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Tutorial: Batch Processing

This tutorial describes how to use the Batch Processing feature of Total Recorder (available only in the Professional and Developer Editions).

Batch processing, also known as group operations, can process one or more files and take the following actions:

  • Change the format of audio files
  • Normalize audio data
  • Apply Fade In/Out effects
  • Repair MP3 files
  • Change or create tags of audio files (ID3 and others supported by Total Recorder)
  • Create file names using tag information (MP3 and others) or sequential numbers
  • Perform additional processing supported by add-ons

To process audio files in batch, take the following steps:

  1. Open the Tools-> Batch Processing menu or press the button on the main toolbar.  This launches the Batch Processing dialog:
  2. Select either the Folder option (if the files that you are going to process are in a folder – with or without subfolders) or the Playlist option (if the files are included in a playlist). Select the source folder or playlist (M3U, PLS, and WPL playlists are supported).
  3. The Source Files table will be populated with the list of files available for batch processing in the selected folder/playlist.
  4. Look through the different properties of these files (date modified, size in bytes, duration, format, artist, title, etc.).
  5. Check the boxes in the first column to mark the files you want to process..
  6. Click the Process button to launch the first page of the Batch Processing Wizard that will guide you through the next steps:
  7. Choose the operations to be performed as part of the batch process. You can choose one or more of the following options:

    • Change format to –change the format of the marked files.
    • Normalize –normalize the marked files.
    • Fade In/Out –apply Fade In/Out effects to the marked files.
    • Repair MP3 files - repair the marked files. This operation can be used only with MP3 files. When this option is selected, no other operations can be performed.
    • File properties (file tag and file type) - this group of elements is used to set parameters for changing the file tag and file type. You can select either of the following options:

      • Preserve original file properties, if possible
      • Use these file properties. This option provides more flexibility in changing the tags in the resulting files. If you select "Use these file properties", you can create tags for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, and FLAC files.
    • Apply add-ons - lists the Total Recorder add-ons you have installed. To apply an add-on to the original files, select it from the list. Check the boxes in the first column and specify the parameters for the add-on.
  8. After you have selected the operations you want to apply to the selected files, click Next to go to the next page of the Batch Processing Wizard, Choose Destination:
  9. In this page, you can choose the location and names for the processed files. In addition to this, you can set the following options:

    • Delete original files – delete each original file after it is processed (not recommended). It is advised that you delete original files only after a thorough check of the files processed, especially when you use complex processing that may lead to a loss of quality such as when processing with an add-on.
    • Overwrite existing files – rewrite files that already exist.
  10. Click Start to process the marked files. After clicking Start, the process begins, and the dialog of long operations appears:

If necessary, you can stop the process and the files being processed will remain unchanged.

When you press Start, all the parameters that you have specified are saved and used as defaults the next time you use the Batch Processing Wizard.