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- datman - play and record audio tapes in DAT drive
- datman -cd - play audio CD in CD-ROM drive through audio hardware
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- _D_A_T_m_a_n is a program for playing audio tapes and CDs. When called as
- ddddaaaattttmmmmaaaannnn it works as a tape recorder. When the ----ccccdddd option is specified,
- _D_A_T_m_a_n works as a CD player.
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- DDDDAAAATTTTmmmmaaaannnn ----ccccdddd
- _D_A_T_m_a_n -_c_d plays audio CDs that are loaded in the CD-ROM drive. The
- audio data is read from the CD via the SCSI bus and is played through the
- 16-bit audio hardware of recent IRIS systems. _D_A_T_m_a_n -_c_d can also copy
- audio data into disc files.*
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- _D_A_T_m_a_n -_c_d is different from _c_d_h_e_a_d_p_h_o_n_e_s(_2) which operates the CD-ROM
- drive as a CD player, playing the audio through the headphone and line-
- out jacks of the CD-ROM drive.
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- _D_A_T_m_a_n plays and records digital audio tapes on the 4mm DAT drive. The
- tapes are compatible with those used in commercial DAT recorders. The
- audio data is read from the DAT via the SCSI bus and is played through
- the 16-bit audio hardware of recent IRIS systems. _D_A_T_m_a_n can also copy
- audio data to disc files and can record audio data from disc files.*
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- * Subject to copyright laws.
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- ----aaaalllleeeerrrrtttt _s_o_u_n_d_f_i_l_e
- specifies an alternate sound to use as the alert when error dialogue
- boxes are popped up. The file must be an AIFF or AIFF-C file.
- _D_A_T_m_a_n searches for the file in the directory
- /_u_s_r/_s_h_a_r_e/_d_a_t_a/_s_o_u_n_d_s/_p_r_o_s_o_n_u_s. To specify a file somewhere else
- you must give the full path name.
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- ----ddddbbbbccccddddiiiirrrr _d_i_r
- specifies the directory in which to write new music catalog entries.
- It defaults to ~/._c_d_d_b.
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- ----ddddbbbbppppaaaatttthhhh _d_i_r,_d_i_r,...
- specifies a set of directories to search for music catalog
- information. It defaults to ~/._c_d_d_b.
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- ----ddddeeeevvvv _d_e_v_i_c_e
- specifies the particular CD-ROM or DAT device to use, for example:
- /_d_e_v/_s_c_s_i/_s_c_0_d_3_l_0 or /_d_e_v/_m_t/_t_p_s_0_d_2_n_s_v.
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- ----ssssmmmm displays only the transport control section of the window.
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- ----nnnnooooffffoooorrrrkkkk
- causes _D_A_T_m_a_n to not fork itself into the background.
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- ----nnnnooooffffrrrraaaammmmeeeessss
- causes _D_A_T_m_a_n to start up with timecode frame display disabled.
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- causes _D_A_T_m_a_n to start up with timecode frame display enabled.
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- _D_A_T_m_a_n operates like many commercial CD and DAT players. Most operations
- are straight forward. See the on-line help for full information. A few
- operations need explanation. The _P_r_e_v _P_r_o_g button moves the current
- location to the start of the current program. If play is within 2
- seconds (on the CD, on DAT it is within approximately 10 seconds) of the
- start of the program, the _P_r_e_v _P_r_o_g button moves the current location to
- the start of the previous program.
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- Random searchs may be accomplished using the _C_u_e button. To search for a
- specific program number, type the program number into the program number
- field of the display and press the _E_n_t_e_r key or click the left mouse
- button over the _C_u_e button. Searches to particular locations in timecode
- may be made in a similar manner by typing the desired location into one
- of the timecode fields.
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- _D_A_T_m_a_n has three timecode displays. The type of timecode shown in each
- display can be selected using the option button below the display.
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- CDs have two time codes stored on them: _a_b_s_o_l_u_t_e time and _p_r_o_g_r_a_m time.
- Timecodes are stored as three values: minutes, seconds and frames.
- Absolute time is a continuously incrementing time code starting from zero
- at the start of the disc. Program time is time code that increments from
- 0 at the start of each program (aka track) on the CD. _D_A_T_m_a_n -_c_d can
- also compute and display the _r_e_m_a_i_n_i_n_g time. That is the time left to
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- DATs can have as many as three time codes recorded on them: _a_b_s_o_l_u_t_e
- time, _p_r_o_g_r_a_m time and _r_u_n_n_i_n_g time. It is permissible and probable that
- no time codes will be recorded on the tape. Timecodes are stored as four
- values: hours, minutes, seconds and frames. Absolute time is a
- continuously incrementing time code starting from zero at the start of
- the tape. Program time is time code that increments from 0 at the start
- of each program (aka track) on the tape. Running time is a continuously
- incrementing time code starting from some arbitrary value at the start of
- the tape. A variation of running time is used to record SMPTE time code.
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- To record to a file from CD or DAT, select _O_p_e_n "_R_e_c_o_r_d _T_o" _f_i_l_e from the
- file menu. This will bring up a small recording control window, with
- buttons to turn file recording on and off ("file record" and "file
- stop"). When the CD or DAT is playing while "file record" is pressed,
- DATman will be writing to the current file. Multiple "clips" of sound may
- be appended into the same file by going back and forth between the "file
- record" and "file stop" modes. Select _C_l_o_s_e _f_i_l_e when done. The popup
- window will ask you to confirm that you wish to close the file. Once the
- file has been closed, nothing more can be appended to it.
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- _D_A_T_m_a_n can make recordings compatible with commercial DAT recorders. DAT
- supports three sample rates: 48kHz, 44.1kHz and 32 kHz. _D_A_T_m_a_n will not
- record at any other sample rate. _D_A_T_m_a_n can record from either the audio
- hardware or from an AIFC file on hard disc. When the input source is the
- audio hardware, the actual source and sample rate are set via the _A_u_d_i_o
- _C_o_n_t_r_o_l _P_a_n_e_l (see _a_p_a_n_e_l(_1)). When the source is a disc file, the file
- content determines the sample rate.
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- To record from a file, select _O_p_e_n "_R_e_c_o_r_d _F_r_o_m" _f_i_l_e from the file menu.
- All recordings made with the file open will start from the beginning of
- the file, and proceed until either the entire file is recorded to DAT, or
- "Stop" is pressed. When done, select _C_l_o_s_e "_R_e_c_o_r_d _F_r_o_m" _f_i_l_e from the
- File menu.
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- At present _D_A_T_m_a_n has only limited support for recording subcodes. It
- records absolute time code, program numbers and start-IDs. When the
- record button is pressed _D_A_T_m_a_n determines the current location in
- absolute time code and current program number. It increments the program
- number and records the new program number and the start-id bit for the
- first 300 frames. It increments absolute time every frame and records it.
- If the tape is at the beginning, _D_A_T_m_a_n records a program number of one
- and resets absolute time to zero. When _D_A_T_m_a_n detects more than 2
- seconds of silence during recording, it automatically increments the
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- The music catalog stores titles, artists and program information for CD
- and DAT tapes. When a CD or DAT is inserted in the drive, _D_A_T_m_a_n
- searches the music catalog for an entry containing catalog information
- for that recording. If it finds one, it displays the information in its
- large display panel. Data from the recording's table of contents is used
- as the key for searching the music catalog. Very few DATs (even pre-
- recorded ones) have a table of contents so _D_A_T_m_a_n will only rarely be
- able to match a tape.
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- New information is added to the catalog simply by typing it into the
- appropriate fields of _D_A_T_m_a_n'_s display. The catalog currently holds the
- title of the recording, the artist's name and a title for each program on
- the recording. _D_A_T_m_a_n allows you to enter a different artist name for
- each program. The artist name for program one becomes the artist name
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- for the whole recording. It will be displayed for all programs without a
- per-program artist name. If an artist name is entered for any program
- other than one, it will be displayed only while that program is played.
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- The format of the music catalog is different from that previously used by
- _c_d_p_l_a_y_e_r(_1) in order to facilitate creation of shared, distributed music
- catalogs. Existing catalogs can be converted to the new format using the
- command _c_d_d_b_c_v_t(_1).
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- When looking for a catalog entry, _D_A_T_m_a_n searches a list of directories.
- The default list is the single directory ~/._c_d_d_b. An alternate list can
- be specified by either a command line option, an X resource or the shell
- environment variable CDDB_PATH. The command line overrides the X
- resource which overrides the environment variable. All of these methods
- take as their value, a string which is a comma-separated list of
- directories.
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- When _D_A_T_m_a_n needs to create a new music catalog entry, it has to pick a
- single directory. The default directory is ~/._c_d_d_b. An alternate
- directory can be specified by either a command line option, an X resource
- or the shell environment variable CDDB_WRITE_DIR. The command line
- overrides the X resource which overrides the environment variable.
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- All the command line options can also be set via X resources. A command
- line option will override the corresponding X resource setting. The
- class name is DDDDAAAATTTTmmmmaaaannnn. The instance name is the program name so it's
- either ddddaaaattttmmmmaaaannnn or ccccddddmmmmaaaannnn. _D_A_T_m_a_n recognizes the following resources.
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- aaaalllleeeerrrrtttt takes a string specifying the name of the sound file to use as
- the alert tone. The default is _i_n_s_t_r/_d_r_m__c_l_a_v_e._a_i_f_f.
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- aaaauuuuttttooooFFFFoooorrrrkkkk is a boolean specifying whether _D_A_T_m_a_n should fork itself into
- the background. The default is _T_r_u_e.
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- ccccddddppppllllaaaayyyyeeeerrrr is a boolean specifying whether _D_A_T_m_a_n should work as a CD
- player. The default is _F_a_l_s_e.
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- ddddaaaattttaaaabbbbaaaasssseeeeCCCCDDDDiiiirrrr
- takes a string which is the path name of the directory in
- which to create new music catalog entries.
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- ddddaaaattttaaaabbbbaaaasssseeeePPPPaaaatttthhhh
- takes a string which is a comma-separated list of directories
- to search for music catalog entries.
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- ddddeeeevvvviiiicccceeee is the device to use. As a DAT player the default is
- /_d_e_v/_n_r_t_a_p_e. As a CD player the default is _N_U_L_L. This
- default makes _D_A_T_m_a_n -_c_d use the first CD-ROM drive found by
- _g_e_t_i_n_v_e_n_t(_2).
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- ssssmmmmaaaallllllllDDDDiiiissssppppllllaaaayyyy
- is a boolean specifying whether the window should show just
- the small transport control section or the full _D_A_T_m_a_n
- display. The default is _F_a_l_s_e.
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- ffffrrrraaaammmmeeeessss is a boolean specifying whether the application should display
- frames by default. The default is _F_a_l_s_e.
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- ~/.cddb default music catalog
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- The music catalog feature is not yet implemented for tapes. _D_A_T_m_a_n does
- not yet make the necessary corrections to the frame number when
- displaying SMPTE time code recorded in the running time field.
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- cddbcvt(1), cdplayer(1), CDintro(3A), DTintro(3A)
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- Mark Callow
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- The author is indebted to Doug Cook and Erik Fortune for their enormous
- contributions to DATman.
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