hi People are passionate about their operating system of choice, so refering to a windows PC as a "trashbox" probably wasn't the smartest way to start an article about a Windows only program. Hey he's entitled to his opinion and we windows users are entitled to ours. I'm just sayin.
I hope Replay AV will eventually have the time-shifting, or "chase playback" feature he mentioned, that's nice to have especially when you're doing lots of things at once. At 08:28 PM 7/15/2008, you wrote: >No, Dane wrote that; Steve just forwarded it, to be perfectly anal about all >this! > >-Mac- >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:48 PM >Subject: Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better > > >This is just my $0.02, but I think it's an interesting way to start out >a positive article, i.e. referring to your Windows PC and a Trashbox PC. >I know it discourages me, a Windows PC user, from reading the rest of >the article. > >Steve Pattison wrote: > > From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: VIP-L Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hi Everyone! > > > > Well to be honest, I don't have much call for my Trashbox PC these > > days but this application certainly makes the PC worth the while using. > > > > Total Recorder v7 expands on the theme of inovation which was started > > with V6, some ground breaking features introduced in V& include the > > ability to "time shift" recordings or as the procedure is otherwise > > known, "Chase Playback". I will hereby refer to "Time Shifting" as > > "Chase Playback" in this article because the term to "Time Shift" > > actually applies to other audio editing and reproduction procedures. > > > > So what is "Chase Playback"? Perhaps the following examples best > > illustrate the facility. You'll no doubt be aware that with a Tape > > deck or VCR, everything is recorded sequentially onto tape, that is to > > say you can't play back what's been recorded until you press "stop", > > then rewind the tape and press "Play", this means of course that you > > cannot record anything whilst playing the content you previously > > recorded unless you have say another deck or VCR connected to take > > over the recording from where your other recorder left off. "Chase > > Playback" changes that, you can start recording, go have a cup of > > coffee, press the "play button" and start playing from the start of > > the recording. You could also use this facility say if the phone > > rings, pause the playback, Total Recorder keeps recording till you've > > finished with your phone call, then press the Pause button again to > > resume listening from where you left off. > > > > This feature is an admirable enhancement to any audio or video > > recording package and I'm extremely disappointed that Audio Hijack Pro > > for the Mac still does not have a similar feature, will that come? > > Well who knows but I guess we can just keep knocking on the door of > > the developers of Audio Hijack and hope for the best. > > > > "Chase Playback" with Total Recorder is not without its faults > > however, I used "Chase Playback" this evening, started the function > > halfway through a recording of a 30 minute news bulletin, about 15 > > minutes later the Playback suddenly stopped and it only took me a few > > seconds to realise why. The scheduler for Total Recorder had stopped > > recording the audio source exactly 30 minutes after it had started, so > > far so good. I'd started the "chase playback" halfway through so when > > the recording stopped? Well so did the "Chase Playback", I was able to > > resume by pressing "play" and thus hear the bulletin to the end but I > > have to admit, this distraction was rather annoying and surely, their > > must be a work around to avoid this sort of thing happening, I've sent > > a note to the developers of Total Recorder so we'll see what happens. > > > > Now we come to a second part of Total Recorder V7 which I believe to > > be a great leap forward and that's the ability to "Capture" Internet > > streams in their native format, up until now when you've captured an > > Internet stream the stream has been converted to another format thus > > usually causing some aspects of audio quality to be lost, you can > > still have Total Recorder convert to your desired format if that's > > what you want. > > > > Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get this "Software Recording" > > function to work, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't and here > > we find that Audio Hijack just thrashes Total recorder, with Audio > > Hijack (as the name suggests), you "hijack" the source you wish to > > capture and that's the end of the story, record, redirect or whatever > > but with Total Recorder? Well its a matter of trying to "Troubleshoot" > > or determine why the software isn't capturing the stream, the Skip > > call or whatever and as the manual says, this could be for any number > > of reasons, anything from incompatible software to incompatible > > drivers but I guess, one shouldn't be surprised when running Windows > > <smile>. I don't mind admitting that I just gave up using Total > > Recorder to capture the BBC World Service stream or the audio stream > > from Radio 2SM in Sydney and got Audio Hijack Pro on the Mac to do the > > job instead. > > > > Should you buy Total Recorder? Well the Professional version at $35.00 > > U.S> is a "Must Have" in my view if you're wanting to record audio, > > the "Chase Playback" function sets this application apart from > > anything else I know about thus far and that alone makes your $40.00 > > well spent. The audio editor isn't too bad and the rules function > > makes this software extremely flexible. > > > > When I can, i plan to purchase the video add-on. > > > > > > ****************************** > > Dane Trethowan > > From Melton Victoria Australia > > mailto:Dane Trethowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Phone +613 9747 3975 > > Fax/TTY +61 3 9743 7954 > > Voiceover Tech Support phone +61 3 8732 9237 > > mobile/sms: +614 418 773 532 > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > skype: callto:grtdane12 > > ****************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > ****************************** > > Dane Trethowan > > From Melton Victoria Australia > > mailto:Dane Trethowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > phone +61 3 8732 9237 > > Fax/TTY +61 3 9743 7954 > > mobile/sms: +614 418 773 532 > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > skype: callto:grtdane12 > > ****************************** > > > > Regards Steve > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Windows Live Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype: steve1963 > > > > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >-- >Christopher > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Jonathan Mosen List Founder > >Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Jonathan Mosen List Founder > >Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 3270 (20080715) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
