffmpeg instead to encode ogg.

This version needs some testing to see if all is well and to compare ffmpeg against oggenc as the ogg encoder.

Also removed vorbis-tools from dependencies list.
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Some known issues with the underlying ogg encoders:

Ogg quality mode (ogg_q) should provide output file bitrates from approximately 45kbps (q=N1) up to 500kbps (q=10) with stereo mode selected. However, oggenc in Wary-5.3 does not interpret q=N1 correctly and produces bit rate 128kbps instead of 45kbps.

Ogg managed bitrate mode (ogg_mm) correctly provides up to 320kbps (when in stereo mode) using either oggenc or ffmpeg in Wary-5.3. However, the ffmpeg provided in slacko-5.3.3 could not handle 256kbps or 320kbps.

The lowest bit rate the encoders provide in ogg_mm mode should be 45kbps, but the lowest oggenc in Wary-5.3 can go is 64kbps. Precord has therefore been coded such that 64kbps is the lowest bit rate requested from oggenc in this mode and 45kbps the lowest if ffmpeg is the underlying ogg encoder instead.

[mcewanw]

# Changes:
Version 8.1.0: Fixed bug that Duration setting wasn't working if recording ogg under ffmpeg (was okay with oggenc). Tidied some code.
Version 8.0.9: Uses ffmpeg for ogg recording if oggenc is not available. For example, oggenc (from vorbis-tools) is not provided in Slacko-5.3.3 by default so Precord could not record ogg audio format by default there until now. This version needs some testing to see if all is well and to compare ffmpeg against oggenc as the ogg encoder. Also removed vorbis-tools from dependencies list. Some known issues with ogg recording, caused by the underlying encoders, are outlined here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=655037#655037

You can find more about ogg vorbis here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis

[mcewanw]

Precord mp3, wav, ogg, aac, and flac audio recorder and player with pause controls and auto config saving

# Changes:

# Version 8.1.1: Running from commandline now working.
# includes AAC audio (bit rate and quality modes) and flac lossless
# Fixed scheduling record via Pscheduler.

[mcewanw]

changes in above post.

To the one person who downloaded this when I first uploaded it, sorry, but I noticed a small error, fixed it, and reloaded it again quickly inbetween times...

[mcewanw]

Precord mp3, wav, ogg, acc(faac), and flac recorder and player with pause controls and auto config saving

Tested as fully working on Slacko-5.3.3. Also tested on Puppy Precise version 5.3.95.1 as working well for all codecs provided by the ffmpeg supplied there (but libfaac is not provided in Precise).

[Also tested on Slacko 5.4 beta, but Slacko beta's arecord VU display is not displaying correctly].

NOTE: aac audio could be recorded in Puppy Precise if I changed the aac encoder line to -acodec aac -strict experimental. However, that inbuilt ffmpeg encoder doesn't respond to audio quality parameters, as determined in tests, and also documented on the web. I am therefore sticking with ffmpeg enabled libfaac as a requirement for aac recording.

# Changes:

# Version 8.1.2: Running from commandline now working.
# includes AAC audio (bit rate and quality modes) and flac lossless
# Fixed scheduling record via Pscheduler.

NOTE WELL:

To be sure the newest version will start, prior to installation you should definitely delete any pre-existing hidden config file /root/.precord. This version has new variables which aren't in the config file of some earlier versions. If ever precord fails to start just delete that config directory and the new config directory will auto rebuild next time you run precord after which all should be fine...

[mcewanw]

Precord mp3, wav, ogg, acc(faac), and flac recorder and player with pause controls and auto config saving

Tested as fully working on Slacko-5.3.3 and Slacko 5.4 beta. Also tested on Puppy Precise version 5.3.95.1 as working well for all codecs provided by the ffmpeg supplied there (but libfaac is not provided in Precise). Should work to a greater or lesser extent in many Puppy versions.

# Changes:
# Version 8.1.3: VU display bugfix

[mcewanw]

Precord mp3, wav, ogg, acc(faac), and flac recorder and player with pause controls and auto config saving

Please remember to delete your old /root/.precord config directory before installing this.

Note well that I have now also included a version of precord especially made for Puppy Precise (precord-precise-8.1.x). The ffmpeg (+libavformat extras provided by shinobar) currently provided for Precise require this modified version. But the normal one should be used in Slacko, Dpup Exprimo or any other non-Precise derived system.

# Changes:

# Version 8.1.3: VU display bugfix
# Version precise-8.1.3: as above, plus using libvo_aacenc instead of libfaac

[rodin.s]

I was making Russian translation and noticed that some lines in Help are not translated.

[mcewanw]

[mcewanw]

Precord mp3, wav, ogg, acc(faac), and flac recorder and player with pause controls and auto config saving

Please remember to delete your old /root/.precord config directory before installing this.

Note well that I have now also included a version of precord especially made for Puppy Precise (precord-precise-8.1.x). The ffmpeg (+libavformat extras provided by shinobar) currently provided for Precise require this modified version. But the normal one should be used in Slacko, Dpup Exprimo or any other non-Precise derived system.

# Changes:

# Version 8.1.4: Modified help text to remove translation bug.