Feature Comparison Chart

The Total Recorder family of products includes the Standard Edition (SE), Professional Edition (PE) and the Developer Edition (DE). This chart provides a quick reference showing the features that are available in each edition. Refer to the Main Features page for more information on a particular feature.

- feature present in this edition, - feature disabled
Feature
SE
PE
DE
Sound Recording
Digital recording using Total Recorder's driver
Analog recording via sound card (mic, line-in, CD, DVD, etc.)
Background recording (capturing)
Time shift feature
Recording level control
Record both parties of Internet-telephony conversations
Recording Wizard
Pause reduction feature
Auto-stop Recording
By time
By audio pause
Put a computer in standby or hibernate mode after auto-stop
Sound playback
Ability to play multichannel audio files in stereo(1)
Adjustable playback speeds
Working with Video (Video Add-on required)(2)
Recording in AVI and WMV formats
Background recording in WMV format
Adjustable playback speeds
Editing of video files
Support for video files with multichannel audio streams(3)
Support for video files that contain multiple audio
streams (4)
Sound Editing
Select and save a fragment of a file
Cut/copy/paste/delete selected fragment
Insert a file into an existing file
Normalize sound
Fade-In /fade-out
Save stereo file as mono with channel mixing
Merging of files
Cue files support
Sound Compression Support
MP3 (5)
Ogg Vorbis (6)
Windows Codecs (ADPCM, TrueSpeech, etc.) (7)
Windows Media Audio (WMA) (8)
FLAC Compression
Tags
Read/edit/write tags for all supported formats
Favorites support
Add a file, playlist, or URL
Export/import favorites for backup purposes
Use predefined sample links
Maintain a history of favorites
High Quality Audio Formats
PCM up to 192 kHz - 24 bit, mono and stereo
PCM IEEE float 32 bit, up to 192 kHz, mono and stereo
FLAC up to 192 kHz - 24 bit, mono and stereo
Windows Media Audio 9 formats:
- WMA 9 Lossless up to 96 kHz - 24 bit, stereo
- WMA 9 Professional up to 96 kHz - 24 bit, stereo
Post-processing
Send Recorded files to iTunes/iPod(9)
Process recorded files through a command line
Run a command line after recording session is complete
Scheduled Recordings
Activate/deactivate recording by time
Export/import configuration settings and scheduled jobs
Daily and weekly scheduling options
Start scheduled job from standby or hibernate mode
Associate and launch web site address with schedule
Associate and launch external program with schedule
Put a computer in standby or hibernate mode after job is completed
Create New File and Autosave (10)
For each new stream
For an audio pause
When recording reaches a specified size
When song title changes (11)
When user clicks a button
Add-on Support
Video Add-on
Spectrum Analyzer and Graphic Equalizer Add-on
Audio Restoration Add-on
AGC and Speech Enhancement Add-on
Digital Mixer Add-on
Send to iTunes/iPod Add-on
Ogg Vorbis Support Add-on
User Interface
Skins support
Customizable shortcuts
Customizable global hot keys
Batch Processing
Allows for processing of multiple files at one time
Playlists
Support of playlists in M3U, PLS, and WPL format
Display statistics, including total duration and total size
Automation
Command line options
COM interface
Ability to get the source code for the symbolic language (Similar to Visual Basic)

1. Provided that an appropriate codec is installed.
2. DirectX version 9.0 or later required (you can download the update version of the Direct X from the Microsoft website).
3. Provided that an appropriate codec is installed.
4. This feature allows you to select an audio stream to play, select a particular audio stream to save as an audio file , or to select the audio streams to save when re-saving a video file that contains multiple audio streams.
5. On some systems, a no-cost Internet download is required to use MP3 format. For more information, check this link.
6. A no-cost Ogg Vorbis add-on is required. Get more information at this page.
7.The list of compression formats available depends on your version of Windows and the software you have installed.
8.Windows Media Player V9.0 or above is required. Alternatively, a special support package is available. Get more information here.
9. With the Send to iTunes/iPod add-on.
10.The main use of this feature is to split a recording into individual songs.
11. Based on the Clip information from Title of an external player.

High Criteria recommends that users download and test a no-cost evaluation version of the program, prior to purchasing a registration. Evaluating the product prior to purchase allows you to determine whether the program and its features will address your needs and that the required features will work properly on your PC.