Total Recorder Q

Karl Engel wrote:

> Does its recording of streaming internet audio completely bypass the
> computer's sound card, or is there a DA/AD conversion with the limitations
> of the card ending up in the recording?

I know this doesn't answer your question, but I don't know and I don't
care. Any streaming audio that I'd get over the Internet is so much
worse in quality than the worst sound card that I can't see where it
matters. But to try to answer your question, I don't see any reason why
it should have to go through the sound card. I suppose a good experiment
would be to try it on a computer without a sound card and see if it works.

I use Total Recorder, but I use it because it can be programmed to watch
the clock, and at a specified time, connect to the streaming source,
record for the specified time, and then stop. I get my weekly dose of
bluegrass and folk music by recording a few programs from
bluegrasscountry.org over the weekend. It works while I sleep. That's a
good thing.


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"Karl Engel" wrote...
>I was just reading up a bit about Total Recorder after the thread about
>long files in Audacity.
> Does its recording of streaming internet audio completely bypass the
> computer's sound card, or is there a DA/AD conversion with the limitations
> of the card ending up in the recording?

*IF* you install it's "driver" then it grabs the digital samples on their
way to your sound card and "records" them. Many more modern
sound cards have a feature called "record what you hear" or have
the "stereo mix" available as a record source selection, thereby
obviating the need for this trickery.

No, there is no DA/AD conversion at work unless your sound card
is doing something strange (which some "Sound Blaster" cards are
known to do.)

OTOH, the worst sound card is better than most any kind of
streaming audio, so it is only an academic discussion.