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- README
-
- Total Recorder Standard Edition Version 3.4
- Copyright (C) 1998-2002 High Criteria, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- CONTENTS
-
- Overview
- - Standard Edition Introduction
- - What's new with version 3.4?
- - What's new with version 3.3?
- - System Requirements
- - Program Restrictions
- Installing and Configuring
- - Package Content
- - Specific Information for Windows NT
- - Specific Information for Windows 2000 and Windows XP
- - Installation Steps
- - Configuring Total Recorder
- Registering Total Recorder
- Uninstalling Total Recorder
- Technical Support
-
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- OVERVIEW
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- Standard Edition INTRODUCTION
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- Total Recorder is a sound recording and playing program. It records
- analog sound digitized by a sound card, as well as sound generated,
- or requested, by other computer programs, such as RealPlayer, Windows
- Media Player, Quick Time, WinAmp, and many others. Recorded sound is
- saved in wave-file format or you can use external programs to save
- recorded sound using MP3 format.
-
- For example, you can use Total Recorder to record:
- - audio from the Internet, either audio files or live streams
- - music from a game program
- - a conversation, if you use an Internet telephony program.
-
- Total Recorder uses a virtual sound driver to capture the sound output
- from another program. By installing this driver, and setting this
- device as the default, different sound reproducing programs send their
- output stream to Total Recorder's driver and not to the driver of a
- real device. Total Recorder then passes the information to the sound
- card driver.
-
- Total Recorder has a built-in scheduler. This allows you to
- automatically record a show at a given time for later playback or you
- can use the scheduler as an alarm. Note that this latter function does
- not require registration.
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- WHAT'S NEW WITH VERSION 3.4?
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- In addition to maintenance, Version 3.4 includes the following changes:
- - The ability to regulate the level of sound being recorded from a
- software source.
- - Total Recorder can preserve pauses in a recording.
- - The incompatibility with Lame encoder versions 3.90 and 3.91 is
- resolved.
- - A frequency for writing cached data can be set. This can help prevent
- clicks and gaps in recordings.
- - Diagnostic tools are enhanced.
- - Compatibility with some software has been improved.
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- WHAT'S NEW WITH VERSION 3.3?
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- In addition to maintenance, Version 3.3 includes the following changes:
- - The sound level for each channel is displayed separately.
- - The ability to schedule a job to run on weekdays or weekends.
- - Version 3.3 is compatible with Windows XP.
- - Other minor improvements.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
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- To use Total Recorder, you need the following:
- - an IBM compatible computer
- - a sound card
- - Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME (Millennium Edition), or 2000, or
- Windows NT 4.0 or Windows XP.
-
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- PROGRAM RESTRICTIONS
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- Total Recorder cannot record sound reproduced by DOS programs
- executing in DOS sessions.
-
- Total Recorder can record only one output and one input sound stream at
- a time. If a sound card allows simultaneous output of several
- wave-streams and can mix these streams itself, then Total Recorder can
- only record one of these streams.
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- INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING
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- PACKAGE CONTENT
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- Total Recorder is shipped via the Internet, as a self-extracting
- (tr34se.exe) or regular (tr34se.zip) archive, and consists of the
- files listed below. The following table indicates each file name, a
- description, and the environments in which each file is required.
-
- File Description Required on Required on
- ---- ----------- Windows 95/98/Me Windows 2000/NT 4/ XP
- TotalRecorder.exe - Total Recorder program Yes Yes
- TotRecSched.exe - scheduler program No Yes
- DrvTR95M.drv - device driver Yes No
- DrvTRNTM.dll - device driver No Yes
- DrvTR95L.dll - device driver library Yes No
- DrvTRNTL.dll - device driver library No Yes
- DrvTR95.vxd - virtual device driver Yes No
- DrvTR95.inf - driver installation file Yes No
- OEMSETUP.inf - driver installation file No Yes
- TotalRecorder.hlp - help file Yes Yes
- TotalRecorder.cnt - help content file Yes Yes
- Setup.exe - install/uninstall program Yes Yes
- DrInst.exe - driver install/uninstall Yes No
- program
- License.txt - license agreement file Yes Yes
- Readme.txt - read-me first file Yes Yes
- TotalRecorder.doc - documentation Yes Yes
- Registration.txt - registration form Yes Yes
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- SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR WINDOWS NT
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- To install Total Recorder on Windows NT, you need the "Load and Unload
- Device Drivers" user right. Normally, only administrative users have
- this right.
-
- To use the Total Recorder program, you do not need any special rights.
- However, the Total Recorder setup program changes settings only for the
- user who installed the program. Any other user must manual set the
- Total Recorder driver as a preferred device (see
- "Installing/Uninstalling the Total Recorder Driver Manually").
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- SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 and WINDOWS XP
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- Windows 2000 and Windows XP are members of the Windows NT product family.
- All of the information in the previous section ("Installing Total Recorder
- in a Windows NT Environment") applies to Windows 2000 and to Windows XP.
-
- If you are planning to upgrade your Windows 95/98 system to Windows
- 2000 or Windows XP, you must take the following steps:
- 1. Before upgrading your Windows environment, uninstall Total Recorder.
- 2. After the upgrade is complete, reinstall Total Recorder.
- 3. Re-register Total Recorder. Have you registration information
- available.
-
- Note: Total Recorder will not work if you simply upgrade your Windows
- environment to Windows 2000 or XP without taking the steps described above.
-
- If you are moving from NT to either Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you do
- not have to remove and re-install Total Recorder.
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- INSTALLATION NOTES
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- Follow this procedure to install Total Recorder on your PC:
-
- 1. Download the self-extracting archive tr34se.exe
- (http://www.highcriteria.com/download/tr34se.exe) and run it.
-
- or
-
- Download the regular ZIP archive tr34se.zip
- (http://www.highcriteria.com/download/tr34se.zip). Unzip it and
- run Setup.exe. Note that you must unzip the entire archive not
- just Setup.exe.
-
- If you have a previous version installed, you are prompted to
- uninstall it. Press "OK" to continue with the installation. Press
- "Cancel" if you want to exit the installation program without
- installing the software.
-
- The installation program creates a directory for Total Recorder,
- copies all of the files to that directory, creates a Program Group
- called Total Recorder, installs a driver, and sets it as the default
- device for both playback and recording.
-
- 2. After installing Version 3.4 over a previous version you must
- restart Windows. Under Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP,
- you must reboot your PC, even after the initial installation.
- In all cases you will receive a prompt.
-
- Tip:
- Create a shortcut to Total Recorder and place it on your desktop. This
- gives you single-click access to Total Recorder.
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- CONFIGURING TOTAL RECORDER
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- The configuration program allows you to set the following:
- - suppression of system sounds
- - preferred playback and recording devices
- - priority of Total Recorder program
- - directory for temporary files
- - default directory
- - actions when a recording is about to be overwritten
- - resampling algorithm
- - external programs for MP3 encoding
- - default format (RIFF-WAVE or MP3) and ID3 tag for MP3 files
- - pre-recording parameters
- - debug mode for driver.
-
- To configure Total Recorder, start the program and select "Options" -
- "Settings". You are presented with a property sheet with the tabs:
- "System", "Open/save", "Algorithm", "MP3 encoding", "Pre-recording"
- and "Debug".
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- REGISTERING TOTAL RECORDER
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- After installing and verifying the program works properly, you should
- obtain a registration key from High Criteria. If the program is
- unregistered then your recordings are limited to 40 seconds each and
- you can use the scheduler only as an alarm.
- Note: You cannot use your Version 1.x or 2.x registration key with
- Version 3.4. The registration key for version 3.0, 3.2 or 3.3 is
- valid for version 3.4.
-
- To register Total Recorder:
-
- 1. Receive the registration key.
-
- For registered users of versions 1.0 or 2.x.
- All registered users are entitled to a free registration key. It
- is sent by E-mail automatically unless you specified that you do
- not want to receive E-mails from High Criteria or you have not
- provided your E-mail address. If you are a registered user, want
- to upgrade, and didn't get your registration key for some reason,
- link to http://hcserv1.highcriteria.com/scripts/getkey/getkey.asp
- to use the High Criteria self service registration key system.
-
- OR
-
- For new users.
- Follow the instructions given on High Criteria Inc.'s web site at
- the following address: http://www.highcriteria.com/products.htm.
-
- 2. Select "Help" - "Registration". Type in the same name you used to
- obtain the registration key and your registration key. Note that
- after registration this menu item is not accessible.
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- UNINSTALLING TOTAL RECORDER
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- To uninstall Total Recorder, use "Start", "Settings", "Control Panel",
- "Add/Remove Programs". The program remains in memory until you reboot.
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- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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- If you experience problems with Total Recorder that you cannot resolve
- yourself, visit support area on our Web site:
- - http://www.highcriteria.com/faq_tr.htm - Frequently Asked Questions
- - http://www.highcriteria.com/support.htm - Support Area
-