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Old 05-03-2012
arecord not interrupted after specified duration

I have used the arecord command like this
arecord -d 1 test.wav
It is keep on waiting. I need to manually interrupt it by ctrl-c. Why it is not interrupting after one second?
The arecord version which I am using is :
arecord: version 1.0.23 by Jaroslav Kysela
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Old 05-03-2012
Did it manage to record any audio, or was it just waiting, not recording?
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Old 05-04-2012
It was just waiting.
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Old 05-08-2012
Sounds like something was holding you sound card busy, then. Or the program was trying to use the wrong sound card -- sometimes the default ends up being a modem or something...
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