                             README

             Total Recorder Standard Edition Version 5.2
             Copyright (C) 1998-2005 High Criteria, Inc.
                       All Rights Reserved

CONTENTS

  Overview
    - Standard Edition Introduction
    - What's New with Version 5.2?
    - System Requirements
    - Program Restrictions
  Installation
    - Package Content
    - Specific Information for Windows NT
    - Specific Information for Windows 2000 and Windows XP
    - Installation Steps
    - Adding Support for Ogg Vorbis Format to Total Recorder  
    - Adding Support for Windows Media Audio Format to Total Recorder
    - Total Recorder Add-ons
  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, processing, 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 can be saved in RIFF-WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Windows Media
Audio, or FLAC file format.

After sound has been recorded, you can edit sound files and perform
other sound processing operations.  You can also use Total Recorder to
convert sound files to different sound formats. Total Recorder, for
example, can be used to record the following:
-    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 5.2?
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In addition to maintenance, Version 5.2 includes the following changes:

- Total Recorder now supports FLAC format.
- Ability to automatically adjust the recording level to set the
  optimal level.
- When normalizing a file, the loudest periods can be excluded. This
  can be helpful, for example, if you have a recording containing
  random peaks.
- On the "Recording source and parameters" dialog, you can now specify
  an input device for different recordings. This allows you to use
  different input devices for different scheduled jobs.
- You can copy tag information from one file to another by using tags
  stored in an existing sound file to fill in the tag fields.
- The "Options"-"Settings" dialog is redesigned.
- Other minor enhancements.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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To use Total Recorder, you need the following:
   - an IBM PC 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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                        INSTALLATION
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PACKAGE CONTENT
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Total Recorder is shipped via the Internet, as a self-extracting (exe)
or regular (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          Yes        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
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
"Setting Preferred Devices").

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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/ME 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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Version 5.2 cannot coexist on the same machine with any previous
version of Total Recorder. The different Total Recorder editions
(Standard Edition, Professional Edition, and Developer Edition) cannot
be installed on the same computer.

Take the following steps to install Total Recorder on your PC:

1.  Download the self-extracting (exe) or regular (zip) archive from
    Total Recorder download page:
    http://www.highcriteria.com/productfr_tr.htm

2.  Run the installation program:

    - If you downloaded the self-extracting archive, simply run it.

    - If you downloaded the regular archive, unzip it and run
    Setup.exe. Note that you must unzip the entire archive and 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.

3.  After installing Total Recorder, you must restart Windows.

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ADDING SUPPORT FOR OGG VORBIS FORMAT TO TOTAL RECORDER  
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Total Recorder supports the Ogg Vorbis format by using an external
dynamic link library named vorbishc.dll. You can obtain this library,
free of charge, through High Criteria's web site. To add support for
Ogg Vorbis to Total Recorder, or to review new versions of
vorbishc.dll,  go to http://www.highcriteria.com/tr_ext_ogg.htm and
follow the instructions.

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ADDING SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS MEDIA AUDIO FORMAT TO TOTAL RECORDER
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For Total Recorder to support Windows Media Audio formats, you should 
either:
- install Windows Media Player 9 series (or later), or
- download and install a special redistribution kit. You can obtain
this kit free of charge through High Criteria's web site
(http://www.highcriteria.com/tr_ext_wma.htm).

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TOTAL RECORDER ADD-ONS
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Total Recorder supports add-on programs. These add-ons can be used to
process a sound stream or to monitor some sound characteristics. The
features provided by the add-on depend upon the particular add-on. To
learn more about add-ons, refer to the add-on's help file and add-on
home page (http://www.highcriteria.com/AddOnMain.htm).

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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 a short portion of noise is inserted into recorded
sound about every one minute.

Notes: 

1. 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.

2. Only registration keys for Version 5.0 and later Standard Edition
can be used with Version 5.2 Standard Edition.

To register Total Recorder:

1. Receive the registration key.

   For registered users of any version below version 5.0.
   All registered users are entitled to a free registration key. It
   is sent automatically by E-mail 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 wishing
   to upgrade, and you did not get your registration key,
   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.

   To order by check, refer to the Registration.txt file in the 
   installation folder of Total Recorder.

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
