Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better
I'm coming into this thread late. I've seen Dains comments before. But, Haven't seem them for a while because he has been on my block senders list where he belongs. IN my trash folder! LOL...Keith LOL! - Original Message - From: "Rick Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:00 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better I won't even bother to read the rest of it. I certainly don't consider a windows pc to be a "trash box". Rick - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:48 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 sugg
Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better
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" >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 t
Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better
A bit of a different take here. I just read the article and learned from it. The term trash box doesn't do anything to me or for me. But I thought it was an interesting post concerning some aspects of total Recorder. Hey but the post sure did garner more responses than my last question. *grin* Larry 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]
Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better
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" 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 surpris
RE: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better
I read the rest of the post even though I knew there was going to be a condescending comment or two about windows in it. there always is. However, I own the program and haven't installed the Vista version. If macks are so great why is this guy keeping Windows open for good programs like total recorder? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mac Norins Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:31 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better Yeah, Rick, some Mac users think they have it going on, now don't they? -Mac- - Original Message - From: "Rick Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:00 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better I won't even bother to read the rest of it. I certainly don't consider a windows pc to be a "trash box". Rick - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:48 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
Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better
anyways this was the pc audio list the last time I checked. Rick - Original Message - From: "Rays Home" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:11 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better Yes, I've give all due respect to Apple and OSX but this continually repeated "trash box" phrase seems almost calculated to get up people's noses. Cheers, Ray. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. 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]
Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better
Yeah, Rick, some Mac users think they have it going on, now don't they? -Mac- - Original Message - From: "Rick Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:00 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better I won't even bother to read the rest of it. I certainly don't consider a windows pc to be a "trash box". Rick - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:48 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 > b
Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better
I won't even bother to read the rest of it. I certainly don't consider a windows pc to be a "trash box". Rick - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:48 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 b
Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better
Yes, I've give all due respect to Apple and OSX but this continually repeated "trash box" phrase seems almost calculated to get up people's noses. Cheers, Ray. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. 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]
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 > . 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 PROTEC
