Re: question about sound

2022-08-22 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 Aug 2022 at 07:46:24 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 11:55:33PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 19 Aug 2022 at 08:46:29 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 11:13:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > The attraction of a one-liner

Re: question about sound

2022-08-19 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 11:55:33PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 19 Aug 2022 at 08:46:29 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 11:13:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > The attraction of a one-liner is partly because of screens > > > being around four times wider than hi

Re: question about sound

2022-08-19 Thread David Wright
On Fri 19 Aug 2022 at 08:46:29 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 11:13:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > The attraction of a one-liner is partly because of screens > > being around four times wider than high (characterwise). > > Wouldn't it be nice if bash had Perl's die ….

Re: question about sound

2022-08-19 Thread David
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 at 14:13, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 18 Aug 2022 at 06:58:20 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:58:17PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > $ type soxy > > > soxy is a function > > > soxy () > > > { > > > [ -z "$1" ] && printf '%s\n' "Usage:${FU

Re: question about sound

2022-08-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 11:13:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > The attraction of a one-liner is partly because of screens > being around four times wider than high (characterwise). > Wouldn't it be nice if bash had Perl's die …. Some people put a die() function in their scripts, and then use it.

Re: question about sound

2022-08-19 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 06:28:47AM +0100, mick.crane wrote: > On 2022-08-18 08:39, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > TBH you packed two questions into your original mail. Complaining that > > most people concentrate on one is kinda... well ;-) > > I don't mean to appear am complaining. No sweat

Re: question about sound

2022-08-18 Thread mick.crane
On 2022-08-18 08:39, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:47:40PM +0100, mick.crane wrote: On 2022-08-17 21:00, ghe2001 wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? In the 70s friends went to this house wher

Re: question about sound

2022-08-18 Thread David Wright
On Thu 18 Aug 2022 at 06:58:20 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:58:17PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > $ type soxy > > soxy is a function > > soxy () > > { > > [ -z "$1" ] && printf '%s\n' "Usage:${FUNCNAME[0]} > > path-to/sound-file-of-any-type [trim 20 2] > >

Re: question about sound

2022-08-18 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Thu, Aug 18 2022 at 09:39:23 AM, wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:47:40PM +0100, mick.crane wrote: >> On 2022-08-17 21:00, ghe2001 wrote: >> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> > Hash: SHA256 >> > >> > Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? >> >> In the 70s friends wen

Re: question about sound

2022-08-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:58:17PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > $ type soxy > soxy is a function > soxy () > { > [ -z "$1" ] && printf '%s\n' "Usage: ${FUNCNAME[0]} > path-to/sound-file-of-any-type [trim 20 2] > runs sox to play the file with any arguments given. > The examp

Re: question about sound

2022-08-18 Thread Siard
On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:00 +, ghe2001 wrote: > Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? > > I started to answer the poster's question and found that, in their > infinite wisdom, the Debian designers seem to have removed Audacity from > the upcoming release, Bookworm. I heard som

Re: question about sound

2022-08-18 Thread Curt
On 2022-08-17, mick.crane wrote: > On 2022-08-17 21:00, ghe2001 wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? > > In the 70s friends went to this house where there was a 14 year old > Indian mystic. > You were all suppo

Re: question about sound

2022-08-18 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:47:40PM +0100, mick.crane wrote: > On 2022-08-17 21:00, ghe2001 wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? > > In the 70s friends went to this house where there was a 14 year old Indian

Re: question about sound

2022-08-18 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 08:00:17PM +, ghe2001 wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? > > I started to answer the poster's question and found that, in their infinite > wisdom, the Debian designers seem to have rem

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread David Wright
On Wed 17 Aug 2022 at 20:00:17 (+), ghe2001 wrote: > Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? > > I started to answer the poster's question and found that, in their infinite > wisdom, the Debian designers seem to have removed Audacity from the upcoming > release, Bookworm. >

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread mick.crane
On 2022-08-17 21:00, ghe2001 wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? In the 70s friends went to this house where there was a 14 year old Indian mystic. You were all supposed to wait downstairs until you were called to rec

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 1:37 PM Bob McGowan wrote: > The command to add a user to a group is: useradd -G > groupname[,groupname...] username > > For example: useradd -G audio,pulsaudio bob > > Useradd creates a new user account. Usermod modifies an existing account. sudo usermod -a -G audio

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread ghe2001
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? I started to answer the poster's question and found that, in their infinite wisdom, the Debian designers seem to have removed Audacity from the upcoming release, Bookworm. Bad idea, IMHO. S

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 08:10:37PM +0100, mick.crane wrote: > I'm just requesting some comprehensible, simple to understand, overview of > how the sound softwares are working. Too many layers and possibilities to give a comprehensive listing. Let's pick ONE. Plain ALSA, without Pulseaudio or anyt

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread mick.crane
On 2022-08-17 18:50, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:27:25AM -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: The command to add a user to a group is:  useradd -G groupname[,groupname...] username For example:  useradd -G audio,pulsaudio bob Debian also allows "adduser username groupname". I sort

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:27:25AM -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: > The command to add a user to a group is:  useradd -G > groupname[,groupname...] username > > For example:  useradd -G audio,pulsaudio bob Debian also allows "adduser username groupname".

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
Thanks, I almost always get useradd and groupadd mixed up when I need to use them. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Wed, 17 Aug 2022, Bob McGowan wrote: > The command to a

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread Bob McGowan
The command to add a user to a group is:  useradd -G groupname[,groupname...] username For example:  useradd -G audio,pulsaudio bob On 8/17/22 10:21, Jude DaShiell wrote: the user that's doing this would need to be added to the audio group and maybe the pulseaudio group if that group exists.

Re: question about sound

2022-08-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
the user that's doing this would need to be added to the audio group and maybe the pulseaudio group if that group exists. The groupadd command can do that for the user but groupadd has to be used by root to get that done. Before doing any of that, a user can find what groups they're already in by

Re: question about sound

2018-08-07 Thread mick crane
On 2018-08-07 07:30, deloptes wrote: mick crane wrote: I'm not very good at sound. Sometimes if I watch an mp4 film the volume in parts is low but then there will become some sound event that is very loud. It is true that my hearing is not as it was but I don't think that is it. I'm not exactly

Re: question about sound

2018-08-06 Thread deloptes
mick crane wrote: > I'm not very good at sound. > Sometimes if I watch an mp4 film the volume in parts is low but then > there will become some sound event that is very loud. > It is true that my hearing is not as it was but I don't think that is > it. > I'm not exactly sure what controls "volume"

Re: question about sound

2018-08-06 Thread mick crane
On 2018-08-06 21:39, T BkRl wrote: It sounds like a limiter is what you need? Ah, OK seems like VLC might do it in the menu items tools - FROM: mick crane SENT: Monday, August 6, 2018 3:24 PM TO: Debian Users SUBJECT: question about sound hello, sorry is this is n

Re: question about sound

2018-08-06 Thread T BkRl
It sounds like a limiter is what you need? From: mick crane Sent: Monday, August 6, 2018 3:24 PM To: Debian Users Subject: question about sound hello, sorry is this is not on-topic I'm not very good at sound. Sometimes if I watch an mp4 film the volume in parts