Re: [Tlf-devel] short confirmation

[Thomas Beierlein]

Am Sat, 2 Jul 2016 14:13:01 -0500
schrieb Nate Bargmann <address@hidden>:

> We conspired.  Ha!

I guessed so. Feel free to do again...

> One thing I am starting to tackle is using CAT PTT via Hamlib.  I hope
> to get something working by this weekend's HF Championship to see how
> it works.  I have modified the vk_play script locally to use aplay
> instead of play as I'm using ALSA with PulseAudio.  To direct the
> sound to the right adapter I use the GUI PA Volume Control program.
> I should probably do a bit more work to determine the correct command
> line options and include them in the script to make it a bit more
> bomb proof.

Very well. That was the idea of realising it as a script. So you can
adapt it to your personal needs.
> 
> I seem to recall that the recording feature of Tlf depends on the OSS
> drivers.  Perhaps we should look into adding ALSA support since it is
> ubiquitous on Linux these days.
> 
Not quite. The recording of the voice keyer messages gets done by the
external 'rec' command from the sox package. Contest recording itself
uses also an external script (scripts/soundlog) atm also based on rec.
Finally playback is handled by 'play'.  (see audio.c for details).

What still is done with OSS and needs a rewrite to ALSA is the whole
suite of scanning functions (in same file). But I am not sure if that
functions are really needed or should better be done by an external
program.

73, de Tom.


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