Hi there,

I want to set up a scheduled audio recording from an external source, ie. FM radio, is there any app available for that purpose, or how do I do that in Ubuntu ? I want to record in MP3 and the length of few hours, thanks !

That's from here:
http://jordilin.wordpress.com/2006/0...-command-line/ It also tells you how exactly to set that up.

To set it to start at a certain time, use Gnome Scheduler to start the program when you want.

Oh that's look easy, will try, thanks !

There is some problem, I want to record a 2hr. program at 3pm, so I put this script to run on Gnome Schedule at 3pm :

arecord -f cd -d 7200 -t raw | lame -x -r – program1.mp3

When I come back home I see the script disappeared on the list, there is still 30min before the recording ends, but I don't see any recording at work, and the mp3 is no where to be found, am I missing something ? when run this script straight I got this error :

Could not find "program1.mp3".
Recording raw data 'stdin' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo


If I omit the "–" it said Could not find "program1.mp3...", it seems the syntax is not correct, but I just copy and paste, any idea ?

Try this:
If the problematic dash doesn't copy right, do this:
and copy the dash from "To read from stdin, use "-" for <infile>" in the Description section. It uses a certain dash/hyphen, so the one I posted (and was posted on that website) must have been formatted wrong (as might the one in the code above).

This should work now, though.

Yes that worked, but I can't set the alsamixer according to the original page, I am using the mic input but no matter how I set it I still can't get the signal, but the build in sound recorder worked flawlessly. I also tried the Audacity there is a timer recorder option, but it is fixed to start at Monday no matter how I change it, it seems there is a bug in it, and it crashes randomly.

What are you setting the alsamixer to?

I use tab key to select the mic input, but it shows 'MM' I think it means muted ? anyway now I use Audacity, the timer record worked, there is a bug displaying the start and end date, they are locked at Monday, but I can change it on the pull down only the display is wrong, after some trial and error now I managed to create a scheduled recording, and I've everything set the recording should start as expected.