README
Total Recorder Professional Edition Version 4.0
Copyright (C) 1998-2002 High Criteria, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
CONTENTS
Overview
- Professional Edition Introduction
- What's new with version 4.0?
- 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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Professional 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.
With Total Recorder Professional Edition among above features you
receive the many other ones, such as: the ability to edit sound data,
advanced scheduler settings, and much more.
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WHAT'S NEW WITH VERSION 4.0?
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Total Recorder Professional Edition Version 4.0 is the first version in
a family of professional editions. The Professional Edition covers all
features provided by the Standard Edition and provides the following
additional features:
- The ability to edit sound data. You can use the Clipboard for cut,
copy, and paste operations, and insert a sound file anywhere in a
recording.
- Split mode. A recording can be automatically split into separate
files based on different conditions. For example, a new file can be
created once a recording reaches a certain size or after a specified
amount of time.
- Advanced file name generation rules let you specify options for the
names of automatically generated files. These can be files created
in split mode or by a scheduled job.
- Advanced options for automatically stopping a recording. For example,
you can restrict a recording by time or size, or specify a time
limit for no sound being recorded.
- The ability to play Internet translation after a scheduled job
starts.
- Other minor enhancements.
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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
(tr40pe.exe) or regular (tr40pe.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. You should have your 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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Note that Version 4.0 cannot coexist on the same machine with any
previous version (1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4). Also,
the different editions (Standard, Professional and Developer)
of Total Recorder cannot be installed on the same computer.
Take the following steps to install Total Recorder on your PC:
1. Download the self-extracting archive tr40pe.exe
(http://www.highcriteria.com/download/tr40pe.exe) and run it.
or
Download the regular ZIP archive tr40pe.zip
(http://www.highcriteria.com/download/tr40pe.zip). Unzip it and
run Setup.exe. Note that you must unzip the entire archive not
just the Setup.exe file.
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 Total Recorder, you must restart Windows.
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
- action for making a new recording over a previous one
- split mode settings
- file name generation rules
- resampling algorithm
- external programs for MP3 encoding
- default format (RIFF-WAVE or MP3) and ID3 tags (ID3v1 and ID3v2)
for MP3 files
- pre-recording parameters
- debug mode parameters.
To configure Total Recorder
1. Start the Total Recorder program.
2. Either select "Options"- "Settings" or click the appropriate
button on the Main toolbar. You are presented with a dialog box
with the following tabs:
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Tab Use this tab to set options for...
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System System sounds, audio playback and recording devices,
preferred audio devices when Total Recorder isn't
active, priority of Total Recorder program
Open/save Folder for temporary files, default Open/SaveAs
folder, action for making new recording over
previous one
Split Split mode parameters, file name generation rules
Algorithm Frequency conversion algorithm
MP3 Program for encoding to MP3, header format,
ID3 tags
Pre-recording Number of seconds to pre-record, activate
pre-recording mode
Debug Trace file, internal debug information
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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: Different editions of Total Recorder have different registration
keys. For example, you cannot use the registration key for Total
Recorder Standard Edition in either Total Recorder Professional Edition
or in Total Recorder Developer Edition.
To register Total Recorder Professional Edition:
1. Receive the registration key.
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 type 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
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.