thank You verry much! i'm excited by this! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Martineau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:16 AM Subject: Re: scheduling of total recorder?
> Ok, here is how to make total Recorder version 6.0 (though the same > principle will work on earlier versions,) save recordings based on > the name of the show and the date. > > this is not the only procedure to accomplish what we want, but it is > the one I use. > > In TR, you can set a default file name rule for your recordings, and > you can customize it, or use a completely different rule, for each > individual recording. In my life, I only use TR to do what we're > trying to do, so I'll make my default rule contain most of the > elements we want so it will be easy to add the program name on each > scheduled program. > > First, let's set the default rule. We'll make a default rule > template that just contains the month and date. From the main > screen, go to the options menu, and choose the first option, > Settings. You are placed in a tree view of possible categories, and > you land where you last visited. the File Names section is the > seventh one, so arrow down to get there. Once there, tab. the first > control you come to is a list of existing rules. We'll leave the > default in place and use the first item, 'Rules not using file tag,' > since we're just going to create a new rule anyway. The next control > is a read-only box that shows what file name the durrent rule will > yield. Ignore it now, but it will come in handy later to check your > creation. Next we come to the 'new' button. Shortcut keys appear > not to work here, so tabbing to get here is the only way to access > the button. We could use the 'edit' button to edit the existing > rule, but it's easier to just create a new one, so hit space on that > 'new' button. > >>with the 'File Name Generation Rule' dialog open, you are first >>given a chance to name the rule. This is mandatory, so use a name >>you like. the next control is the name template, which is the heart >>of the operation. the template can contain text and place holders, >>called fields, in any combination. Our template will be simple, >>just containing two fields. We pick fields from a list. the list >>is the second control from the template; the next one being the >>chance to put a file path into your template. so tab to the 'insert >>field into template' listbox. there are 20 possible fields. In the >>example, 'tony and dale show/01/08/06the '08" would fill the >>'currmonth' field, the '01' would fill the 'currday' field (assuming >>the date meant 1 August and not Jan. 8,) and the '06' the 'curryear' >>field. Arrow through the list to explore it, or hit c to get to the >>'currday' field. Tab and accept the number of digits, presumably >>2. Next is a set of two radio buttons; with the top one chosen, >>your field will be inserted into the template; with the bottom one, >>it overwrites the current contents of the template. Next, There is >>an edit spin box that lets you decrease the number you've inserted >>into the template. For instance, today is the 5th, and if I put a >>three in that box, the current date of the recording would show as >>02. Keep tabbing to the 'insert' button, which comes before the >>'ok' button in the dialog. > > Once you press the 'insert' button, you've inserted your first bield > into the template. As you tab around again, you see that the > template is now populated. Depending on the field you're inserting, > it can be most cumbersome to read the template, so just make sure > you're at the end of it and continue on to the list of fields. > > We repeat this pattern for the 'currmonth' and 'curryear' fields to > follow the desired example. (I prefer the 'currmonthname' field in > my file names.) When all is done, the ok button is the default > button in the dialog, so you don't have to tab to it, you can just > hit enter. tab to the ok button and this part of the process is > set. If you're going to do a lot of scheduling, it will save you some > typing. > > Now we want to schedule our program, n the desired example, Tony and > Dale show. From the main TR screen, hit alt-t, l to go into the > schedule dialog, and since shortcut keys work in here, hit alt-n to > create a New schedule item. I won't go over this part here, so fill > in what is needed. Tab many times. Just past the 'normalization' > button is a set of radio buttons determining how the name will be > generated. Auto-create is the default, and you want it. Tab and > note that the current template is wrong. We'll fix it. Tab to the > Rules button and hit space to open the dialog. > > What we do in here is a little weird, but it works. You land on a > set of two radio buttons, inviting you to either use a name rule or a > private rule, For the moment, leav 'name rule' active and tab to > the list of rules. the one you created will be at the bottom, so > highlight it. Now shift-tab and down arrow, so that 'private rule' > is in force. Tab to the 'copy from name rule' button and hit > space. Nothing will appear to happen, but in fact our template has > now been populated with our rule. Tab to the change button and hit > space. You land on the templace. since the day, month and year are > already in there, hit the home key to go to the start of the line, > and type whatever text you want to appear at the beginning of the > name. when done, hit enter. Hit ok to accept the 'file name rules' > dialog, and you're back on the main screen. If you shift-tab, you'll > see that your file name will now be the one you want. > > though this may seem cumbersome, in my experience it's no less > awkward than other ways of getting to the same goal, and the naming > feature of TR is very powerful. > > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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