Sounds good Dean. Thanks. The reason the Run command won't work in TR I think is that the file which you put in the Desktop does not have an extension. It is simply title "Caroline" However it can be run from the Windows Explorer.
P. At 06:33 PM 7/11/2005 -0800, you wrote: >A few weeks ago, Peter Scanlon wrote asking how to record the stream of >Radio Caroline, since the particular high-quality stream he wanted to >record does not seem to lend itself to simply typing the Url into >TotalRecorder's Run dialog. I think I've figured out how to do it. The >solution takes tinkering, and it is certainly not the only one, but it is >free and I've made it work. > >First, it occurs to me that one could launch the Radio Caroline stream >before going to bed and use TotalRecorder Pro's scheduler to start and stop >the recording process at a given time. What I'm about to describe works if >you don't want to do that or if you only have TotalRecorder Standard. > >The tool we'll use is a little free utility called Send. It's a >command-line program that lets you send keystrokes to running >applications. You can specify a time of day to send the keystrokes. > >The program doesn't have a home page. You get it from >http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?1000000034563 > >I'll be doing a Sound Computing article on the various aspects of this >process, so won't elaborate on them here. The bottom line is that you can >position the pc cursor, *not* the virtual cursor, of Internet Explorer at a >point of your choice, perhaps on the link for the OggCast stream, though >you can put the pc cursor elsewhere if there's a reason to do so. With the >pc cursor positioned on the desired link , you can execute a batch file >with one line. Assuming you deposited the send.exe program in the root >folder of the hard drive, and that you wanted to start recording at >midnight, a batch file with a name like launch.bat would look like this > >c:\send internet \{s500}\n 00:00 > >The \{s500} sends a half-second pause, which seems to give processes a >little time to work. > >I have not been able to send a command from within a batch file to start >recording with TotalRecorder. I have been able to send the command to do >this from outside a batch file. Also note that Microsoft AntiSpyware >wasn't enthusiastic about a batch file taking over the system and needed >reassurance that I liked the idea. > >So to use this, you would launch TotalRecorder and hit Ctrl-R to start >recording. With JFW if you're in software recording mode, nothing will be >captured until the audio stream starts playing. You would run the batch >file and go to bed. Upon arising, you would stop Total Recorder and save. > >More can be done with this. It should be possible to use Send to close >Internet Explorer at a set time, though this would be much easier to do >with TotalRecorder. > >This is what I know so far. > >Dean > > >_______________________________________________ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
