zplay delay

Gero Guenther (gero@space-server.bln.sub.org)
Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:13:00 +0100


%% Michael R Gettes <gettes@Princeton.EDU> cited as 'Michael',
%% wrote @ Tue, 17 Oct 1995 12:26:28 +0000:

Michael> mgetty 0.22 using zplay with the following options:

Michael> -b '[933,0,12]' -C -r $record_file

Problem> the delay between the beep and the start of the recording
Michael> as about .75 seconds which means the person leaving a message
Michael> gets the first part of the message cut-off. I have reduced
Michael> the FAX_COMMAND_DELAY to 5 ms in hopes this would help, but
Michael> it does not (although it does speed up normal handling of the
Michael> modem).

Michael> Any suggestions?

YES:

because -T 0 does not work with -b
zplay -b '[933,0,12]' 
zplay -C -r $record_file