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Requirements
You need a copy of lame_enc.dll to encode
to MP3. You can find a copy here.
You need to copy lame_enc.dll in the same directory as SoundCapture.
You also need DirectX, which is usually installed with Windows.
You may have problems
recording from Winamp if you are using the Winamp Directsound plugin.
Try to switch to the Waveout plugin (Winamp -> Preferences ->
Plugin -> Output) for playback.
There isn't much to using IRT. Select
a station, press play. IRT itself does not play the live stream
: it relies on the operating system to launch the right player.
IRT minimises the player after it starts, so it does not get in
the way.
Set the current
station as preset |
CTRL+Preset
button |
Random cycle
now |
CTRL+Random |
Interrupt
cycle, but keep playing. |
CTRL+Stop |
Listen to
current then start Random Cycle |
CTRL+SHIFT+Random |
Recording
parameters |
CTRL+Record |
Toggle Always
On Top |
CTRL+Power |
Preferences |
CTRL+SHIFT+Power |
Listen to
last station |
Double click
+ Information Display |
Lookup current
station in Google |
CTRL + Information
Display Click |
The tooltips that appear when you
move the mouse over a button show you the following:
1st line
: what happens when you click
2nd line : what happens when you
CTRL+click
3rd line : what happens when you CTRL+SHIFT+click
Each button on the screen has a tooltip
to tell you what it does. In addition, when you press CTRL, certain
controls change :
|
Normal
Click |
Click
With Control |
Library |
Show
the library window |
|
Random |
Show
you a station at random for you to select. |
Start
the random cycle : select a station at random and start
playing it for a preset length of time. |
Stop |
Stop
playing or recording. |
|
Record |
Record. |
Record
parameters. |
Power |
Exit. |
Toggle
"always on top" mode. |
Presets |
Start
the preset station. |
Set
the current station to be the selected preset. |
LCD Display |
Double
click starts the last station you listened to. |
Start
Google with a search for the current station. |
In addition to them, you can set preferences
when clicking the power button with CTRL+SHIFT pressed.
The
options are
How long to
wait to detect new windows |
When
you start a station, any new window that appears in
that time will be considered to be part of the program
that plays the stream, and will be minimized, or closed
when you press Stop. |
How long to
wait to detect a signal |
How
long to wait for the signal before deciding it is not
available. |
How long to
wait to detect lost signal |
When
a station is playing, how long to wait before deciding
it has been lost. |
Delay For
Random Cycle |
How
long to listen to when playing the random cycle. |
Listen to
last station at startup. |
When you start
IRT, it goes back to where it was last tuned. Just like
a real radio... |
How long to wait to detect a signal
: 45 seconds
How long to wait to detect lost signal : 10 seconds.
When starting a new station, IRT will
wait 45 seconds. If no audio is detected at the end of the 45 seconds,
the station is probably unavailable.
When the station starts
within the 45 seconds, the signal may be lost later. In this ecample,
if the signal is lost for more than 10 seconds, then IRT considers
that the station is no longer available and stops it.
You can record a preset length, set
in the record parameters (CTRL+REC), or record until your disk is
filled. The record parameters are standard for MP3 : bit rate, sample
rate and constant or variable bit rate. See SoundCapture to read more about them. The recordings are
stored in the same directory as the IRT executable, and are named
"station.mp3"; if it finds a file with that name, IRT
will add a number at the end until it finds a free name, eg your
file may be called "City FM 94.9_1.mp3" because "City FM 94.9.mp3"
already exists.
NB : when recording, the meters update more
slowly. It is normal behaviour.
If you are recording shows, you may find the following useful
: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
It will show times around the world and contains a time calculator,
useful to find out your local time when a show has to be recorded
but the web site you got the schedule from only contains local times
(for instance, you're in the UK and you want to record a show that
airs on Wednesdays at 7:45 pm, Los Angeles time (the answer is Thursday
3:45 am GMT))
For this feature to work, you need
to install ras Scheduler.
You schedule recording from the Stations
Library screen, by pressing the Record button in the toolbar. It
will start RasScheduler with the right settings, all you need to
fill in is the day and time, and the repeat rate.
To delete
or modify recordings, you need to use RasScheduler.
By default, IRT normalises the input
before compressing it. It means that if you record a "quiet"
station, you won't have to turn the speakers up when you listen
to the recording. It may produce "clicks" during the first
few seconds of the recording. Also, this option may be too CPU intensive
for lower speed computers. Turn it off if you have problems with
recording. |