                             README

             Total Recorder Standard Edition Version 6.1
             Copyright (C) 1998-2006 High Criteria, Inc.
                       All Rights Reserved

CONTENTS

  Overview
    - Standard Edition Introduction
    - What's New with Version 6.1?
    - System Requirements
  Installation
    - 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 powerful tool for recording, processing, converting,
and playing sound. Total Recorder supports RIFF-WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis,
Windows Media Audio, and FLAC formats.

With Total Recorder, you can do the following:

- Record sound reproduced by other programs, such as RealPlayer,
  Windows Media Player, iTunes, Musicmatch Jukebox, WinAmp, and many
  others, including Internet telephony programs. The reproduced sound
  can be either sound from local files being played back or sound
  from Internet transmissions. These recordings are performed without
  the need for special lines for your sound board and without a loss
  of quality due to redundant conversions from digital to analog to
  digital. While recording Internet-telephony conversations,
  recording of both parties is possible. These features are provided
  by Total Recorder's virtual driver.
- Record from a microphone, a line-in, or another input line for your
  soundboard.
- Convert sound data to any supported format. You can convert sound
  data on the fly during a recording and convert files from one
  format to another.
- Work with file tags for any of the supported sound formats.
- Normalize recordings.
- Schedule playbacks or recordings using either Total Recorder's
  built-in scheduler or an external scheduler.
- Use Total Recorder add-ons to enhance its functionality. Add-ons are
  available for you to do the following: restore sound (e.g. enhance
  the quality of recordings from tape or vinyl), refine speech
  recordings, accomplish automatic gain control, apply an equalizer.

These are only some of the features of Total Recorder.

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WHAT'S NEW WITH VERSION 6.1?
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In addition to maintenance, Version 6.1 includes the following changes:

- Total Recorder now supports playlists in M3U, PLS, and WPL format.
- A scheduled job can be started while your computer is in standby or
  hibernate mode.
- Other minor enhancements.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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To use Total Recorder, you need the following:
- an IBM compatible PC
- a sound card
- Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME (Millennium Edition), 2000, or Windows
  XP. Total Recorder may work with other operating systems in the
  Windows family, but it has not been tested with these other systems.

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                        INSTALLATION
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SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 and WINDOWS XP
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To install Total Recorder on Windows 2000/XP, 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 installs the program. Any other user must
manually set the Total Recorder driver as a preferred device (see
Setting Default Devices).

If you are planning to upgrade your Windows 95/98/98SE/ME system to
Windows 2000/XP, you must reinstall Total Recorder after you upgrade.
Total Recorder will not work if you simply upgrade your Windows
environment to Windows 2000/XP.

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INSTALLATION NOTES
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Version 6.1 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.totalrecorder.com/downloads.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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For Total Recorder to play and record Ogg Vorbis files, you need the
free of charge "Ogg Vorbis Support Add-on".

Take the following steps to add support for the Ogg Vorbis format to
Total Recorder:
1. Download the "Ogg Vorbis Support Add-on" from
   http://www.totalrecorder.com/tr_ext_ogg.htm.
2. Install the add-on.

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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.totalrecorder.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.totalrecorder.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 6.0 or later Standard Edition can
be used with Version 6.1 Standard Edition.

To register Total Recorder:

1. Receive the registration key.

   For registered users of any version below version 6.0.
   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.totalrecorder.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.totalrecorder.com/faq_tr.htm  - Frequently Asked Questions
- http://www.totalrecorder.com/support.htm - Support Area
