[TriLUG] Digital Video Recorders: advice

Andrew Perrin clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu
Wed Sep 14 14:01:14 EDT 2005


But I assume the included olympus software doesn't run on Linux, right?

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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu


On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Carl Crider wrote:

> You can use the included Olympus software to convert the DSS file into a WAV
> file, this option
> is given when moving the file from the recorder to your hard drive.
> Then use Audacity, or whatever sound editor to convert to any other format
> you may need.
>
> The Olympus DS-2 is a great tool.
>
> There are some good tutorials here:
> www.audioactivism.org<http://www.audioactivism.org>
>
>
> On 9/14/05, Andrew Perrin <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > I could use some advice for an upcoming project for which I will need
> > several portable audio recorders. I could just use cassette, but would
> > prefer to take the opportunity to move to a better, electronic system for
> > archiving. These will be recordings of public meetings as well as
> > interviews one-on-one.
> >
> > The ideal device, from my point of view, would:
> > - Record in a generall-available format (e.g., mp3, ogg, etc.);
> > - Have removeable media (xd, sd, ...);
> > - Have long battery life; and
> > - Be extremely reliable.
> >
> > Any advice? Olympus looks good but they mostly use DSS format which seems
> > useless. I was looking too at the iriver T-30 1GB, but it doesn't have
> > removeable media.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andy
> >
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