Ok, here is how to make total Recorder version 6.0 (though the same principle will work on earlier versions,) save recordings based on the name of the show and the date.
this is not the only procedure to accomplish what we want, but it is the one I use. In TR, you can set a default file name rule for your recordings, and you can customize it, or use a completely different rule, for each individual recording. In my life, I only use TR to do what we're trying to do, so I'll make my default rule contain most of the elements we want so it will be easy to add the program name on each scheduled program. First, let's set the default rule. We'll make a default rule template that just contains the month and date. From the main screen, go to the options menu, and choose the first option, Settings. You are placed in a tree view of possible categories, and you land where you last visited. the File Names section is the seventh one, so arrow down to get there. Once there, tab. the first control you come to is a list of existing rules. We'll leave the default in place and use the first item, 'Rules not using file tag,' since we're just going to create a new rule anyway. The next control is a read-only box that shows what file name the durrent rule will yield. Ignore it now, but it will come in handy later to check your creation. Next we come to the 'new' button. Shortcut keys appear not to work here, so tabbing to get here is the only way to access the button. We could use the 'edit' button to edit the existing rule, but it's easier to just create a new one, so hit space on that 'new' button. >with the 'File Name Generation Rule' dialog open, you are first >given a chance to name the rule. This is mandatory, so use a name >you like. the next control is the name template, which is the heart >of the operation. the template can contain text and place holders, >called fields, in any combination. Our template will be simple, >just containing two fields. We pick fields from a list. the list >is the second control from the template; the next one being the >chance to put a file path into your template. so tab to the 'insert >field into template' listbox. there are 20 possible fields. In the >example, 'tony and dale show/01/08/06the '08" would fill the >'currmonth' field, the '01' would fill the 'currday' field (assuming >the date meant 1 August and not Jan. 8,) and the '06' the 'curryear' >field. Arrow through the list to explore it, or hit c to get to the >'currday' field. Tab and accept the number of digits, presumably >2. Next is a set of two radio buttons; with the top one chosen, >your field will be inserted into the template; with the bottom one, >it overwrites the current contents of the template. Next, There is >an edit spin box that lets you decrease the number you've inserted >into the template. For instance, today is the 5th, and if I put a >three in that box, the current date of the recording would show as >02. Keep tabbing to the 'insert' button, which comes before the >'ok' button in the dialog. Once you press the 'insert' button, you've inserted your first bield into the template. As you tab around again, you see that the template is now populated. Depending on the field you're inserting, it can be most cumbersome to read the template, so just make sure you're at the end of it and continue on to the list of fields. We repeat this pattern for the 'currmonth' and 'curryear' fields to follow the desired example. (I prefer the 'currmonthname' field in my file names.) When all is done, the ok button is the default button in the dialog, so you don't have to tab to it, you can just hit enter. tab to the ok button and this part of the process is set. If you're going to do a lot of scheduling, it will save you some typing. Now we want to schedule our program, n the desired example, Tony and Dale show. From the main TR screen, hit alt-t, l to go into the schedule dialog, and since shortcut keys work in here, hit alt-n to create a New schedule item. I won't go over this part here, so fill in what is needed. Tab many times. Just past the 'normalization' button is a set of radio buttons determining how the name will be generated. Auto-create is the default, and you want it. Tab and note that the current template is wrong. We'll fix it. Tab to the Rules button and hit space to open the dialog. What we do in here is a little weird, but it works. You land on a set of two radio buttons, inviting you to either use a name rule or a private rule, For the moment, leav 'name rule' active and tab to the list of rules. the one you created will be at the bottom, so highlight it. Now shift-tab and down arrow, so that 'private rule' is in force. Tab to the 'copy from name rule' button and hit space. Nothing will appear to happen, but in fact our template has now been populated with our rule. Tab to the change button and hit space. You land on the templace. since the day, month and year are already in there, hit the home key to go to the start of the line, and type whatever text you want to appear at the beginning of the name. when done, hit enter. Hit ok to accept the 'file name rules' dialog, and you're back on the main screen. If you shift-tab, you'll see that your file name will now be the one you want. though this may seem cumbersome, in my experience it's no less awkward than other ways of getting to the same goal, and the naming feature of TR is very powerful. Dean _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
