Re: [ecasound] adding several seconds of silence at the end - is it possible ?

[Sergei S. <ser...@ya...>]

--- On Fri, 8/22/08, Sergei Steshenko <ser...@ya...> wrote:

> From: Sergei Steshenko <ser...@ya...>
> Subject: Re: [ecasound] adding several seconds of silence at the end - is it possible ?
> To: "Julien Claassen" <ju...@c-...>
> Cc: eca...@li...
> Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 11:11 AM
> --- On Thu, 8/21/08, Julien Claassen <ju...@c-...>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Julien Claassen <ju...@c-...>
> > Subject: Re: [ecasound] adding several seconds of
> silence at the end - is it possible ?
> > To: "Sergei Steshenko"
> <ser...@ya...>
> > Cc: eca...@li...
> > Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 1:07 AM
> > Hello Sergei!
> >    It is possible. Adding silence. I don't 100%
> know if
> > this does it (but 
> > there's a second solution down there):
> > length of input is 10s
> > ecasound -i input -o output -t:15.000 [ladspa_plugin]
> > -t controls how long ecasound is running, if the -t
> value
> > is longer than the 
> > length of your file in seconds, there will be silence
> > afterwards. If this 
> > works at all, add the -t before your ladspa_plugin.
> >    Second solution:
> > ecasound -i input -o output_file -t:15
> > ecasound output_file -o output [ladspa_plugin]
> >    This I used myself while processing files.
> >    Kindest regards
> >           Hi
> > 
> > --------
> > Music was my first love and it will be my last (John
> Miles)
> > 
> > ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ========
> > http://ltsb.sourceforge.net
> > the Linux TextBased Studio guide
> > ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: =======
> > http://www.juliencoder.de
> 
> Hi Julien,
> 
> somehow missed your answer, but later found it - thanks.
> 
> I guess I'd rather go with your first suggestion, this
> is because I
> need that silence not only on output file, but while also
> listening
> in real time.
> 
> Invoking ecasound for the second time, as your second
> solution requires,
> will introduce a pause, and the pause is not good for real
> time listening.
> 
> The first solution is not very convenient because I need to
> know audio
> length of every file I play.
> 
> Luckily, I have just discovered
> 
> metaflac --show-total-samples INPUT.flac
> 
> , so I'll try to automate play time calculation based
> on the above.
> 
> Thanks again,
>   Sergei.
> 
> 

Alas, the -t <needed_time> doesn't work - output .wav file size remains the
same.

Thanks,
  Sergei.