XOPuppy 2.2 using Audacity
Posted: Tue 26 May 2015, 03:55
Hello, I've got images of several flavors for the X01, from Intrepid to Puppy Precise.
While some of these are outdated to the point of being unsustainable (outdated archives, user forums closed, etc.), Puppy for the X0 has current functional repositories since I've recently installed Audacity on 2 machines I own, the X01 and X01.5 OLPC versions.
With the same software on both, Puppy 2.2.
Bear with me, please, my inquiry will soon follow
Having installed Audacity on both of these outdated but useful machines, I've taken to recording from internet archived audio material. Meaning that I'm recording for several hours at a time using the X01 for that purpose, with XOPuppy 2.2 installed while implementing my new Audacity application.
This is fairly easy and manageable since the SD I'm using as a boot platform has 64 gigs of space, Audacity reports 30 plus hours of recording space available even tho that SD is heavily loaded with audio material already.
So I'll take this opportunity to give credit to the providers of these fine software support platforms, and for giving we users the choice of many useful repository applications! As always, for that support, Thanks
Now to the problem
While my old X01 seems perfectly capable of recording at least 9.5 hours of continuous audio (longest I've tried), the X01.5 hasn't been capable of more than 8.5 minutes before stalling entirely, I'm then required to stop the program which is visually inoperable at that point.
Puppy provides an error message that the application is unresponsive, asking whether I'd like to close Audacity which then follows.
Several tries, several configurations/options employed with the same results, nada for success.
My first concern was addressed on a local user forum (thanks Mavrothal!), it was pointed out that the temporary file used by Audacity would have to be moved to a location outside of the .SFS image generated on startup.
That's because the puppy-manufactured file image isn't large enough to contain an additional several hundred megabytes of temporary file space produced/required by Audacity during the recording process.
That was resolved, in fact, before I ever tried recording by simply changing the settings under the Audacity "directories" selection.
The remainder of my settings have been identical, haven't required further change, have worked fine on the X01 but have NOT recorded at all well using my X01.5, with the same Puppy 2.2 platform.
Having installed Audacity from the "quickpet" menu on both machines. SD cards for the X01 and X01.5 are the same manufacturer but different sizes.
I've used the XOPup 2.2/X01 combination successfully on 2 different SD cards, actually, the first was a 30 gig by the same manufacturer I'm using now, no issues with the 60 gig I'm currently using. Even tho the 30 gig has a one G swap partition on it, which is recognized by Puppy during the boot cycle.
While the 60 gig is using the XOPuppy 2.2 default swap file (256megs?).
SOLUTIONS?
On the plus side, the X01.5 is a faster machine with more RAM, should easily pound the X01 for this particular use, simple audio recording should NOT be a problem with proper setup.
So my possible issues seem to be: 1) Audacity isn't as compatible with the 1.5 X0? Possible due to application/hardware differences, tho I've already reviewed the alsamixer settings 2) I've missed something simple in the settings for the X01.5 machine.
This should be fairly easy to figure out, I would suppose, and I've given it some effort but haven't yet solved it obviously. I will certainly share the info. if I'm able to resolve this.
My next proposed course of action will be to check the Puppy image settings on both devices (think the X01 is using a 2 gig temp. file at startup, not sure about the X01.5) for differences, then if no resolution, try another flavor, maybe Puppy Precise.
HOWEVER, if any of you've encountered this problem before and would like to discuss/advise my current misunderstandings, please feel free to do so
Thanks in advance for whatever support you can spare!
While some of these are outdated to the point of being unsustainable (outdated archives, user forums closed, etc.), Puppy for the X0 has current functional repositories since I've recently installed Audacity on 2 machines I own, the X01 and X01.5 OLPC versions.
With the same software on both, Puppy 2.2.
Bear with me, please, my inquiry will soon follow
Having installed Audacity on both of these outdated but useful machines, I've taken to recording from internet archived audio material. Meaning that I'm recording for several hours at a time using the X01 for that purpose, with XOPuppy 2.2 installed while implementing my new Audacity application.
This is fairly easy and manageable since the SD I'm using as a boot platform has 64 gigs of space, Audacity reports 30 plus hours of recording space available even tho that SD is heavily loaded with audio material already.
So I'll take this opportunity to give credit to the providers of these fine software support platforms, and for giving we users the choice of many useful repository applications! As always, for that support, Thanks
Now to the problem
While my old X01 seems perfectly capable of recording at least 9.5 hours of continuous audio (longest I've tried), the X01.5 hasn't been capable of more than 8.5 minutes before stalling entirely, I'm then required to stop the program which is visually inoperable at that point.
Puppy provides an error message that the application is unresponsive, asking whether I'd like to close Audacity which then follows.
Several tries, several configurations/options employed with the same results, nada for success.
My first concern was addressed on a local user forum (thanks Mavrothal!), it was pointed out that the temporary file used by Audacity would have to be moved to a location outside of the .SFS image generated on startup.
That's because the puppy-manufactured file image isn't large enough to contain an additional several hundred megabytes of temporary file space produced/required by Audacity during the recording process.
That was resolved, in fact, before I ever tried recording by simply changing the settings under the Audacity "directories" selection.
The remainder of my settings have been identical, haven't required further change, have worked fine on the X01 but have NOT recorded at all well using my X01.5, with the same Puppy 2.2 platform.
Having installed Audacity from the "quickpet" menu on both machines. SD cards for the X01 and X01.5 are the same manufacturer but different sizes.
I've used the XOPup 2.2/X01 combination successfully on 2 different SD cards, actually, the first was a 30 gig by the same manufacturer I'm using now, no issues with the 60 gig I'm currently using. Even tho the 30 gig has a one G swap partition on it, which is recognized by Puppy during the boot cycle.
While the 60 gig is using the XOPuppy 2.2 default swap file (256megs?).
SOLUTIONS?
On the plus side, the X01.5 is a faster machine with more RAM, should easily pound the X01 for this particular use, simple audio recording should NOT be a problem with proper setup.
So my possible issues seem to be: 1) Audacity isn't as compatible with the 1.5 X0? Possible due to application/hardware differences, tho I've already reviewed the alsamixer settings 2) I've missed something simple in the settings for the X01.5 machine.
This should be fairly easy to figure out, I would suppose, and I've given it some effort but haven't yet solved it obviously. I will certainly share the info. if I'm able to resolve this.
My next proposed course of action will be to check the Puppy image settings on both devices (think the X01 is using a 2 gig temp. file at startup, not sure about the X01.5) for differences, then if no resolution, try another flavor, maybe Puppy Precise.
HOWEVER, if any of you've encountered this problem before and would like to discuss/advise my current misunderstandings, please feel free to do so
Thanks in advance for whatever support you can spare!