                             README

             Total Recorder Professional Edition Version 8.1
             Copyright (C) 1998-2010 High Criteria, Inc.
                       All Rights Reserved

CONTENTS

  Overview
    - Professional Edition Introduction
    - What's New with Version 8.1?
    - System Requirements
  Installation
    - 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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PROFESSIONAL EDITION INTRODUCTION
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Total Recorder Professional Edition is a powerful tool for
recording, processing, converting, and playing sound. Total
Recorder supports RIFF-WAV (including High Quality PCM), MP3, Ogg
Vorbis, Windows Media Audio, FLAC, and Monkey's Audio (APE)
formats.

With Total Recorder Professional Edition, you can do the following:

- Record sound reproduced by other programs, such as RealPlayer,
  Windows Media Player, iTunes, WinAmp, and 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, the recording of
  both parties is possible. These features are provided by a Total
  Recorder driver.
- Record from a microphone, a line-in, or another input line for
  your soundboard.
- Playback audio files.
- Playback and capture (background record) Internet audio
  broadcasts in MP3, WMA, and Ogg Vorbis formats directly without
  decoding and re-encoding.
- Use the time-shift feature, which lets you listen during the
  recording or the background recording of an Internet broadcast.
- Split sound data on separate clips during a recording and tag the
  clips automatically.
- Split sound data to separate files during a recording based on
  various criteria (e.g. size, duration, and others).
- Work with cue-sheet files and use cue points as bookmarks or
  track separators. A media file can be split based on information in
  an associated cue file.
- Convert sound data to any supported format. Total Recorder can
  convert data during a recording or it can convert a recorded file
  from one format to another.
- Work with file tags for any of the supported file types.
- Edit your recordings. Unlike most other editing programs, Total
  Recorder performs editing without any loss of sound quality even
  when editing compressed data.
- Normalize recordings or apply fading effects to recordings.
- Play an audio file at a slower or faster speed than normal while
  optionally preserving the original tone.
- Schedule playbacks or recordings using either Total Recorder's
  built-in scheduler or an external scheduler.
- Work with playlists in M3U, PLS, or WPL format.
- Enhanced functionality through the use of add-ons. 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.
  * Perform mixing functions.
  * Send your recordings to iTunes/iPod.
- Perform batch processing of audio files. For example, you can use
  batch processing to convert a set of files or you can use an add-on
  to process multiple files all at once.

These are only some of the features of Total Recorder Professional
Edition.

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WHAT'S NEW WITH VERSION 8.1?
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In addition to maintenance, Professional Edition Version 8.1
includes the following changes:

- You can adjust the playing volume and recording level using hot
  keys.
- The recording state is displayed on Total Recorder's icon in the
  Task Bar or System Tray.
- A new command line parameter supports the "Jump to time" feature.
- In addition to the number of minutes, you can now specify the
  number of seconds when splitting a file based on time. For example,
  a file can be split every 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
- When using "Pause Reduction", you can specify the duration of
  preserved pauses after the reduction.
- The batch processing feature has been extended as follows:
  * Presets for your batch processing parameters can be saved and
    later reused.
  * Pause reduction is supported.
  * Batch processing of a folder or a list of files can be launched
    through the command line.
- Improved time calculation during the background recording of VBR
  MP3 streams.
- Other minor enhancements.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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To use Total Recorder, you need the following:
- a sound card.
- 32-bit or 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista,
  or Windows 7. Total Recorder may work with other operating systems
  but it has not been tested with these other systems.

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                        INSTALLATION
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INSTALLATION NOTES
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Version 8.1 cannot coexist on the same machine with any previous
version of Total Recorder. The different Total Recorder editions
(Standard Edition, Professional Edition, VideoPro Edition, and
Developer Edition) cannot be installed on the same computer.

The Video Add-on is no longer available beginning with Total
Recorder 8.0. However, a new Total Recorder Edition called Total
Recorder VideoPro Edition has been introduced that has all of the
features of Total Recorder Professional Edition with the Video
Add-on.

All registered users of Total Recorder's Video Add-on can upgrade
at no charge to Total Recorder VideoPro Edition. Registration
information for the Video Add-on is valid for the Total Recorder
VideoPro Edition.

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

1.  Download the self-extracting (.exe) or regular (.zip) archive
    from the 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.

    The installation program creates a directory for Total
    Recorder, copies all of the files to that directory, and
    creates a Program Group called Total Recorder. The installation
    program may also install a driver.

3.  After installing Total Recorder, you may be prompted to 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:
- A short portion of noise is inserted into recorded sound about
  every one minute.
- You cannot process more than three files during batch processing.

Notes: 

1. Different editions of Total Recorder have different registration
   keys. For example, you cannot use the registration key for Total
   Recorder Standard Edition with any other edition of Total Recorder.

2. Only registration keys for Version 6.0 or later Professional Edition
   is valid for Version 8.1.

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 for the
   same edition. 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, use the self-service registration key
   management system
   (http://hcserv1.highcriteria.com/scripts/getkey/getkey.asp).

   OR

   For registered users of any version of the Total Recorder Video
   Add-on. All registered users of the Total Recorder Video Add-on
   can upgrade to Total Recorder VideoPro Edition version 8.1 at no
   charge. Registration information for the Video Add-on can be
   used to register the VideoPro Edition.

   OR

   For new users and for registered users who want to upgrade to
   another edition. Follow the instructions given on High Criteria
   Inc.'s web site at the following address:
   http://hcserv1.highcriteria.com/Scripts/general/purchase.asp?product=trpeup.

   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
