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    <title>Sound Recorder Manual V2.5</title>       

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      <year>2002</year>
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      <para>Sound Recorder is a simple application to record and play different sound files</para>
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    <revhistory>
      <revision> 
			<revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.5</revnumber> 
			<date>Febrièr de 2004</date> 
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	  			<para role="author">Còla Sun de documentacion de GNOME</para>
	  			<para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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      <revision> 
			<revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.4</revnumber> 
			<date>Setembre de 2003</date> 
			<revdescription> 
	  			<para role="author">Còla Sun de documentacion de GNOME</para>
	  			<para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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      </revision>
      <revision> 
			<revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.3</revnumber> 
			<date>Genièr de 2003</date> 
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	  			<para role="author">Còla Sun de documentacion de GNOME</para>
	  			<para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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      <revision> 
			<revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.2</revnumber> 
			<date>Agost de 2002</date> 
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	  			<para role="author">Còla Sun de documentacion de GNOME</para>
	  			<para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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      <revision> 
			<revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.1</revnumber> 
			<date>Junh de 2002</date> 
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	  			<para role="author">Còla Sun de documentacion de GNOME</para>
	  			<para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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      </revision>
      <revision> 
			<revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.0</revnumber> 
			<date>Mai de 2002</date> 
			<revdescription> 
	  			<para role="author">Còla Sun de documentacion de GNOME</para>
	  			<para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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      </revision> 
    </revhistory> 

    <releaseinfo>This manual describes version 2.5.2 of Sound Recorder.
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      <title>Feedback</title> 
      <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the Sound Recorder application or this manual, follow the directions in the <ulink url="ghelp:gnome-feedback" type="help">GNOME Feedback Page</ulink>. 
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  <indexterm> 
    <primary>Sound Recorder</primary> 
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<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->

  <sect1 id="grecord-introduction"> 
    <title>Introduccion</title> 
    <para>The <application>Sound Recorder</application> application enables you
    to record and play <filename>.flac</filename>, <filename>.ogg</filename>
    (OGG audio, or <filename>.oga</filename>), and <filename>.wav</filename>
    sound files.</para>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="grecord-getting-started">
    <title>Per començar</title> 

    <para>You can start <application>Sound Recorder</application> in the following ways:
    </para> 
    <variablelist>
    	<varlistentry>
    		<term><guilabel>Application</guilabel> menu</term>
    		<listitem>
                  <para>Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Sound Recorder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para> 
    		</listitem>
    	</varlistentry>
    	<varlistentry>
    		<term>Linha de comanda</term>
    		<listitem>
    		<para>Execute the following command: <command>gnome-sound-recorder</command></para>
    		<para> 		 
    		</para> 
    		</listitem>
    	</varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para>When you start <application>Sound Recorder</application>, the following window is displayed.</para>

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	<title>Sound Recorder Window</title> 
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	    <textobject> 
	      <phrase>Shows Sound Recorder main window. Contains menubar, toolbar, progress bar, and statusbar. </phrase> 
	    </textobject> 
	  </mediaobject> 
	</screenshot> 
      </figure>
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  </sect1>

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  <sect1 id="grecord-usage"> 
    <title>Utilizacion</title>

    <sect2 id="grecord-record">
    	<title>To Start a New Recording</title>
    	<para>To start a new recording session, perform the following steps:</para> 
    	<orderedlist>
    		<listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>
    		<listitem><para>Use the <guilabel>Record as</guilabel> drop-down list to select one of the following recording options: </para>
                <itemizedlist>
                  <listitem>
                    <para><guilabel>CD Quality, Lossless</guilabel></para>
                  </listitem>
                  <listitem>
                    <para><guilabel>CD Quality, Lossy</guilabel></para>
                  </listitem>
                  <listitem>
                    <para><guilabel>Votz</guilabel></para>
                  </listitem>
                </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
    		<listitem><para>To start recording, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu><guimenuitem>Record</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>
    		<listitem><para>To stop recording, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu><guimenuitem>Stop</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>
    		<listitem><para>To play back the recording, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu><guimenuitem>Play</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>To run the audio mixer, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
		      <guimenuitem>Open Volume Control</guimenuitem>
		    </menuchoice>.</para></listitem>
    		<listitem><para>To save the recording, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then type a name for the sound file.</para></listitem>    		
    	</orderedlist>
    </sect2>
 
    <sect2 id="grecord-play">
    	<title>To Play a Sound File</title>
    	<para>To play a sound file, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Select a sound file in the <guilabel>Open a file</guilabel> dialog, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. <application>Sound Recorder</application> displays the duration of the file in minutes and seconds below the progress bar. To play the file, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Play</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The progress indicator moves along the progress bar as the sound file is playing. </para> 
    </sect2>  
 
    <sect2 id="grecord-props">
    	<title>To Display the Properties of a File</title>
    	<para>To display the properties of a file, choose 
		<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>File Information</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. <application>Sound Recorder</application> displays the following information about the file:</para>
        <variablelist>
          <varlistentry>
            <term><guilabel>Entresenhas sul fichièr</guilabel></term>
            <listitem>
              <para><guilabel>Folder</guilabel> displays the name of the folder in which the file is located.</para>
              <para><guilabel>Filename</guilabel> displays the name of the file.</para>
              <para><guilabel>File size</guilabel> displays the size of the file.</para>
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>
          <varlistentry>
            <term><guilabel>Audio Information</guilabel></term>
            <listitem>
              <para><guilabel>Song length</guilabel> displays the length of the audio data in the file.</para>
              <para><guilabel>Number of channels</guilabel> displays the number of channels on which the audio data was recorded.</para>
              <para><guilabel>Sample rate</guilabel> displays the sample rate at which the audio data was recorded.</para>
              <para><guilabel>Bit rate</guilabel> displays the bit rate at which the audio data was recorded.</para>
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
 
    </sect2>  
    
  </sect1>

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