[BC] Aircheck Recording

[Robert Bowe]

The folks that brought you Total Recorder also have an app that deletes 
files over a preset age (Out-Of-Date Monitor) - We've been running all 6 
of our stations through TR and letting the out-of-date monitor delete 
the files after 7 days (to the hour!).  If you want mp3 you'll have to 
install LAME to encode the mp3 format.

It also has a nice auto file naming system.

The real nice feature of TR is the fact that it'll run on nearly 
anything that runs windoze (I initially tested it on a Toshiba Satellite 
Pro 410CDT  P1, 24MB RAM, 810MB HDD - it ran fine and the laptop is now 
used as a portable monitor recorder).  We have all six running on 1 
machine and it has been real stable (no software problems at all).

Hardware $2300, software $30, the results priceless

Hal Schardin wrote:
> State Services has been using Total Recorder for 2 years now. I
> agree that it is reliable. The only reboots have been when Windows
> updates are installed. 
> We are running the program as a diagnostic tool. If our overnight
> automation fails, we can play back individual hours and diagnose the
> time and nature of the failure. We only save 24 hours of
> programming; older files are automatically overwritten, so no file
> management is necessary. Using the Windows Media codec at 12 kbps
> mono, we are able to store 1 hour in less that 5 megabytes.
> The program runs on a Windows server. My son created a simple web
> interface that permits access on any computer within our facility. 
>
>
>
> Hal Schardin, CPBE
> Minnesota Services for the Blind
> 651 642-0848
> Hal.Schardin at STATE.MN.US
>
>   
>>>> markc at kjly.com 12/15/2006 4:25 PM >>>
>>>>         
> We've been using Total Recorder, a shareware audio recording
> program that 
> has a nice simple scheduler. I set up a basic XP Pro box with Total
> Recorder 
> and have been recording with it quite reliably since last January.
>
> Well, I should say reliably for Windows. I let it go three months
> one time 
> and it did require a reboot. I generally access it for file
> management using 
> TightVNC over my LAN. And typically I restart it monthly as I do my
>
> streaming encoder. They are together so it's easy to do them both
> at the 
> same time.
>
> Total Recorder doesn't have "automatic" file management like a real
> logger 
> program, and if you need that feature you probably want to use the
> real 
> thing. If you don't mind going in every so often and cleaning out
> files, 
> then TR might be just what you need.
>
> It's not a Telos Profile or iMedia Logger, but it works pretty well
> for 
> KJLY.
>
> Mark Croom
> Blue Earth
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Durenberger" <Mark4 at durenberger.com>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:38 PM
> Subject: [BC] Aircheck Recording
>
>
>   
>> What are you folks using for long-form archival recording these
>>     
> days?  I'm 
>   
>> looking for software that'll stay reliably in "record", spitting
>>     
> out 
>   
>> compressed audio chunks at regular intervals and sending them to
>>     
> a 
>   
>> network-based storage system.
>>
>> All opinions are appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks and Happy Holidays!
>>
>>
>> Mark Durenberger
>>     
>
>
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Robert Bowe, CSRE
Director of Engineering
MBC Grand Broadcasting
Grand Junction, CO