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"George" <st_gf37@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there any digital recorder, (and by that I mean anyone that
>>> records on a hard disk or RAM memory which could be then loaded on
>>> a PC), which can record continuously for 2 weeks - non stop?
>>>
>>> Preferably small.
>>
>> AFAIK the maximum length of a recording on a Nomad Jukebox 3
>> portable is primarily limited by disk space - which can easily reach
>> 60 GB. If you record using one of the low bitrate MP3 formats, the
>> data rate could be as low as 0.5 megs per minute or less. 60 GB
>> could then hold about 120,000 minutes of recorded audio. I believe
>> the resulting recording will span multiple files whose name is based
>> on a time-stamp related to when the particular segment file
>> commenced recording. I understand that there will be no
>> interruptions in the concatenation of these files.

> This may be a solution. Have you tried it yourself when you say that
> the length is limited by the hard disk. As others have mentioned, the
> file size is limited by the operating system or firmware.

No I haven't had to record somthing long enough to cause the generation of
mulitple files.

The files are limited in size as others have said, but the NJB3
automatically creates a new file when the old one gets too large.
 

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Hi,

I am afraid this is not true. ie that all portables start a new file
when the current gets big. I had an Ipod 40GB and could only write
upto a 2GB file, then it freezes.
Thats the problem..
 
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In article <b49df8f8.0502230442.625638e8@posting.google.com>,
George <st_gf37@hotmail.com> wrote:
>8Kbps I have tried but gives distorted sound. The min acceptable I found is 16Kbps.

It's all a matter of tradeoffs. You can get better sound or you can get
longer running time. If you're recording police calls, you may want better
fidelity in order to catch off-mike chatter, than you would want if you
were recording a competing broadcast station where all you needed to do
was identify the songs.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
 
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"George" <st_gf37@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> Is there any digital recorder, (and by that I mean anyone that records
>> on a hard disk or RAM memory which could be then loaded on a PC),
>> which can record continuosly for 2 weeks - non stop?

Yes, consider our PDAudio recorder running Gidluck Mastering's Live2496.
It's likely that it can be configured to record for that long.

There's already version of lIve2496 that will soon be used for recording
continuously for short intervals, unattended, over three or four days.


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Len Moskowitz PDAudio, Binaural Mics, Cables, DPA, M-Audio
Core Sound http://www.stealthmicrophones.com
Teaneck, New Jersey USA http://www.core-sound.com
moskowit@core-sound.com Tel: 201-801-0812, FAX: 201-801-0912
 
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George <st_gf37@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I am afraid this is not true. ie that all portables start a new file
>when the current gets big. I had an Ipod 40GB and could only write
>upto a 2GB file, then it freezes.
>Thats the problem..

And when the ones that can start new files do so, they lose data during
that interval.

All, that is, except PDAudio running Gidluck Mastering's Live2496.

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Len Moskowitz PDAudio, Binaural Mics, Cables, DPA, M-Audio
Core Sound http://www.stealthmicrophones.com
Teaneck, New Jersey USA http://www.core-sound.com
moskowit@core-sound.com Tel: 201-801-0812, FAX: 201-801-0912