Start Recording from Command Line

Special Interest Groups Recording Techniques
1

Is there any way to start a recording from a command line? I have a need to schedule a start recording at a specific time. End recording can be manual.

Thanks

Eric

2

See the “Timer Record” feature: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/timer_record.html

3

The timer start function is great when someone is around to set it up each time. What I am trying to do is to start the recording on a predetermined schedule without operator intervention because I have operators who forget to start the recording. I even have a popup window come up to tell them to start record but it typically is hidden behind another window and they don’t notice it in the task bar.

4

It would be far more simple to use a command line program (such as SoX (http://sox.sourceforge.net/)