README
Total Recorder version 2.1
Copyright (C) 1998-1999 High Criteria, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
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CONTENTS
Overview
- Introduction
- What's new with version 2.1?
- What's new with version 2.0?
- System Requirements
Installing and Configuring
- Package Content
- Installation Notes
- Configuring Total Recorder
Registering Total Recorder
Uninstalling Total Recorder
Technical Support
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OVERVIEW
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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.
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 2.1?
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In addition to maintenance, Version 2.1 adds the following features:
- Accelerated recording/converting. This allows you to convert a sound
file to standard wave format without listening to it. This operation
normally takes a fraction of the time it would require to play the
file.
- Markers. These allow you to select and save only part of a recording
or part of an existing wave file.
- The ability to continue recording to the same file after it was
stopped.
- A level indicator reflects the amplitude of a signal during recording
and playback.
- The ability to have more than one open copy of Total Recorder (like
in version 1.0).
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WHAT'S NEW WITH VERSION 2.0?
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Version 2.0 adds many new features, including the following:
- Capturing and recording of sound streams that programs request from a
sound card. This allows full duplex recording of Internet phone conver-
sations when using programs such as NetMeeting and VoxPhone.
- Recording from CD, microphone and other input lines
- Built-in scheduler that allows you to program jobs (record or playback)
to start at a given time, similar to programming a VCR
- Command line parameters that allow you to use an external scheduler
such as Microsoft Task Scheduler to schedule a recording or playback
- Automatic installation and uninstallation of the virtual device driver.
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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 or 98
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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
archive (totrec21.exe) or as a regular ZIP file (totrec21.zip), and
consists of the following files:
TotalRecorder.exe - Total Recorder program
DrvTR95M.drv - device driver
DrvTR95L.dll - device driver library
DrvTR95.vxd - virtual device driver
DrvTR95.inf - driver installation file
TotalRecorder.hlp - help file
TotalRecorder.cnt - help content file
TRInst.exe - install/uninstall program
DrInst.exe - driver install/uninstall program
License.txt - license agreement file
Readme.txt - read-me first file
TotalRecorder.doc - documentation
Registration.txt - registration form
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INSTALLATION NOTES
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Follow this procedure to install Personal Info Keeper on your PC:
1. Download the self-extracting archive totrec21.exe
(http://www.highcriteria.com/download/totrec21.exe) and run it.
or
Download the regular ZIP archive totrec21.zip
(http://www.highcriteria.com/download/totrec21.zip), extract all
files to the temporary folder and run TRInst.exe.
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. Version 2.1 cannot coexist on the same machine with either version
1.0 or version 2.0. If you have a previous version installed, you
are prompted to uninstall it.
3. After installing Version 2.1 over a previous version you must
restart Windows. If Version 1.0 or 2.0 was installed, you will
receive a prompt.
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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
- directory for temporary files
- default directory
- actions when a recording is about to be overwritten
- ability to keep different sound streams as a part of one stereo wave
file
- 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", 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.
To receive the registration key:
1. 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, contact support@highcriteria.com.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.