Re: [Alsa-user] question about quality of recordings

[Bram M. <bra...@li...>]

On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 17:49 +0000, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> Bram Mertens wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > What would be the difference in quality between recording from a CD
> > using a tool like cdparanoia and recording through a SB Live Platinum's
> > Live Drive optical in?
> > 
> > What tool can/should I use for the second?
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > Bram
> 
> Using a SB Live, the DSP will resample the 44.1khz digital from the CD
> to 48khz, and then you could record at either 44.1khz or 48khz.
> With the latest copy protection methods, the optical in method will
> probably get rid of all the clicks you might get from the cdparanoia method.

Great that's exactly what I'm looking for!

What app do you recomend for the recording/resampling? arecord?

TIA
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