[FFmpeg-user] How to terminate cleanly a recording on Windows

[Verachten Bruno]

The audio device does not have the same name under cmd.exe, but the "q" key
worked.
C:\Utilisateurs\fr20445>ffmpeg.exe -f dshow -i audio="Réseau de microphones
(Rea
ltek " -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 1 -ar 16000 1.wav
ffmpeg version N-50911-g9efcfbe Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg
developers
  built on Mar 13 2013 21:26:48 with gcc 4.7.2 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads
--enable-av
isynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls
--enab
le-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype
--enable-libg
sm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb
--enable-libo
pencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp
--enable-li
bschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora
--enable-lib
twolame --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis
--enabl
e-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
  libavutil      52. 19.100 / 52. 19.100
  libavcodec     55.  0.100 / 55.  0.100
  libavformat    55.  0.100 / 55.  0.100
  libavdevice    54.  4.100 / 54.  4.100
  libavfilter     3. 45.103 /  3. 45.103
  libswscale      2.  2.100 /  2.  2.100
  libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
  libpostproc    52.  2.100 / 52.  2.100
[dshow @ 020bab80] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Guessed Channel Layout for  Input Stream #0.0 : stereo
Input #0, dshow, from 'audio=R├®seau de microphones (Realtek ':
  Duration: N/A, start: 53125.388000, bitrate: 1411 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 1411 kb/s
Output #0, wav, to '1.wav':
  Metadata:
    ISFT            : Lavf55.0.100
    Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 16000 Hz, mono,
s16,
256 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (pcm_s16le -> pcm_s16le)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size=     234kB time=00:00:07.51 bitrate= 255.6kbits/s
video:0kB audio:234kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead
0.033338%

Thanks a bunch.

Bruno

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:28 AM Verachten Bruno <gounthar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for trying Matteo,
>
> I'm using Cygwin on Windows 7.
> I will give a try at cmd.exe.
>
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 11:28 AM Matteo Contrini <matteo at contrini.it>
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020, at 12:05 PM, Verachten Bruno wrote:
>> > I haven't tried this particular command under Linux, but usually hitting
>> > "q" ends the recording properly.
>> > On Windows, "q" seems to do nothing, and CTRL+C ends the process, but
>> not
>> > at the right time. Most of the time, I miss the end of the recording. My
>> > recordings are just a few seconds long.
>>
>> I've just tried your command on Windows 10 version 2004 with Windows
>> Terminal 1.0.1401.0 and I have no problems. Pressing 'q' ends the recording
>> correctly.
>>
>> Which terminal/console are you using?
>>
>> --
>> Matteo
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>


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Bruno Verachten