From e740fee3ea7e696ead6065066cdaa8ce2a3eae1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Taylor Holberton Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 11:08:43 -0400 Subject: added tinycap man page --- utils/tinycap.1 | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+) create mode 100644 utils/tinycap.1 (limited to 'utils') diff --git a/utils/tinycap.1 b/utils/tinycap.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7837bb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/utils/tinycap.1 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.TH TINYCAP 1 "October 2, 2016" "tinycap" "TinyALSA" + +.SH NAME +tinycap \- captures audio from an audio device + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B tinycap\fR [ \fIfile\fR ] [ \fIoptions\fR ] + +.SH Description + +\fBtinycap\fR can record audio from an audio device to a wav file or standard output (as raw samples). +Options can be used to specify various hardware parameters to open the PCM with. + +.SH OPTIONS + +.TP +\fB\-D\fR \fIcard\fR +Card number of the PCM. + +.TP +\fB\-d\fR \fIdevice\fR +Device number of the PCM. + +.TP +\fB\-c\fR \fIchannels\fR +Number of channels the PCM will have. + +.TP +\fB\-r\fR \fIrate\fR +Number of frames per second of the PCM. + +.TP +\fB\-b\fR \fIbits\fR +Number of bits per sample the PCM will have. +.TP +\fB\-p\fR \fIperiod_size\fR +Number of frames in a period. + +.TP +\fB\-n\fR \fIperiods\fR +Number of periods the PCM will have. + +.TP +\fB\-t\fR \fIseconds\fR +Number of seconds to record audio. + +.SH SIGNALS + +When capturing audio, SIGINT will stop the recording and close the file. + +.SH EXAMPLES + +.TP +\fBtinycap output.wav\fR +Records a file called output.wav until an interupt signal is caught. + +.TP +\fBtinycap output.wav -D 1 -t 2 +Records a file called output.wav from card 1 for two seconds or until an interupt signal is caught. + +.TP +\fBtinycap -- -t 3 +Records to standard output for three seconds or until an interupt signal is caught. + +.SH BUGS + +Please report bugs to https://github.com/tinyalsa/tinyalsa/issues. + +.SH SEE ALSO + +.BR tinyplay(1), +.BR tinymix(1), +.BR tinypcminfo(1) + +.SH AUTHORS +Simon Wilson +.P +For a complete list of authors, visit the project page at https://github.com/tinyalsa/tinyalaa. + -- cgit v1.2.3