It will be some variation of the DVD-Video Audio standard. Extracting it to be usable for realy audio editing will add an additional step. You also will not have a way to set levels as I'm betting the levels will simply auto adjust. While this may work and be simple it will be far from producing the best quality recordings. Why not use a small portable unit like a MicroTrack or R9?
I'm not looking to trade at all. This is purely for archiving for the club, or to give the band after the set.
Why not use a computer? Well, I'm not there, and I don't want to deal with computer files after the fact either.
I'm just looking for a turnkey system that anyone (bar staff, soundguy, or whoever) can turn on and leave running. I might consider a standalone CD recorder, but that is much more expensive. Plus, having a (stationary field) video might be useful as an archive too, or maybe to put a song on Youtube or something like that.
If I want the show, I'll get up there with another set of mics, or put an R09 or something on the line out of the preamp.
Thanks for the help though...
Richard