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Total Recorder version 2.0

1. Total Recorder is a universal sound recording tool that allows you to record 
different digital and analog sounds. The resulting sound file can be stored 
on your hard drive in WAVE format and, if needed, is ready to be put on CD-R.

The main features of Total Recorder include: 
- Record sound being played by other computer programs (e.g. RealPlayer, 
  Windows Media Player, Quick Time, WinAmp) including live Internet 
  broadcasts. This feature is unique to Total Recorder and is not available 
  in the vast majority of other sound recording programs. 
- Convert different sound formats to WAVE format, providing you have a player 
  capable of playing a particular format. 
- Record Internet Telephony conversations - even full duplex. 
- Record from any sound card input line. For example, you can record from CD 
  or you can hook up a cassette player and record from it. 
- A built-in scheduler lets you schedule future recordings and playbacks. Or 
  you can use Total Recorders command line options with an external scheduler 
  such as Microsoft Task Scheduler. 

Here are some examples of how the potential uses can use Total Recorder: 
- Convert your old sound files (e.g. AU files) to WAVE format and then compress 
  them to a modern format, such as MP3 or RA. Or you can record them to your CD-R. 
- Record sound from your favorite game program. 
- Schedule the recording of a live Internet show and replay it later at a 
  convenient time, similar to programming your VCR. 
- Make an audio book using a text-to-speech program. 

How it Works:
Total Recorder uses a virtual sound driver to capture the sound output from 
another program. By installing this driver, and setting this device as the 
default, different sound reproducing programs send their output stream to 
Total Recorder's driver and not to the driver of a real device. Total Recorder 
then passes the information to the sound card driver.

To use Total Recorder, you need the following:
- an IBM compatible computer
- a sound card 
- Microsoft Windows 95 or 98.

2. Total Recorder is shipped as a self-extracting archive totrec20.exe 
To install Total Recorder just run totrec20.exe on your PC. This creates a directory for Total Recorder, copies all of the files to that directory, creates a Program Group called Total Recorder, installs a driver, and sets it as the default device for both playback and recording.

3. Total Recorder is a shareware program. 

4. There is a full functional version in this package. After installing and verifying the program works properly, you should obtain a registration key from High Criteria (http://www.highcriteria.com/products.htm). If the program is unregistered then your recordings are limited to 40 seconds each.

5. In the event of questions or problems contact the author support@highcriteria.com.

