Martin McCormick wrote: > So, I want a mono version. Let's try this: > > #! /bin/sh > cd ~/tmp > filename=$1.wav > echo $filename > arecord -D hw:1,0 -r 48000 -d $2 -c 1 -f S16_LE - \ > | sox -t wav - -r44100 $filename > > This hasn't worked yet. It is identical to the good version but > for c 1 as the number of channels to arecord instead of c 2 .
... > arecord: set_params:1345: Channels count non available > sox FAIL formats: can't open input `-': WAVE: RIFF header not found Keep recording 2 channels. Your hardware doesn't like it otherwise. You can ask sox: sox -t wav -c1 - -r44100 $filename to merge the channels to a single output channel I believe, but have not tested, that a final argument to sox of remix 1 will get you just the left channel, or remix 2 for the right channel. -dsr-
