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Selecting settings and saving your tracks

You can choose the folder location where you want to save your music files, select copy protection and quality options, and specify whether you want your music added to a playlist in Windows Media Player. Analog Recorder saves your music in Windows Media Format as a file with a .wma extension, applying the options you selected.

To select settings and save your tracks

  1. If you want to save your music to a location other than the \My Documents\My Music\<album name> folder, under Save music tracks to this location, click Change, click a different folder, and then click OK.
  2. To select which information Analog Recorder includes as part of the file names when saving your music, click Advanced. Then select the check boxes for the types of information you want to include in the file name, such as the album and artist, and click OK.

    By default, the track title is used as the file name.

  3. If you want to prevent your music from being played on other computers, select the Protect content check box. If you clicked Add copy protection to the music in the Content Protection Options dialog box, this check box is automatically selected.

    This option specifies that the tracks transferred from your analog audio device are licensed, and therefore protected from distribution.

  4. To adjust the compression quality of your saved files, under Save music at this quality, move the slider to the left or right.

    Saving tracks at a higher quality requires more disk space. For example, copying an entire CD at a smaller size file and a bit rate of 48 kilobits per second (Kbps) might require 22 megabytes (MB) of disk space. Copying an entire CD using a better quality file and a bit rate of 192 Kbps might require 86 MB of disk space.

  5. If you want to add your tracks to a playlist in Media Library in Windows Media Player, click an existing playlist, or click New to create a new playlist for your music.

    If you selected an existing playlist, Analog Recorder appends your tracks to the end of that playlist. If you do not want to add your music to a playlist, accept the default setting of None.

  6. To save your music, click Next.

    Analog Recorder shows the progress as it formats and saves your music to your computer.

    If you want to return to the previous page, click Back.

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