The following options may be used with the aurecord program:
-audioservername
The Network Audio System server from which the file should be recorded.
-fileformat
The file format to be used for the recorded audio data. The -? option will display a list of
valid file formats. The default file format is Sun/NeXT.
-dataformat
The data format to be used for the recorded audio data. The -? option will display a list of
valid data formats. Note that each file format may only support selected data formats. The
default data format is 8-bit uLAW.
-ratesamplerate
The sampling rate (in hertz) for the recording. The default rate is 8000 Hz.
-modeinputmode
Some Network Audio System servers may have different input amplification modes for microphone
input versus line level input. This option allows the amplification mode to be specified. The
two modes available are "mic" for microphone input and "line" for line level input. The default
mode is "mic".
-gaininputgain
The input gain level in percent. The default is 75%.
-timeseconds
The time, in seconds, for the recording. If this option is not used, aurecord will record until
a SIGINT or SIGTERM signal is received.
-commentcomment
A comment to be stored in the data file.
-? Displays a usage message and a list of supported file and data formats.