How to Use WM Recorder 11
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How to Record |
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Recording is easy. There are a few different ways to do it - you can record in Real Time, or record from captured URLs. Plus, you can choose AUTO Recording Mode (under the Options button >>see our User Guide ). |
1. Here's how to record in Real Time: |
| 1.1 With AUTO recording mode enabled (AUTO ON): |
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(1) Using your browser or your media player, play the video or audio you want to record.
(2) Recording starts automatically. The RECORD button turns to STOP. Once the recording begins you can start playing and recording another video / audio clip. There is no need to wait until the play is finished.
(3) To end one or more recordings click STOP and select the desired action from the pop-up menu. |
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| 1.2 With AUTO recording mode enabled (AUTO OFF): |
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(1) Using your browser or your media player, play the video or audio you want to record.
(2) The URL (Internet address) and the File Name of the clip are displayed on the main screen. Click Record to start recording. Once the recording begins you can start playing and recording another video / audio clip.
(3) To end one or more recordings click Stop and select the desired action from the pop-up menu. |
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Important: If you're having trouble recording, try this:
(1) Close all open Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer Windows.
(2) Open WM Recorder.
(3) Reopen your browser or Media Player.
(4) Click Record.
(5) Play the video to record.
Closing all browser windows and Windows Media Player before opening WM Recorder is necessary when recording using the default Proxy Mode. In ADA Mode, this isn't necessary.
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2. How to Record using URL Recording |
| All captured URLs are saved and you can access them by clicking the View button, and opening the Saved Links window. Highlight one or more URLs and click the Record button at the bottom of the Saved Links window to record the entire selection. You can also add manually URLs to the Saved Links data base. |
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3. Options While Recording in Real Time |
(1) Preview one or more recording files. The files are played back from your computer while the recording goes on. Click Options and select Preview mode.
(2) Turn your computer into an On Demand - Radio/TV player. As an example, record a number of MP3 radio stations. Click OPTIONS, Preview All Recordings. This opens the Media Player with a playlist of all current recordings. You can now switch between all recorded stations, replay favorite songs, skip forward, etc.
(3) Rename a recording file. The file names listed in URLs do not always show the actual name of the media. You can rename the recording before the recording is finished. to do this Click Options and select Rename Recording. |
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| >>click to see more info in our User Guide |
How to Schedule Recordings |
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There are a lot of live streamed radio and TV stations on the Web, and with WM Recorder, you can schedule a recording to start and stop at a specific time, date or series of days on any station. Up to 50 scheduled recordings are allowed. |
1. Here's how to schedule a recording: |
If the stream URL was already saved, open View, then choose Saved Links from the View menu. Right click the URL and select Schedule Recording from the popup menu.
Alternatively, if the captured URL is shown in the URL window on the main screen follow the procedure below. |
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2. Before adding any shows to be scheduled: |
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3. Editing or Deleting Scheduled Items |
You can view your schedule (to edit or delete a scheduled recording) as follows: |
| (1) From the main screen, click View. |
| (2) From the View menu, select Scheduler. The Scheduled shows list appears: |
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| (3)Right click the item in the schedule, and choose Add/Change Schedule to edit the item. Click Remove Schedule to delete the item. |
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| 4.Using Windows Scheduler to schedule recordings |
You can use the Windows Scheduler to automatically start WM Recorder just before the scheduled time. |
| Here is the procedure to setup the Windows scheduler |
(1) Open Control Panel->Date, Time, Language. Select Scheduled Tasks.
(2) Double click "Add Scheduled Task"->Next
(3) Click Browse->Select WMRecorder.exe->Select Task->Next->Setup Task Start Time->Next
(4) Click Next in the next window (don't use a password)->Next
(5) Check the button "Open advanced properties when I click Finish"->Finish
(6) Check the button "Run only if logged on"->Apply->OK |
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| >>click to see more info in our User Guide |
How to View and Play Recordings |
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To see what you've recorded, click the View button, then choose Saved Recordings from the View menu. Choose the type of recording to view: Windows Media, Real or QuickTime/iPod. The Saved recordings window appears. |
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(1) The View window displays the last recording type you selected. To choose a different file type, click View, Saved Recordings from the menu, and select a different file type.
(2) Click the file to view, then click the Play button at the bottom of the screen. A Player window opens with your recorded file playing. Or, select more than one File Name then click Play to create a playlist and play the entire selection. |
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| >>click to see more info in our User Guide |
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