From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 12 17: 9:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB24C14E4C for ; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 17:09:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA27234; Sat, 13 Mar 1999 11:38:48 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id LAA06433; Sat, 13 Mar 1999 11:38:47 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19990313113847.Q429@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 11:38:47 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Chuck , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DAT recommendations, audio + backup References: <199903122245.RAA00533@capecod.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199903122245.RAA00533@capecod.net>; from Chuck on Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 05:45:17PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday, 12 March 1999 at 17:45:17 -0500, Chuck wrote: > Newbie question from one who would like to upgrade backup tape from > a Travan 4 to a DAT, but mainly to copy audio DATs. > > 1. Is every computer backup DAT able to read any audio DAT? No. I don't know of any DDS drive which can read DAT. > 2. Can audio DATs be written using a computer backup DAT? Again, not that I know of. > 3. Do the tapes differ in any way, audio vs. backup? Yes. They're encoded differently. If you look at the underside of a DDS cartridge, you'll see a number of small holes of differing depth on the rear edge (away from the drum). These tell the drive what kind of cartridges. > 4. Any leads to usable FreeBSD audio editing software? No. You could take a look in the Ports Collection. You might also like to bounce this message off FreeBSD-multimedia. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message