Sunday, August 16, 2015

I am no longer testing

Since early July I have not been testing any of Applian's products. I have decided to move on.
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Thursday, July 9, 2015

Winpcap utility tip

If you encounter an issue with the Winpcap utility, try the following;
First, please uninstall WinPCap from your Control Panel. From the Windows Control Panel, uninstall WinPcap. Reboot. Reinstall WinPcap (it is distributed inside the Replay Media Catcher directory in C:\Program Files (x86)\Applian Technologies\ or it can be obtained directly from www.winpcap.org). During installation, make sure to leave the "launch at startup" button checked.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Replay Radio Folder Creation

You want your X Y Z radio station recordings to be stored to a designated folder instead of the default RR9 folder.
Also, you want your A B C podcasts to be stored to this other designated folder.
To do the above, you would;
This OK button is found when you add a station, show or podcast via the replay guide, add a show manually via the main user interface of Replay Radio 9 or when you edit an existing entry in your Schedule list view.
1. Locate the OK button within your scheduler properties window.
2. When you have focus on this ok button press shift+tab one time.
You will hear something like menu split.
3. Press your space bar.
4. Down arrow and locate new folder and press enter.
Edit box appears.
Type in name of new folder.
X Y Z
Press enter.
Tab over to the OK button and press enter.
You are not finished.
Repeat the steps shown below;
This OK button is found when you add a station, show or podcast via the replay guide, add a show manually via the main user interface of Replay Radio 9 or when you edit an existing entry in your Schedule list view.
1. Locate the OK button within your scheduler properties window.
2. When you have focus on this ok button press shift+tab one time.
You will hear something like menu split.
3. Press your space bar.
4. Down arrow and locate the X Y Z folder and press enter.
Tab over to the OK button and press enter to save.
Now all the recordings you make in the future will be save in the X Y Z folder for your X Y Z radio station.
 
Now to the A B C Podcast show and how to designate it to a specific folder.
1. Locate the OK button within your scheduler properties window.
2. When you have focus on this ok button press shift+tab one time.
You will hear something like menu split.
3. Press your space bar.
4. Down arrow and locate new folder and press enter.
Edit box appears.
Type in name of new folder.
ABC
Press enter.
Tab over to the OK button and press enter.
You are not finished.
Repeat the steps shown below;
This OK button is found when you add a station, show or podcast via the replay guide, add a show manually via the main user interface of Replay Radio 9 or when you edit an existing entry in your Schedule list view.
1. Locate the OK button within your scheduler properties window.
2. When you have focus on this ok button press shift+tab one time.
You will hear something like menu split.
3. Press your space bar.
4. Down arrow and locate the ABC folder and press enter.
Tab over to the OK button and press enter to save.
Now all the recordings you make in the future will be save in the ABC folder for your ABC podcast.
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Sunday, June 14, 2015

NVDA, Replay Media Catcher 6 list view , Solving the list view with two or more files & more omfp

 
Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75
Will refer as RMC6
Using the list view (files list) & invoking the context menu list for a particular file in the list view
NVDA 2015.1
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Blindreplay blog
Applian
 
When using NVDA the list view will not display your files you have captured unless you have two or more files via captures or recordings.
JAWS does not have this behavior.
Solutions are to use,
alt+i which is the import keyboard shortcut to import two not so important files into the list view contents area.
After you have done your very first capture you will notice three new buttons immediately after the list view control and they are,
Properties
Play
Show in Folder
Choose the show in folder button with spacebar and this will open your Windows Explorer / Files Explorer default storage location. This is your hard drive location where your files are stored currently. This was set by the Applian developer.
 
So make sure you have two or more files in the RMC6 list view.
If you do not then you'll have to use the show in folder steps above or NVDA object navigation insert+numpad1 then insert+numpad6.
 
NVDA calls this list view as (List) without the parentheses once you have landed on it via tabbing around.
 
When you have two or more files in the rMC6 list view you can use first letter navigation and your up or down arrow keys.
 
Have focus on a file that is in the list view.
Verify with insert+numpad5.
Doing a right click or shift+F10 or context menu on the file we currently have focus on and wanting to make changes to this file or other files is not possible unless you do the steps shown below or uses the valuable keyboard hotkeys like,
ctrl+m which will convert your non MP3 file to MP3.
Say in the very first capture you make the file in the list view is MP4 or FLv and you want it to be in MP3.
Place focus on this non MP3 file and press ctrl+m and you will get your file in MP3 format.
Also, you can use ctrl+c which will use your global conversion setting you have set.
This global setting is not limited to the MP3 format.
 
If you want all your captures to be globally converted to MP3 while capturing then read my text tutorial about the No Conversion Settings control button which shows you how to set it to MP3 and at a specific bit rate.
 
Now to using the context menu keyboard key while you have focus on a file in the RMC6 list view to view the context menu list of available options. Tip is to use the keyboard shortcuts shown below instead for fatger results.
 
NVDA does not show the context menu list correctly currently so do the step shown below,
 
The List View Information
 
This only applies when only one file is in the list view.
Tab until you hear NVDA says list.
You have focus on the list view (files list view).
 
NVDA will not tell you the name of this file but you will notice a properties, play and show in folder button.
This tells you there is a file in the RMC6 list view.
So locate the list view by using the tab key until you hear NVDA say list and stop tabbing.
Insert+tab will reveal the focused control.
 
To find the hidden file  do,
insert+numpad 7 then again
insert+numpad 7 for no review
 
Press insert+numpad1 for object navigation,
Press insert+numpad6
You will hear NVDA say graphics. This is most likely the icon image for the file in your list view.
Press insert+numpad6 again and you will hear the file name.
 
Press insert+numpad /
Press context menu key, or shift+F10.
NVDA will say Menu.
Press insert+numpad /
NVDA will say Menu
Press insert+numpad *
Press insert numpad4 or insert+numpad 6 to hear the context menu list of options,
They are,
Delete
Rename
Remove
Play
save to MP3
Convert
Restart
Import in WMP
Show In Folder
 
Since we are working on just one file and only one file is currently in the list view press the option you want like save to MP3 with insert+numpad / then numpad /.
I strongly recommend you add two or more files in the RMC6 list view so you will not have to deal with the above steps but instead do the steps shown below.
 
The above have keyboard shortcuts that you can use.
 
Just make sure you have two or more files in your list view to make it easier for you.
Read beginning of this article to find out how.
You can capture two sources is one way to do this.
 
List View Now has two or more files Information
The below only apply when the RmC6 list view has two or mor files
The list view function correctly.
Use up or down arrow keys to find your file.
Use first letter navigation.
Place focus on a file within the RMC6 list view,
Use the keyboard shortcuts that apply for list view content shown below.
Note the shortcuts are not all for the list view so only use those that apply.
Like ctrl+m
ctrl+c if you have set global conversion setting already.
delete key
F2
 
Keyboard shortcuts
I have not tested all of these.
Alt + X = Start or Stop Auto mode Stream Downloading
Alt + R = Start or Stop audio recording
Alt + S = Split audio recording
The above work.
 
Escape = Cancel selected download
Del = Delete selected recording(s) from computer
F2 = Rename selected download/recording.
Ctrl + R = Remove selected file(s) from the file listing, but don't delete from computer
Enter = Play selected download/recording
Ctrl + C = Converted selected files to format specified in global conversion settings
The one below works,
Ctrl + M = Converted selected files to MP3
 
Not sure about these,
Add = Combine multiple selected files
Ctrl + F = Fix FLV
F5 = Restart download (only possible for some download streams)
Ctrl + I = Import selected recording(s) into iTunes library
Ctrl + W = Import selected recording(s) into Windows Media Player library
Ctrl + O = Show selected file in Windows File Explorer
Alt + A = Show the album artwork in the Properties Window
Alt + L = Show the song lyrics in the Properties Window
Alt + T = Lookup ID3 tags (artist, song, album, etc) for selected song(s)
Alt + Enter = Open the download/recording properties window
The below do work,
Alt + I = Open file browser to Import songs into Replay Media Catcher 6
F1 = Open web browser to the Replay Media Catcher support page
Alt + F4 = Quit
Ctrl + L = Place cursor in the URL bar
Not sure abot the below,
Ctrl + S = Open Settings tab does work with JAWS.
The below do work in most instances
Ctrl + tab = Next tab
Ctrl + shift + tab = Previous tab
The below works,
Ctrl + v = With the file listing selected, the paste command can be used to import media files from the clipboard. Additionally, if you have copied multiple URLs from a text file, those can be queued for downloading.
 
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NVDA, Replay Media Catcher 6 Using the schedule tab control to set up future recordings

Using the Schedule Tab Control to setup a future timed recording and more.
Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75
Will refer as RMC6
NVDA 2015.1
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Read the RMC6 user guide first.
Blindreplay blog
 
Configuring the Conversion Settings button control within the Schedule tab control.
Works the same way as the RMC6 main interface Conversion Settings button control.
The Schedule tab control allows one to set up future recordings by time and date. Its very powerful.
To find this Schedule tab control you would,
Run RMC6 desktop icon.
Wait for the splash screen to load.
Do a shift tab key press. Then tab one time.
NVDA will say Tab control.
Maximize RMC6
Where you heard NVDA say Tab Control simply use your down arrow key to hear,
Home
Usually it will take you to the Guides tab control so press up arrow to hear Home tab control,
Press down arrow repeatedly to hear the rest shown below,
Guides
Schedule
Settings
Get Support
 
So locate the Schedule tab control with your arrow key.
Press your tab key one time from the Schedule tab control.
You will land on the New Schedule button.
Press spacebar to activate the New Schedule button.
You will have focus in the General tab sheet properties and will be in the Schedule name edit field.
If you shift+tab away from this Schedule Name edit fieldyou will hear NVDA say Tab Control.
This signifies you have landed on the Schedule tab sheet tabs area.
Use your right arrow key repeatedly to hear all the tab sheets that are available for the Schedule properties window.
You can use your left arrow key if necessary.
The Schedule window has the following property tab sheets.
General | Schedule | Settings | Split |Override Tags
 
Use insert+tab to hear the control name when in the properties.
 
Schedule > General tab properties tips
 
Press insert+tab and you will hear the name of your control. For example when focus on the Capture Method combo box NVDA will say
Capture Method combo box
 
We are on the,
Capture Method combo box / drop down
Press letter A repeatedly to hear the available options.
Press letter D repeatedly to hear the available options.
Using the down arrow key does not work here.
 
Next press tab to hear the next control.
Use insert+tab to hear NVDA say
At Complete: combo box None                               
This combo box works so use your down or up arrow keys.
 
Further down there will be an edit box to paste in your media URL address.
 
When you hear this save schedule button, my experience only, stop at this save schedule button and do not proceed with the tab key press but press ctrl+tab to place focus in the next tab sheet properties within  the Schedule window properties.
Basically it will jump to the next tab sheet properties.
You will see checkboxes for Monday thru Sunday.
 
Next you have,
TZ time zone combo box
This is for your media source local broadcast time. The time they broadcast in their time zone and not to be confused with your local time settings.
 
Next we have the Start time combo box and start date combo boxes.
Use insert+tab to hear the control's name and values / digit numbers you have set.
 
The start time combo box edit field defaults to the AM / PM field.
Use up or down arrow key and you will toggle this from AM to PM or PM to AM.
To verify the change press insert+tab and NVDA will say the value / digits.
 
Use your home keyboard key to place focus on the hour value.
Then use up or down arrow key to set the hour value number.
Use insert+tab to hear you settings you have set for the time.
Press right arrow 3 times to set the minutes value for your start time.
Use up or down arrow keys to set the minutes value.
Use insert+tab to hear your start time settings.
Press your END keyboard key to set the AM / PM setting.
This is your E N D keyboard key and not the letter N key I am referring to here.
Use up or down arrow key to set the AM / PM.
Use insert+tab to hear the settings.
 
You have set the start time.
 
Press your tab key next.
 
You land on the start date combo box.
Use the same steps mentioned above dealing with the start time settings.
The steps work the same way.
 
Now press your tab keyboard key to land on the Duration edit field.
This Duration field requires a number value.
Press insert+num pad 7 two times until it says no review.
Press insert+numpad1 for object review.
Press insert+numpad2
Press insert+numpad 5 to hear the current value for the duration edit field.
type in a value now like 60.
Press insert+numpad 5 to hear the value you have set for the duration field.
If its incorrect then press your END key. That is the E N D keyboard key. Press backspace to delete these numbers and now type in 60.
Press insert+numpad 5 to hear the duration value.
You can use the standard up and down arrow keys to change your current value you have typed in already.
If its correct then press insert+numpad1 to get out of object review.
Type in 60 for 1 hour recording.
Type 120 for 2 hour recordeing.
 
Tab now.
You land on the save schedule button and stop here.
 
Press ctrl+tab to advance to the next property sheet which is the settings property sheet.
 
RMC6 has controls that can be configured to be on which means enabled or off which means disabled within some property tab sheet properties.
NVDA will say switch is ON for some controls and switch is off for other controls.
To change from switch off to on or switch from on to off you simply press your spacebar.
Press insert+tab to confirm that this is what you want.
NVDA will say the current switch status to you.
Like switch is on or switch is off.
 
The Settings tab property window has this Conversion Settings button.
 
This Conversion Settings button control can be configured the same way as the main user interface RMC6 Conversion Settings control text notes I have posted in my blog where I show how to use this control or ask me for these notes.
 
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Choose spacebar on the save schedule button to save the schedule you have set up.
 
The Schedule list view contents does not appear until you have two or more schedules setup.
This is a NVDA issue or Infragistics issue.
You can do the following,
Create two fake schedules, false start times and start dates plus fake URL addresses contain just the text of http: in the URL field and save the schedule.
Keep these two fake scheduled events in the list view forever and you will be fine.
With two entries now in the list view you will notice the list view functions correctly.
 
Practice with RMC6.
 
Finally,You can use ctrl+tab to jump to the next tab sheet like say you are in the General tab properties and presses ctrl+tab it will take you to the Schedule tab sheet properties.
Be careful with the shift+ctrl+tab as it may take you out of the Schedule properties window altogether. As you become more familiar with RMC6 you will know what has happened and will find the place you want to be.
 
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Saturday, June 13, 2015

NVDA Using Replay Media Catcher 6 Capture Method button control

Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75
Will refer as RMC6
NVDA 2015.1
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Blindreplay blog
 
Using the Capture Method button control with NVDA
Maximize RMC6.
Find the Capture Method button control by using your tab keyboard key.
Press your spacebar.
NVDA will say Menu.
Press insert+numpad/
Press insert+numpad *
Use insert+numpad4 or insert+numpad6 to review your capture method options which are,
Stream Downloader which is the default
Audio Recordder
Digital Video Recorder
 
Place focus on one of the above modes like Audio Recorder.
Use insert+numpad 5 to hear what you are on.
 
Press insert+numpad/ then numpad /.
 
You have made the Audio Recorder the current capture method.
You will be back on main user interface of RMC6.
Review your Capture Method button status. It will say audio Recorder. You can do a shift+tab and tab back to this control. You will hear the tooltip.
Also the interface will have this split button and start recording button which you do not see while you are in the Stream Downloader mode.
If you close RMC6 it will default back to Stream Downloader mode capture method option next time you run RMC6.
 
Using the Capture Method control button
 
Note with NVDA if you capture just one file you will need to use the show in folder button found on the main interface of RMC6 to view the file.
If you capture two or more files then the list view 'files list' of your captured files functions normally. You can up / down arrow in the list and use first letter navigation within this list view.
When tabbing within the RMC6 main user interface the first time around you will hear this list spoken by NVDA. NVDA will say list with its speech. This is your list view / files list view of your captured media or recordings. Also you may here the tooltip for this list view object. I cannot remember at the moment.
Read the user guide if you have Windows 8.1.
 
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NVDA Configuring the No Conversion Settings button Update

Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75
NvDA 2015.1
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
 
Configuring the No Conversion Settings control button found on the main interface of Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75 using NVDA 2015.1
The steps below are to set the MP3 format to the MP3 Default bit rate thus telling Replay Media Catcher 6 to automatically convert all captures / recordings to the MP3 whether the original file was an MP3 or any other format like MP4 / FLV. You will have the original format and the MP3 file since we are going to tell Replay Media Catcher 6 via this No Conversion Settings control button to globally convert all captures to MP3.
 
Run Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75 which I will call RMC6.
Maximize RMC6.
Locate the No Conversion Settings button with your tab keyboard key.
Press spacebar on the No Conversion Settings button.
You should hear NVDA say Menu.
If you do not hear Menu please press your escape key two times to get out and redo the steps above until you hear NVDA say MENU.
Now that we heard NVDA say Menu we would do the following,
Insert+ numpad /
NVDA will say Menu
insert+numpad * (which is move navigator object to mouse)
Use your insert+numpad 4 to go up the list
Use insert+numpad6 to go down the list
You are reviewing the list.
The list should say from top to bottom,
Manufacturers (This is the Formats submenu)
I do not know why this is but the first Manufacturers you hear in this list is actually the Formats submenu.
JAWS does the same.
Continuing with this list you have,
Manufacturers (2nd one in the list)
Output Folder
Don't Convert
Configure
 
The above is what should appear for you in the list.
 
Locate the first Manufacturers in the list by using insert+numpad4 until you have focus on it.
 
Now do,
Insert+ numpad /
NVDA will say Menu
insert+numpad * (which is move navigator object to mouse)
 
You have opened the formats submenu,
Press insert+numpad2
You will hear 3gp
If you do not hear 3gp and hears amazon then you were in the wrong submenu and in the 2nd Manufacturers submenu and were not focus on the 1st Manufacturers (Formats) submenu.
 
We hear 3GP.
Press insert+numpad6 to navigate down the list of Formats options.
You will hear
asf
avi
as you press insert+numpad6 each time and if you keep pressing insert+numpad6 you will hear
MP3 is spoken by NVDA.
 
We now have focus on the MP3 submenu.
Now do,
Insert+ numpad /
NVDA will say Menu
insert+numpad * (which is move navigator object to mouse)
 
Now do,
insert+numpad2 to go inside the MP3 bit rates list.
 
Use insert+numpad6 repeatedly to hear all the available MP3 bit rates.
That is press insert+numpad6 to hear one bit rate then press insert+numpad6 to go down to the next bit rate and so on.
You can use insert+numpad4 to go up the list of available MP3 bit rates.
 
We are looking for the MP3 Default bit rate from the list so locate it.
 
To select the Mp3 Default bit rate press,
insert+numpad / then
numpad /
NVDA will say left click.
 
Now shift+tab and tab on the main interface of RMC6 or tab around and you will hear NVDA announced Mp3 Default instead of the usual No Conversion Settings button we had originally.
You will hear convert to: MP3 Default
 
We have told RMC6 to globally convert all captures to MP3 Default bit rate. You will still recieve the original file format too.
 
Attention
Say you want it back to No Conversion Settings
You would do the following,
Find the MP3 Default button on main user interface. It used to read as No Conversion Settings button.
Press spacebar.
You should hear NVDA say Menu.
If not, start over.
Press escape two times and focus again on the MP3 Default button.
Do the steps again.
Now that it says Menu do,
insert+numpad /
NVDA will say Menu again.
insert+numpad * (which is move navigator object to mouse)
 
You will hear the list.
Use insert+numpad 4 or insert+numpad 6 until you hear,
Don't Convert
 
Focus is on the Don't convert option so do,
insert+numpad / then
numpad /
 
The button now reads as No Conversion Settings. The factory default.
Your files will not get globally converted
You will get the original source file stream type only when you capture.
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NVDA users How to use and configure the NO Conversion Settings button control

Configuring the No Conversion Settings control button found on the main interface of Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75 using NVDA 2015.1
Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75
NvDA 2015.1
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
 
Configuring the No Conversion Settings control button found on the main interface of Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75 using NVDA 2015.1
The steps below are to set the MP3 format to the MP3 Default bit rate thus telling Replay Media Catcher 6 to automatically convert all captures / recordings to the MP3 whether the original file was an MP3 or any other format like MP4 / FLV. You will have the original format and the MP3 file since we are going to tell Replay Media Catcher 6 via this No Conversion Settings control button to globally convert all captures to MP3.
 
Run Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75 which I will call RMC6.
Maximize RMC6.
Locate the No Conversion Settings button with your tab keyboard key.
Press spacebar on the No Conversion Settings button.
You should hear NVDA say Menu.
If you do not hear Menu please press your escape key two times to get out and redo the steps above until you hear NVDA say MENU.
Now that we heard NVDA say Menu we would do the following,
Insert+ numpad /
NVDA will say Menu
insert+numpad * (which is the right click)
Use your insert+numpad 4 to go up the list
Use insert+numpad6 to go down the list
You are reviewing the list.
The list should say from top to bottom,
Manufacturers (This is the Formats submenu)
I do not know why this is but the first Manufacturers you hear in this list is actually the Formats submenu.
JAWS does the same.
Continuing with this list you have,
Manufacturers (2nd one in the list)
Output Folder
Don't Convert
Configure
 
The above is what should appear for you in the list.
 
Locate the first Manufacturers in the list by using insert+numpad4 until you have focus on it.
 
Now do,
Insert+ numpad /
NVDA will say Menu
insert+numpad * (which is the right click)
 
You have opened the formats submenu,
Press insert+numpad2
You will hear 3gp
If you do not hear 3gp and hears amazon then you were in the wrong submenu and in the 2nd Manufacturers submenu and were not focus on the 1st Manufacturers (Formats) submenu.
 
We hear 3GP.
Press insert+numpad6 to navigate down the list of Formats options.
You will hear
asf
avi
as you press insert+numpad6 each time and if you keep pressing insert+numpad6 you will hear
MP3 is spoken by NVDA.
 
We now have focus on the MP3 submenu.
Now do,
Insert+ numpad /
NVDA will say Menu
insert+numpad * (which is the right click)
 
Now do,
insert+numpad2 to go inside the MP3 bit rates list.
 
Use insert+numpad6 repeatedly to hear all the available MP3 bit rates.
That is press insert+numpad6 to hear one bit rate then press insert+numpad6 to go down to the next bit rate and so on.
You can use insert+numpad4 to go up the list of available MP3 bit rates.
 
We are looking for the MP3 Default bit rate from the list so locate it.
 
To select the Mp3 Default bit rate press,
insert+numpad / then
numpad /
NVDA will say left click.
 
Now shift+tab and tab on the main interface of RMC6 or tab around and you will hear NVDA announced Mp3 Default instead of the usual No Conversion Settings button we had originally.
You will hear convert to: MP3 Default
 
We have told RMC6 to globally convert all captures to MP3 Default bit rate. You will still recieve the original file format too.
 
Attention
Say you want it back to No Conversion Settings
You would do the following,
Find the MP3 Default button on main user interface. It used to read as No Conversion Settings button.
Press spacebar.
You should hear NVDA say Menu.
If not, start over.
Press escape two times and focus again on the MP3 Default button.
Do the steps again.
Now that it says Menu do,
insert+numpad /
NVDA will say Menu again.
insert+numpad * (right mouse click)
 
You will hear the list.
Use insert+numpad 4 or insert+numpad 6 until you hear,
Don't Convert
 
Focus is on the Don't convert option so do,
insert+numpad / then
numpad /
 
The button now reads as No Conversion Settings. The factory default.
Your files will not get globally converted
You will get the original source file stream type only when you capture.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

REplay Radio & JAWS losing focus sometimes tip

If you see menu bar spoken everywhere or shortcut letters on the screen of Replay Radio and are using JAWS then JAWS has lost focus. Solution is to,
Press insert+F4 to shut down JAWS then restart JAWS with your hotkey. Most use ctrl+alt+j Focus is back now.
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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Replay Capture Suite

Has 7 programs in the suite.
$79 regular price
-$20 Suite blind code
$59 Final Price
That works out to $8.45 per application in the suite.
Ask me any questions.
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Replay Capture Suite $20 off code

Applian's Replay Media Capture Suite
http://applian.com
The Replay Capture Suite promo code is
Blind Forum Suite 
The above code is case sensitive.
$20 off the regular price of the suite package.
You get one product key that you use to activate each product.
You do not have to use all the applications that are available in the suite.
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Friday, June 5, 2015

Using Demo versions

I have tested with NVDA and JAWS 16 Replay Radio and Replay Music 7.
Using Windows 7 Pro.
As of June 5, 2015.
Read the user guide.
If you have Windows 8 read the user guide. You will need to use the stereo mix / what you hear.
 
Applian wrote,
All of our programs are available as free demos. One can use Replay Radio or any other program in free demo mode forever. The demo mode for Replay Radio is fully functional. The limitations are one can capture up to 50% of on-demand downloads and 1 minute of live audio in demo mode.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Replay Media Catcher 6 & Guides tab content

Been this way for a long time. The Guides tab control's media content has been inaccessible. It would be a nice feature to have but not required in order to capture.
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JAWS & Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75

JAWS 16 known issues. Just in case you missed it.
Continued.
Dialog prompt text windows are not spoken in most instances.
The most eratating thing is the announcement of the word Menu bar Menu bar Menu bar when focus is lost. Menu bar is heard every time the user presses his tab key.
Work around is to use insert+F4 to shut down JAWS and restart it with your JAWS startup hotkey.
Until focus is lost again.
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Monday, June 1, 2015

Window-Eyes 9.1 & Replay media Catcher 6.0.0.75 update

A user has told me that using ctrl+shift+s on the Settings tab, Internet Downloads tab properties checkbox for the Winpcap does tell the user whether the check box is checked or unchecked. So this is good news if you are using Window-Eyes 9.1.
 
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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Window-Eyes 9.1 with Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75

You can still capture with Window Eyes 9.1.
Press alt+x to start the capture.
Open browser, play media.
Known current issues.
 
Window Eyes 9.1 user told me the following issues they have,
Capture Method button
Using down arrow key does not advance to the next mode.
The No Conversion Settings Control is flawed.
List View / Files list
The files are not heard when there are files in the list. For example, 3 files were there but using the up or down arrow keys do not work on the list view. Contents are not hear. Has to us the show in folder button to find the files within Windows Explorer.
Settings tab control properties tab sheets like Personalization and the others like the Audio Recordings tab sheets when on a control like Delete to Recycle Bin does not tell the user if the control is on / off / enabled / disabled.
In the Audio Recording tab sheet within settings tab the drop down / combo boxes do not work with up / down arrow keys but using alt+down arrow key press will work like for format and bit rates.
The data field like for Concurrent Downloads which its default is 5 does work to change.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

NVDA & Replay Media Catcher 6 more known issues

NVDA.
When using the context menu keyboard key which acts like using the shift+F10 to view the available options do not read when using the up and down arrow keys. Do not know why.
 
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NVDA & Replay media Catcher 6.0.0.75

Opinions expressed are my own.
NVDA known issues with Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75
Many of the controls do not function correctly if you use the up / down arrow keys.
The audio tutorials show these issues and how to get around them.
The list view or files list requires you to have two or more files listed to read in normal conditions.
Otherwise, you will need to use your screen review insert+numpad7 then insert+numpad6.
The same goes when in the Schedule tab list view.
The No Conversion Settings button is flawed when using NVDA. Run JAWS demo or JAWS screen reader to set the No Conversion Settings to say MP3 > MP3 Default setting then go back to the NVDA screen reader.
The Guides tab is not accessible.
The Schedule tab when in the new schedule window setup window Capture combo box does not function with standard down / up arrows.
Use down arrow then up arrow to configure this combo box. Also, you can use letters A or D to hear all the available options in this combo box.
To set the date and time within the Schedule tab new Schedule Window use home and END key ( E N D key). Use up and down arrow keys to change a value and right or left arrow keys to move to the next field like from month to day to year. Use shift+tab and tab to re-hear your settings. Use insert+tab also.
Settings tab multi page window. When in edit fiels you will need to use your screen review or object review mode to change a value. Values will say blank instead of the actual number. For example, concurrent downloads edit field is 5 but NVDA will read it as blank so it requires the use of alternative modes to configure.
Listen to my audio tutorial I have done.
You can capture using the stream downloader and audio recorder.
I have not tested fully the DVR mode.
I am not subscribed to pay for services to test in order to capture the DVR feature.
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JAWS & Replay Media Catcher 6

Known issues
Many of the pop up windows can only be read once with JAWS. Using insert+b will not re-read the pop up messages.
JAWS will lose focus on the RMC6 user interface so use insert+F4 to shut down JAWS then restart it with your hotkey.
No Conversion Settings button with version 6.0.0.75 shows two Manufacturers listed and the first listed Manufacturers is actually the Formats option.
The Guides tab control is not accessible.
The Schedule tab control can be used but requires two listed scheduled events in the list view.
 
DVR Mode
Select the DVR mode via the Capture Method button.
Have not fully tested with JAWS.
If the DVR Browser button when selected with the enter button is supposed to show an Internet Explorer browser appearance with links and all elements after pasting a URL address in the address bar then it is not working correctly with JAWS.
For example, to login to a subscription based service in order to do the capture.
The software is not perfect but you can capture most content using the stream downloader and audio recorder modes.
Opinions expressed here are my own.
 
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Sunday, May 24, 2015

JAWS losing focus with Replay Media Catcher 6

Again, if JAWS has focus issues like it saying Menu bar each time you are tabbing around within the Replay Media Catcher 6 program or when you are in the settings properties or if the main tab controls like Home, Guides, Schedule, Settings, Get Support are read back to you as h, G, S, S, g then please shutdown JAWS with insert+F4 then ok then restart JAWS with your keyboard hotkey. I do not know why this happens. When JAWS restarts focus is back until its lost again.
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Replay Radio One Year Subscription Special for blind users

$14.95 One Year Subscription Special for Replay Radio for blind users.
Works well with JAWS 16 and NvDA 2015.1.
Get $15 off regular price by using the URL shown below,
 
 
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Using Replay Radio as a podcatcher

JAWS 16
NVDA 2015.1 similar steps used
Locate the RSS feed URL address for your favorite podcast.
Copy this RSS feed address to your clipboard.
Run Replay Radio application.
It's not free but it works.
Locate the add a show button on main user interface of Replay Radio and activate it.
The  scheduler window opens.
You are in the recordings tab properties by default and that is all you need to be at.
Pressing your tab key will land you in the name edit field so type in the name of your podcast.
Tab again and you will be in the URL field, paste in the feed URL address.
Tab again,
Capture: combo should be set to Direct download.
Tab again,
Download: combo should be set to Podcast RSS feed.
Tab again,
Screen reader does not say Save From but,
Saved From combo configuration
Date: combo month / Day / Year then in the same combo appears the hour / date / year.
Example, Save From combo box will say,
5/23/2015  3:00 PM in the same combo box.
You use your up or down arrow keys to change a number or can type in the number.
You will be focused on the month value.
To go to the date value you would press your right arrow key then use up or down arrow key to change the date field.
JAWS will speak when you edit the fields.
Set the year.
right arrow to edit the hour.
Right arrow to edit the minutes.
Right arrow to edit the AM or PM
Again each time you press your right arrow key simply use your up or down arrow key to edit the number or type in the number.
The Save From field allows you to go back in time to download the older podcasts that you want or may have missed.
Now press your tab key and you will land on this mute volume checkbox. This checkbox is not checked and do not make any changes to this checkbox unless you want to lose your screen reader's speech.
Press tab key,
Now we have passed the mute volume checkbox and hear this new combo box / drop list.
This combo box is the start the download / look for new podcasts at this specific time,
The Start Combo box will look like this
hour minutes PM
Set the time you want.
Press tab,
This is your start date to start downloading your podcasts.
Month / date / year
make the necessary changes.
Press tab,
Duration edit field should say minus1 that is dash 1
Leave as is.
Press tab again,
At complete: combo leave to None
Press tab again,
Time zone setting combo,
set to your time zone. Use up and down arrow keys.
Press tab,
Monday through Sunday checkboxes
If your podcast has shows on monday through Friday then choose those days.
Press tab until you hear the ok button and press enter key.
You have added your podcast to Replay Radio's Schedule tab list view.
Locate the Schedule tab on main user interface of replay Radio.
Stop at the schedule tab and then press tab to go inside its entries.
You will see your podcast listed that you added in the schedule tab list view contents area as an entry.
While in the list view use up or down arrow keys or first letter navigation.
 
All downloads will appear in the My Recordings list view on the main user interface of Replay Radio.
Your downloads are also on your hard drive.
You can also run on the fly start download podcast for your listed podcast by pressing your context menu key or shift+F10 and choose start recording option with enter key.
Replay Radio does not have to be running. It will wake up on its own to do its tasks whether it's a radio station timer recording or to start a podcast download.
 
To edit an existing podcasts properties simply find it in the schedule list view and press enter key. This will bring up the properties window for the podcast.
 
Its not free. Blind users can now get this program for $14.95 for a one year subscription. I have the special URL address link for you to get at this special price. $15 off regular price.
 
The special URL is
 
To download Replay Radio go to,
 
Audio Tutorials can be found at my blog at
Or ask me to send you the download link for the audio tutorials on Replay Radio by email to,
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Pop up windows when using Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75 with JAWS 16

There is a known issue with the pop up messages that appear when say you delete a file or whatever it is – you will hear the pop up prompt type message only once. You will be able to use your tab key to hear the Yes or No buttons but insert+b will not re-read the prompt message you receive if you use JAWS 16 with Replay Media Catcher 6. I do not know why. NVDA does not show this issue with the prompt pop up messages and insert+b works. Once you know what its saying you know what to do. You can do most things like delete within Windows Explorer. Try JAWS OCR feature on these pop up prompt type messages if needed.
 
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Windows 8.1 users Screen Reader tip

If you are using Windows 7 or earlier no concerns.
If using Windows 8.1 and capturing music for example and when capturing your music contains your screen reader's synthesizer's speech output in these music recordings then do the following,
 
When recording has started turn off your screen reader application with JAWS its insert+F4 then choose ok then when done recording start JAWS with your hotkey. Mine is ctrl+alt+j
If you use NVDA to turn off NVDA speech use insert+q then choose ok. When done recording simply press your hotkey which is usually ctrl+alt+n.
This method will not record your synthesizer's speech output.
Your music will only get recorded.
Exceptions will be the first recording and last recording.
It's a good idea to turn off all other applications like email, Skype and other programs that may make sounds. Also, if you have scheduled scans set up and if these programs make sounds then reschedule these programs to scan at a different time and not when you are recording.
It's a Windows 8 thing.
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Friday, May 22, 2015

Windows 8 Users

One would need to disable secure boot with Windows 8 / 8.1 if using the Application method. Or, one can switch the audio recording method to Stereo Mix and not disable secure boot. You can read the paragraph at the bottom of this linked page
 
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Replay Radio

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Ctrl+r: Start an audio recording
  • Ctrl+x: Stop an audio recording
  • Ctrl+n: Create a new, empty schedule item
  • Ctrl+c: Copy currently selected schedule as a new schedule
  • Ctrl+e: Open currently selected schedule item for editing
  • Delete: Delete the currently selected item
  • Ctrl+g: Start the currently selected schedule item and record for given duration
  • Ctrl+t: Tune to the station on the currently selected schedule item. The Tune tab details must be filled in.
  • Ctrl+s: Open Settings
  • Escape: Stop the currently selected recording
  • F2: Rename the currently selected recording
  • Enter: Play the currently selected recording
  • F5: Restart the the currently selected recording
  • F
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Keyboard Shortcuts Replay Media Catcher 6

Keyboard Shortcuts

Alt + X = Start or Stop Auto mode Stream Downloading
Alt + R = Start or Stop audio recording
Alt + S = Split audio recording
Escape = Cancel selected download
Del = Delete selected recording(s) from computer
F2 = Rename selected download/recording.
Ctrl + R = Remove selected file(s) from the file listing, but don't delete from computer
Enter = Play selected download/recording
Ctrl + C = Converted selected files to format specified in global conversion settings
Ctrl + M = Converted selected files to MP3
Add = Combine multiple selected files
Ctrl + F = Fix FLV
F5 = Restart download (only possible for some download streams)
Ctrl + I = Import selected recording(s) into iTunes library
Ctrl + W = Import selected recording(s) into Windows Media Player library
Ctrl + O = Show selected file in Windows File Explorer
Alt + A = Show the album artwork in the Properties Window
Alt + L = Show the song lyrics in the Properties Window
Alt + T = Lookup ID3 tags (artist, song, album, etc) for selected song(s)
Alt + Enter = Open the download/recording properties window
Alt + I = Open file browser to Import songs into Replay Music
F1 = Open web browser to the Replay Media Catcher support page
Alt + F4 = Quit
Ctrl + L = Place cursor in the URL bar
Ctrl + S = Open Settings tab
Ctrl + tab = Next tab
Ctrl + shift + tab = Previous tab
Ctrl + v = With the file listing selected, the paste command can be used to import media files from the clipboard. Additionally, if you have copied multiple URLs from a text file, those can be queued for downloading.

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Replay Music 7

Keyboard Shortcuts

Alt + R = Start or Stop recording
Alt + S = Split recording
Del = Delete selected recording(s) from computer
F2 = Open the ID3 Tag Editor
Enter = Play selected recording
Ctrl + I = Import selected recording(s) into iTunes library
Ctrl + W = Import selected recording(s) into Windows Media Player library
Ctrl + O = Show selected file in Windows File Explorer
Ctrl + C = Combine multiple selected files
Alt + A = Show the album artwork in the Properties Window
Alt + L = Show the song lyrics in the Properties Window
Alt + T = Lookup ID3 tags (artist, song, album, etc) for selected song(s)
Alt + Enter = Open the recording properties window
Alt + I = Open file browser to Import songs into Replay Music
F1 = Open web browser to the Replay Music support page
Alt + F4 = Quit

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Replay Music 7 User Guide

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Replay Music Support

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Replay Radio User Guide

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Replay Radio Technical Support

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Always read the user guides

Check if your operating system is supported and the secure boot notice if you use Windows 8.1. All my tutorials were done using Windows 7 Pro and prior.
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Replay Media Catcher 6 User Guide

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

NVDA Replay Music 7.0.0.75 Advanced Audio Tutorial

Replay Music 7.0.0.75
Advanced Audio Tutorial
NVDA 2015.1
Read the user guide if you use Windows 8.1
Please listen to the first audio tutorial
You can find it at
 
Website
 
Advanced Audio Tutorial Download
 
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Replay music 7.0.0.75 Beginner Quick Start Guide & Capture Music Audio Tutorial

 
Replay music 7.0.0.75 Beginner Quick Start Guide & Capture Music Audio Tutorial
Replay Music 7.0.0.75
Windows 7 Pro
Read the RM7 User Guide
NVDA 2015.1
 
Contact Info
petrogia@gmail.com
 
Have blind discount code available.
Record music streams that have silence between songs and have them split automatically into individual songs with artists name, title and album name. Automatically tagged for you.
 
Website
 
Main interface is shown.
Note about the list view / files list
Must record two or more songs for the list view to show up in normal view.
Keyboard hotkey to start and stop recording is
alt+r
Records 3 songs from music stream using IE browser.
The 3 songs are split into tracks and auto tagged with artist, title and album.
Plays back two songs to show quality.
 
Audio Tutorial Download
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Schedule Tab Control layout & Adding New Schedule With Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75 Audio Tutorial

Schedule Tab Control layout & Adding New Schedule With Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75 Audio Tutorial
Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.75
May 21, 2015
NVDA 2015.1
Windows 7 Pro
 
Audio Tutorial is at the bottom
The Schedule tab control layout and its associated tab sheets are reviewed.
One way to configure the start recording time, date and duration values is shown.
Use home key for the first values, arrow 4 times to the right for the middle values to be set and end keyboard keys for the last values to set the above.
Use insert+tab to hear each value.
Shift+tab and tab to confirm the values.
Duration is 60 value for 1 hour.
Will have to use screen review mode insert+numpad 7 or object review insert+numpad 1 to set the duration edit value.
The audio tutorial shows you how its done.
For duration if it says 1440, use END keyboard key then backspace 4 times to delete then type in your new value.
The UTC combo box is for your media stream broadcast time zone. Its referred as TZ. The time they broadcast.
RMC6 will adjust the recording for you automatically as it will use your computer's time and date settings.
The Schedule tab control has the following tab sheets,
General
Schedule
Settings
Split
Override tags
When in the Schedule > General tab sheet properties,
Capture Combo Box use down arrow key then up arrow key to hear all the available options.
You can also use accelerator keys letters A or D to hear all the available options within this capture combo box.
Once you have set your new schedule choose the save schedule button.
 
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Replay Radio Audio Tutorials Download Links

Via Dropbox
Replay Radio Audio Tutorials
Two Zip files are below
 
Replay Radio Audio Tutorials Zip
Zip #1
 
Zip #2
 
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

NVDA Capturing Music with Replay media Catcher 6.0.0.72

Capturing Music that contains silence between songs with Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 using NVDA 2015.1.
Read the entire message.
Earlier versions of Replay Media Catcher 6 will not work and is not accessible with NVDA.
 
Prior audio tutorials can be found at,
 
Capture Music Audio Tutorial link is below
 
 
Settings you need to configure are,
Go to Capture Method button.
Press spacebar.
 
Choose Audio Recorder mode.
Use of screen review insert+numpad 7 and insert numpad 4 or 6 is required.
Try spacebar then down arrow key then numpad 4 or numpad 6 to locate the audio recorder mode.
Listen to my earlier podcast on this if you need help.
Use insert+numpad / then numpad / to select the Audio Recorder.
 
Press tab key until you hear Tab Control spoken by NVDA.
Down arrow until you hear Settings tab.
We are going to go inside the Settings tab control's multi page tab interface.
While you have focus on the Settings tab now press your tab key two times. You will skip the reset button as you do this.
You will hear NVDA say tab control.
You are on the Settings multi page tab controls.
Press your right arrow key until you have focus on the Audio Recordings tab sheet.
We are going to go inside the Audio Recordings properties to make the following changes.
You go inside by pressing your tab keyboard key each time to hear its controls that are available.
So we have navigated to
Settings tab > Audio Recordings tab sheet >
and set the following to;
Application default is Application
Format type combo box
Bit Rate combo box
Record Silence switch should be set to OFF
Its a toggle so use spacebar to toggle it.
Use insert+tab to hear the current status
Split On Silence Switch is ON
If it says off press spacebar to toggle it.
Use insert+tab to hear the current status
 
Press alt+r to start recording
Open music source like within your browser.
Play the stream.
alt+tab back to RMC6 program and locate the list view or walk away from your computer.
At night, if you do not want to hear the music from your speakers connect a 1/8 inch cable to the output jack of your computer.
Focus is within RMC6 program.
The RMC6 list view / files list will show you your recordings in progress.
File name, file size, bit rate and status.
You will hear sound beats each time a song has been split.
After each sound beat a new file will be created in the RMC6 list view.
After each sound beat RMC6 will identify the song with song name and more.
It will tag your song.
 
When done press alt+r to stop recording.
Look at your RMC6 list view or go to your default storage folder on the hard drive to view and play your music.
***  Important ***
When done capturing music you should change your settings back to in order to capture your videos like on youtube to the below.
 
Choose Capture Method button with spacebar
Choose Stream Downloader.
Go to Settings tab control then Audio Recordings tab sheet and set the following to,
Record Silence switch should be set to ON
Its a toggle so use spacebar to toggle it.
Use insert+tab to hear current switch status
Split On Silence Switch is OFF
If it says ON press spacebar to toggle it.
Use insert+tab to hear current switch status
 
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Capturing Music, Auto Split each song and more with Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 JAWS

Capturing Music, Auto Split each song and more with Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 JAWS
Capturing Music that contains silence between songs with Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 using JAWS only.
Read the entire message.
NVDA has issues but can be used if you know what to do.
Prior audio tutorials can be found at,
 
Capture Music Audio Tutorial link is below
 
 
Settings you need to configure are,
Note in the audio tutorial I did the below within the stream downloader mode settings the below then opened the capture Method button and chose Audio Recorder mode.
Also, I mentioned you may need to  shut down JAWS then restart it if focus is lost.
Use your hotkey to restart JAWS. Mine is ctrl+alt+j I think I said ctrl+alt+F4 at the end so do not do this ctrl+alt+F4.
 
You should do it this way,
Go to Capture Method button.
Choose Audio Recorder mode.
Navigate to
Settings tab > Audio Recordings tab sheet >
and set your
Format type
Bit Rate
Record Silence switch should be set to OFF
Its a toggle so use spacebar to toggle it.
Shift+tab and tab to re-hear the switch status.
Split On Silence Switch is ON
If it says off press spacebar to toggle it.
Shift+tab and tab to hre-hear the switch status.
 
Press alt+r to start recording
Open music source like within your browser.
Play the stream.
alt+tab back to RMC6 program and locate the list view or walk away from your computer.
If you do not want to hear the music from your speakers connect a 1/8 inch cable to the output jack of your computer.
Focus is within RMC6 program.
When done press alt+r to stop recording.
Look at your list view or go to your default storage folder on the hard drive to view and play your music.
***  Important ***
When done capturing music you should change your settings back to in order to capture your videos like on youtube to the below.
 
Choose Capture Method button with spacebar
Choose Stream Downloader.
Go to Settings tab control then Audio Recordings tab sheet and set the following to,
Record Silence switch should be set to ON
Its a toggle so use spacebar to toggle it.
Shift+tab and tab to re-hear the switch status.
Split On Silence Switch is OFF
If it says ON press spacebar to toggle it.
Shift+tab and tab to hre-hear the switch status.
 
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Why is it? UIA and non UIA situation update

UIA and non UIA version of this program results are,
JAWS 16 handles this program's interface well except the cocasional focus issue which can be fix by shutting down JAWS and restarting JAWS.
 
UIA version of this program,
Got word last night that Window Eyes can handle the UIA version of this program but not the non UIA version.
 
Will find out more on this soon.
 
Now to NVDA,
NVDA handles the non UIA version much better than the UIA version of this program.
 
Go figure why main straem developers are lost when it comes to supporting screen readers with their programs.
 
If there is an Addon developer who can write code for this program let me know.
They should be very easy fixes to do as I know the issue areas.
 
Otherwise I can wait for AT Prime to come around because it should be a technology breakthrough in the screen reader world.
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Monday, May 18, 2015

NVDA Settings tab properties shown Replay media Catcher 6.0.0.72

Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 Audio Tutorials Continued
NVDA Settings tab properties shown Replay media Catcher 6.0.0.72
NVDA 2015.1
Windows 7 Pro
If you want to test this non-release version let me know.
Looking for experienced NVDA / Window Eyes 9.1 users only
To listen to the previous audio tutorials go to,
 
Now to the podcasts,
 
Settings tab properties shown, Internet Downloads tab sheet properties which is found within the Settings tab. Two Internet Downloads tab settings reviewed.
What is switch is on & Switch is off? Use spacebar to toggle the switch status then insert+tab to re-read the status.
choosing your settings for,
Settings tab > Internet Downloads >
Preferred download Quality: Hi Medium Low
Preferred Download Format - prompt, any, FLV, MP4 and other options available
Pressing ctrl+tab also works to jump into each tab sheet's properties within the settings tab window.
 
 
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

NVDA Converting to MP3 via list view ctrl+m of Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 Audio Tutorials

Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 Audio Tutorials Continued
NVDA 2015.1
Windows 7 Pro
NVDA Converting to MP3 via list view ctrl+m of Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 Audio Tutorials
If you want to test this non-release version let me know.
Looking for experienced NVDA / Window Eyes 9.1 users only
To listen to the previous audio tutorials go to,
 
Now to the podcasts,
 
How to convert a non MP3 file in the list biew, renaming a file in the list view, to convert this non MP3 file to MP3 use hotkey ctrl+m when focused on the file in your list view.
 
 
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Saturday, May 16, 2015

NVDA Viewing and editing parameters within Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72

Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 Audio Tutorials Continued
NVDA 2015.1
Windows 7 Pro
If you want to test this non-release version let me know.
Looking for experienced NVDA / Window Eyes 9.1 users only
To listen to the previous audio tutorials go to,
 
Now to the podcasts,
 
Changing a parameter / edit field value within Settings tab > Internet Downloads > Concurrent Downloads Explained
 
 
 
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Friday, May 15, 2015

NVDA Capturing with Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72

Replay Media Catcher 6.0.072
Capturing Methods Shown
Two Recordings
NVDA
Windows 7 Pro
 
Capturing YouTube content using Replay Media Catcher's URL address bar
Playback a captured file
 
 
Capturing YouTube using alt+x hotkey
Playback a captured file
 
 
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Thursday, May 14, 2015

JAWS & NVDA: What is this Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 & Current Audio Tutorials for blind screen reader users

Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72
What is it?
User Guide
 
BlindReplay Blog
 
First to those who use JAWS 16 here is a zip file for you.
Audio Tutorials using Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72
 
Now to NVDA 2015.1 users
This version has not been publicly released yet but will be. I made an audio tutorial showing the new and improved user interface using NVDA. I will release a new tutorial each day. Do not try to use a older version of Replay Media Catcher 6 with NVDA as it will not work for you. Look for version 6.0.0.72 or greater. I am still looking for power NVDA users to test because I am seeing some controls I need help with. Skype is best. My Skype ID is  petrogia
 
If you plan to capture just the youtube media this program is completely free and captures 100% of the youtube media.
 
Now to the first audio tutorial.
Main Interface
Dropbox URL
 
 
Installing Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.0.72 or higher with NVDA.
 
Dropbox Download
 
 
Using NVDA,
If you missed the previous audio tutorials go to,
 
Capture Method button explained in depth
 
Using NVDA,
If you missed the earlier podcasts go to
 
The Capture Method button briefly shown
 
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NVDA Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 & the Capture Method button briefly shown

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NVDA Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 Capture Method button In Depth

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

NVDA Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 Installation

Installing Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.0.72 or higher with NVDA.
 
Dropbox Download
 
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NVDA Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 Main Interface Shown

This version has not been publicly released yet but will be. I made an audio tutorial showing the new and improved user interface using NVDA. I will release a new tutorial each day. Do not try to use a older version of Replay Media Catcher 6 with NVDA as it will not work for you. Look for version 6.0.0.72 or greater. I am still looking for power NVDA users to test because I am seeing some controls I need help with. Skype is best. My Skype ID is  petrogia
 
If you plan to capture just the youtube media this program is completely free and captures 100% of the youtube media.
 
Now to the first audio tutorial.
Dropbox URL
 
 
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Replay media Catcher 6.0.0.72 & NVDA users

When released Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 has been greatly improved to work well with the NVDA screen reader. Disregard most of my earlier posts on NVDA not working with Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.71 and earlier. Just use version 6.0.0.72 or higher.
 
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Monday, May 11, 2015

Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.72 & browsers

Yes. Version .72 works with YouTube videos. In Firefox, I have to copy and paste the URL to download. The Auto mode does not work for me in Firefox. In Chrome, Auto mode works but the actual video doesn't start to play, even though the file gets downloaded in Replay Media Catcher. Copy and paste should work fine with all browsers. The auto mode hotkey is alt+x to start a capture and stop its alt+x
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Saturday, May 2, 2015

Replay Radio Quick Start Audio Tutorials

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Replay Media Catcher 6 & Replay Music 7 access with screen readers

In case you are new NVDA does not handle Replay Media Catcher 6 or Replay
Music 7 user interfaces well at all and I personally do not recommend you
use it at this time. It has to do with RMC6, NVDA and the UIA. Use JAWS if
possible. If you use JAWS and focus is lost use JAWS shutdown with
insert+F4, choose ok then restart JAWS with your hotkey you set up. Mine is
ctrl+alt+j to start JAWS and focus is back for awhile until lost again.



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Replay Media Catcher 6 & the ctrl+v keystroke update

Applian tech support,
The new "batch" adding of files or URLs with ctrl+v is done in the main file
listing (ie the listing of files that has been captured). The URL bar, or
the URL edit field as you call it, is meant for single URLs.

Importing file can also be accomplished with the alt+i keyboard command.
This will bring up a standard Windows interface for selecting files to be
added.



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Replay Media Catcher 6 Introduction Screen

From Applian,
When installing Replay Media Catcher 6, there is an introduction screen that
mentions the various features of the software. The YES/NO does a
walk-through tutorial, pointing out the various features of Replay Media
Catcher 6. To a certain extent, this walk-though is meant for sighted users
who never bother to read the User Guide. I am not sure how well it behaves
with screen reading software.


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Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.70

From Applian tech support
There are two aspects to the new RMC6 ctrl+v usage.

First, if you have a text file with one or more URLs, each on a separate
line, you can ctrl+c to copy that listing to your Windows clipboard. Then,
in RMC6, if you have the file listing area active, using ctrl+v will paste
those URLs and queue each for downloading. With this usage, you no longer
have to paste URLs one-by-one into the URL bar. Of course, not all videos
can be grabbed this way, but it works reliably with YouTube.

The second new usage of ctrl+v is if you want to import files into RMC6. In
Windows File Explorer, find one or more files that you would like to import.
With these files selected, use ctrl+c to copy their info to the Windows
clipboard. As before, go to RMC6 and have the file listing active. Use
ctrl+v to paste the files into the RMC6 file listing. You can subsequently
convert the files.

I hope this explains the new feature.



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Replay Media Catcher 6.0.0.70

New feature released in this version.
From Applian,
There are two aspects
to the new RMC6 ctrl+v usage.


First, if you have a text file with one or more URLs, each on a separate
line, you can ctrl+c to copy that listing to your Windows clipboard. Then,
in RMC6, if you have the file listing area active, using ctrl+v will paste
those URLs and queue each for downloading. With this usage, you no longer
have to paste URLs one-by-one into the URL bar. Of course, not all videos
can be grabbed this way, but it works reliably with YouTube.


The second new usage of ctrl+v is if you want to import files into RMC6. In
Windows File Explorer, find one or more files that you would like to import.
With these files selected, use ctrl+c to copy their info to the Windows
clipboard. As before, go to RMC6 and have the file listing active. Use
ctrl+v to paste the files into the RMC6 file listing. You can subsequently
convert the files.


I hope this explains the new feature.


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Attention NVDA screen reader users

Currently if you have Windows 7 or higher and NVDA 2015.1 the following
products will not work too well for you. They are,

Replay Media Catcher 6
Replay Music 7

Many parts of the user interface is not accessible with NVDA and has to do
with the UIA.


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Applian Upgrade Pricing

Existing customers can check out upgrade pricing using their current license
code at the following link:

https://applian.com/upgrade



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Saturday, April 18, 2015

Replay Media Catcher 6 User Guide

http://applian.com/replay-media-catcher/support/user_guide600

Replay Media Catcher 6 User Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Start
Tutorial
Overview and the Home Tab
Capture Method - Stream Downloader
Capture Method - Audio Recorder
Capture Method - Digital Video Recorder
Guides Tab: Exploring The Guides
Schedule Tab: Scheduling Recordings
Settings Tab: Customizing RMC6
. Personalization
. Output Folder
. Internet Downloads
. Audio Recording
. DVR
. Naming Rules
Converting Media Formats
Advanced Internet Downloading Settings
Keyboard Shortcuts
Quick Start
Watch these videos to get up and running quickly with Replay Media Catcher:
. How to Auto-Download from YouTube and Other Streaming Media Sites
. How to Use the Copy/Paste Method in Replay Media Catcher 6 to Download
Videos
. How to Record from Pandora and other Music Services
In most cases, catching online media is as easy as clicking the AUTO switch
to the On position. AUTO switch in On position
If this is the first time you are using Replay Media Catcher 6 (RMC6), you
may get a notice about our SSL Scanner. This helps facilitate capturing
streaming media over HTTPS connections. RMC6 will then watch for streaming
media as you browse the internet. If streaming media is recognized, it will
be saved to your computer. For more information, please read Capture
Method - Stream Downloader.
If you don't want RMC6 to constantly watch for streaming media, turn AUTO to
the Off position: AUTO switch in Off position
For On Demand saving of media, Drag & Drop or Copy & Paste the webpage URL
into the URL Download field.
drag and drop field
RMC6 will then find the media on the page and save it for you. For more
info, please see Saving Online Media with the URL Bar and DVR Online Videos
with the URL Bar.
If the media playing in your browser (or via the Drag & Drop or Copy & Paste
method) cannot be saved, the media is likely protected. In these cases, use
RMC6's Audio Recorder or Digital Video Recorder features to save the media.
Tutorials
When you first launch Replay Media Cather 6, you are presented with an
overview of the software and an opportunity to do a guided walk through.
This walk though is highly recommended as it highlights where commonly used
features are located.
You can reopen the tutorial screen at anytime via the Main menu icon at the
top right main menu iconand selecting Tutorial.
We also recommend that you view our video tutorials which will acquaint you
with aspects of the software:
Video Tutorials
Overview and the Home Tab
Replay Media Catcher 6 is an easy, yet powerful way to capture video and
audio files from thousands of web sites as they play in any web browser.
These files can be transferred to smartphones or tablets, burned to a CD or
DVD disc, or incorporated into other programs like PowerPoint or video
editors.
Besides being a simple-to-use streaming media recorder, Replay Media Catcher
6 has some other handy features:
. Saves any online video at any available quality.
. Records audio from ANY source as it plays on your PC.
. Automatically converts recorded files to a format of your choice.
. Lets you schedule recordings from any playable URL at a time you choose.
. Has embedded video, music and radio guides to help you find interesting
media.
. Uses a Music Fingerprinting technology to automatically identify and tag
recorded music MP3 files.
When you start Replay Media Catcher 6 for the first time, the default view
is the Home tab for Stream Recording.
Home tab when screen recording
RMC6 Main Toolbar
At the top of Replay Media Catcher 6 is a toolbar which adjusts depending on
the chosen Capture Method.
main toolbar
When the Stream Downloader Capture Method is chosen, the AUTO button will
appear, as in the above screenshot. Please read Capture Method - Stream
Downloader for its usage.
At the top right you will find the main toolbar icons for accessing the most
common recording features. The contents of the toolbar are dependent on the
current recording method. In the Stream Downloader Capture Method, from left
to right, the icons are:
. registration iconRegistration: If you are still in trial mode, you can
register RMC6 using this button. If you are already registered, the button
will not appear.
. Stream capture method iconCapture method selection: The cloud download
icon indicates that Stream Downloader is the active capture method. Click
this icon to change to other downloading methods.
. small interface iconSmall interface mode: Clicking this button will shrink
RMC6 into a much smaller, streamlined interface.
. Output Folder iconOutput Folder location: Use the Output Folder button to
change where you would like media to be saved. This action is also available
in Settings.
. main menu iconMain menu: The Main Menu button provides an extensive list
of program actions.
RMC6 tabs
Along the left hand side of the user interface you will find tabs for:
. Home tabMost of your time will be spent in the Home tab, from which you
can view all of your saved media.
. Guides tabThe Guides provide a convenient way to find new media.
. Schedule tabUse Schedule to have Replay Media Catcher 6 record online
programs at designated times.
. Settings tabUse Settings to customize the behavior of Replay Media Catcher
6.
. Get Support tabThe Get Support tab provides more product information and
ways to contact us.
RMC6 Home Tab Central Content
The contents of the central area will change depending on the chosen tab.
When on the Home tab, all your saved media will be shown in the central file
listing section.
RMC6 Home tab file listing
. At the top left is the global conversion pulldown. Please refer to the
Converting Media Formats section for more information.
. At the top right is a Search field in which you can search though your
listing of saved media.
. At the bottom, a generated thumbnail for the media is shown as well as
file information. There are icons for open properties getting more
information, play media playing the media, open folder and revealing the
Windows folder in which the media was saved.
. Across the middle is the saved media listing itself. The name of the media
as well as file characteristics are listed. Clicking on the column headers
will change the sorting order. Right-clicking on a saved file will bring up
a context menu for additional actions.
. Stop: Stop the active download or recording
. Delete: Delete the selected file(s)
. Rename: Rename the selected file
. Remove: Remove the selected file(s) from the listing but do not delete
them from the computer
. Play: Launch an appropriate media player for the media type
. Convert: Convert the selected file(s) to the chosen media format in the
global conversion pulldown
. Save to MP3: Quickly convert the selected file(s) to MP3 without having to
select a global conversion setting
. Combine: Merge the selected files into one continuous file - see Split and
Combine for more information
. Fix FLV: Adjust the duration or time stamp for selected file(s) -
sometimes necessary for FLV files that have audio/visual synchronization
problems
. Restart: Attempt to restart the download/recording - not always possible
based on the media source
. Import into iTunes: Send the selected file(s) to iTunes
. Import into WMP: Send the selected file(s) to the Windows Media Player
library
. Show in folder: Open a Windows folder to the location of the saved media
. Artwork: Open the file Properties window to show downloaded artwork or
generated thumbnail
. Lyrics: Open the file Properties window to show any lyrics that might have
been obtained
. Lookup Tags: Query the ROVI database to find artist and album information
(a.k.a. ID3 tags)
. Properties: Open the Properties window - see more information about the
saved media
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Capture Method - Stream Downloader
RMC6 GUI in Stream Downloder mode
Replay Media Catcher 6 will detect and download video and music from
thousands of sites and streamed via many different protocols and in many
different formats.Click here for the full list of supported protocols.
Browser Independence
It does not matter what browser or other application you use to watch video
or listen to music that is streamed from the internet. This is because
Replay Media Catcher monitors the network stream for media, and once
detected will download or record the stream.
What is the Difference Between Recording and Downloading Internet Streams?
When Replay Media Catcher detects a compatible stream, it will try and
create another connection to download it. When Replay Media Catcher is
downloading, there is no need to continue to play the video or music in your
browser!
Sometimes it is not possible for Replay Media Catcher to download the media.
In these instances, Replay Media Catcher will record the stream as it plays
in your browser. When Replay Media Catcher is recording in this manner you
must continue to play the video or music in your browser. If you stop
playback, then Replay Media Catcher will also stop recording.
Replay Media Catcher displays Downloading or Recording in the Status column
of the Home tab for the respective methods. If a stream is protected and
cannot be downloaded or recorded directly, then you can use the Audio
Recorder (for audio content) or Digital Video Recorder (for video content)
Capture Methods to save the media.
Monitoring For Internet Streams with AUTO
Capture Method Stream Downloader selected You must start monitoring BEFORE
you watch or listen to media that you want to capture. First, make sure that
the capture method at the top right is set to Stream Downloader, as seen to
the right. Click on the AUTO switch before browsing to the media you want to
capture. Once clicked, the AUTO switch will turn slide right and turn green
AUTO switch in On position.
Saving Online Media with the URL Bar
You can perform manual downloads using the URL bar, found directly beneath
the AUTO switch. As the hint text suggests, you can manually type in a URL,
copy & paste a URL, or drag & drop a URL into the text field. If you already
have a URL copied to the Windows clipboard, you can also use the paste from
clipboard button clipboard button at the end of the URL field. Then click
the Enter key or press the download url buttondownload arrow button. RMC6
will visit the URL and attempt to grab streaming media from it. The final
dvr url buttonDVR button in the bar will launch a Digital Video Recording of
media at the URL (please refer to Capture Method - Digital Video Recorder
for more information).
Media Extractor - Choosing Media Quality
Oftentimes, online media will be streamed in multiple formats and qualities.
For compatible streams, RMC6 will detect the different available media
formats and give you a choice as to which to save. Expand the formats
listing and double-click on the one you want to download. The line will turn
green, indicating that the video is queued for download. If you are
interested in only saving a particular format or quality all of the time,
you can act on those preferences with the Preferred Download Quality and
Preferred Download Format options at the bottom of the window.
Multiple Streams download option
If you change you mind about preferred formats, you can reset the preference
in Settings -> Internet Downloads.
File Naming
Please refer to Settings -> Naming Rules and Advanced Settings
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Capture Method - Audio Recorder
Capture Method Audio Recorder selected Audio recording is a great way to
capture music when downloading fails. Saving audio using this method will
work, regardless of the format, protocol, or web site of the media.
First, switch to the Audio Recorder by changing the Capture Method in the
top right toolbar. The green bullseye audio recording buttonRECORD button
will appear at the top left. Once clicked, the RECORD button will turn to a
red square STOP button stop recording button, but RMC6 will be actively
monitoring for audio media. When RMC6 is actively recording audio, the VU
meter will animate at the lower left of the interface, and the recording
will be seen in the Home tab.
Audio Recording active
Splitting and Combining Recordings
While recording, you may wish to begin the creation of a new file, ending
the first, without stopping the recording process. This is easily achieved
using the Split Now scissors icon in the toolbar Split Now Icon.
Sometimes, based on the automatic silence detection settings (see
Settings -> Audio Recording and DVR), a recording might be accidentally
split into two or more files. Alternately, you may want to join multiple
files together to make a long recording. In the Home tab, simply select the
files you wish to combine, right-click and choose Combine. The Combine
window will appear. Reorder the recorded clips as appropriate by dragging
and dropping them, with the top-most item being the first. Give a name for
the combined recording, and press the Combine button.
Combine window
The Combine option can also be accessed via the Main Menu icon main menu
icon or by pressing the + key on your keyboard's number pad.
Small Interface
If you are capturing a lot of media from the internet (a playlist of songs
for instance) then you may wish to use the Small Interface by clicking small
interface iconin the toolbar. The main interface will disappear and the
Small Interface will appear. The progress of active recordings will appear
in a movable box at the lower right of the screen. You can turn off this
option in Settings -> Personalization -> "Display progress alerts when
minimized". The Small interface can be dragged to different locations, and
you can return to the Main Interface by clicking large interface icon.
Setting the Output Folder
At any time you can change the default output folder that files are saved in
by clicking media folder in the toolbar. You can also change the location
via Settings -> Output Folder.
Audio Settings and Naming (a.k.a. Tagging) Rules
Please consult the Settings sections on Audio Recording and Naming Rules.
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Capture Method - Digital Video Recorder
Capture Method Digital Video Recorder selected Videos from some streaming
websites cannot be directly downloaded or recorded using the Stream Capture
method. For these cases, Replay Media Catcher 6 has a powerful Digital Video
Recorder feature. In this mode, only one recording can be done at a time.
From the Capture Method icon in the top right toolbar, choose Digital Video
Recorder. The Digital Video Recorder feature is available on systems running
Windows Vista and above.
DVR Online Videos with the URL Bar
DVR drag and drop URL field
As with the Stream Downloader capture mode, website URLs can be drag &
dropped (or copy and pasted) into the URL Bar at the top of the RMC6
interface. Thepaste from clipboard button clipboard icon can also be used to
paste in a URL that you have copied from a web browser. Then press the dvr
url buttonDVR button to the right in the URL bar. RMC6 will go to the site
and attempt to make a recording of the video there. If the recording fails,
you may need to use our DVR Browser to specifically start the recording,
especially if login credentials are necessary.
DVR Online Videos with the DVR Browser
Replay Media Catcher 6 includes a convenient web browser for making the
digital video recording of online media easier. Additionally, some websites
require patrons to login to an account in order to watch a video. To open
the DVR Browser, click the globe icon in the toolbar DVR Browser icon. Our
DVR Browser window will open with a convenient list of popular video
streaming websites.
DVR Browser window
You can click on a thumbnail to go to the listed site, or you can enter a
URL of your own choosing in the URL field. Reopening the DVR Browser will
take you back to the last site you visited, and the DVR Browser Home button
Home button will return you to this main listing.
Once you have found a video and it is playing in the DVR Browser, click the
DVR Record button REC button. The browser window will close, and a recording
will be done in the background. In the lower left corner of the RMC6
interface, there will be a mini live view of the recording.

Note: RMC6 uses audio redirection by default, so there will be no audio. DVR
recordings are meant to be done in the background, so there will be no audio
playing in the DVR Browser or during an active recording. If you do hear
audio from the video, then our audio redirection is not locked into the
media or you have turned off the setting. Close and reopen the DV Browser.
If you want to hear the audio while a recording is taking place, turn Off
the Audio Redirection option in Settings -> DVR.
Additional options:
. Recording Duration: If you want to record for a specific amount of time,
enter the number in the DVR Record duration boxRecording Duration box at the
top right of the DVR Browser window. Recordings will then ignore the silence
detection routines (see Settings -> DVR). Be sure to include enough time for
any commercial breaks.
. Settings: Some websites open embedded windows to play their videos. In
these cases, you need to turn on the Adjust embedded player for DVR setting
via the DVR Settings Button DVR Browser Settings gear icon for recording to
occur.
DVR Automatic Silence Detection
RMC6's DVR includes methods to detect if there is silence during a
recording. This typically indicates that a video has completed or that a
commercial break has been encountered. By default, RMC6 will "split" a
recording when silence is detected - a new recording will begin. This
conveniently allows you to subsequently delete advertisements and only watch
the content you are interested in. Recordings can then be recombined into a
single video as previously described for audio recordings. The Split on
silence feature can be disabled/enabled in Settings -> DVR. Additionally, if
a longer period of silence is detected, RMC6 will completely stop the
recording under the assumption that the video has completed. This "timeout"
feature can be adjusted in Stop if no sound (sec) in Settings -> DVR. Please
refer to the Settings section of this User Guide for more information.
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Guides: Exploring the Media Guides
Various Guides are available to help you find Videos, Music, Radio, and
Podcasts to download and record.
Some guides provide the ability to download and schedule downloads directly
from within the guide itself. Others require Internet monitoring or audio
recording to be switched on to capture media as it plays in the guide.
Guides that allow direct downloads can have content scheduled for download
or recording. Using the guide for Scheduling ensures correct information is
entered into the Scheduler.
guides tab view
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Schedule Recording
Replay Media Catcher contains a sophisticated scheduler, which allows you to
schedule regular and unattended downloads and/or recordings. The scheduler
takes into consideration the time zone of the source, and also handles
changes in daylight savings between the source and you. This is particularly
important for regular radio recordings.
Replay Media Catcher does not need to be running when a download or
recording is scheduled. It will automatically start using the Windows Task
Scheduler.
schedule view
. new scheduleNew Schedule icon: Click the New Schedule icon to create a new
schedule from scratch, or use the Guides to get initial schedule
information.
. save scheduleSave Schedule icon: The Save Schedule icon will only be
active when there are changes to a schedule that have not yet been saved.
. delete scheduleDelete Schedule icon: Deletes the selected schedule.
. run scheduleRun Now Schedule icon: Clicking Run Now will begin the
selected schedule from the current time until the duration set in the
Schedule options.
. import scheduleImport icon: The Import icon will allow you to import
previously exported schedules.
. export scheduleExport icon: The Export icon will allow you to save a file
to your computer containing all the details of your recording schedule.

You can configure a scheduled download or recording as follows:
. General tab
. Schedule Name: This is the name of the scheduled recording/download. You
can also use the following curly bracketed parameters to add start time
information to the file name: {D} - day, {M} - Month, {Y} - year, {H} -
Hour, {MI} - minute, {S} - second.
. Capture Method:
. Audio Record (Application): Audio recording will be switched on and the
URL will be opened in the default browser. Whatever is streamed will be
captured.
. Audio Record (Device): Audio recording will be switched on for content
from external device such as Line In or Microphone. Consult Settings->Audio
Recording for selecting the device.
. Audio Record (What You Hear): Audio recording will be switched on and all
detected audio on your system will be recorded.
. Auto Detect Download: The Stream Downloader capture method will be
activated and a browser window will open to the desired URL. Whatever is
streamed will be captured.
. Digital Video Record: The Digital Video Recorder capture method will be
activated and a recording will begin for the desired URL.
. Direct download by URL: The URL will be downloaded directly. This is most
useful for audio sites that provide a perpetual stream address.
. At Complete: Choose the behavior of Replay Media Catcher when the
scheduled item has completed recording:
. None: Take no additional action.
. Quit application: RMC6 will be closed.
. Stop Capture: The current recording method will be stopped.

. The remaining, second row of options in the General tab are dependent on
the Capture Method. Audio Record (Application), Audio Record (What You
Hear), and Auto Detect Download
. Launch Url In:
. External Player: An external program, based on Windows Default Programs,
will be launched
. Web Browser: Your default web browser will be opened to the website URL
. Windows Media Player: WMP will be launched for handling playback of the
stream
. URL: The web URL to be opened containing streaming media
Audio Record (Device)
. Device: A listing of available audio recording devices from your system.
Digital Video Record
. URL: The web URL to be opened containing streaming video.
Direct download by URL
. Download Method:
. Normal URL: A URL with no specific formatting
. Playlist URL: A URL formatted as a playlist
. Radiotime URL: A URL formatted for Radiotime / TuneIn programming
. RSS Feed: A URL to a RSS feed
. Torrent Magnet Link: A URL pointing to a torrent magnet link
. YouTube Channel ID: A YouTube Channel ID
. Normal URL: The direct URL to the streaming media source.
. Schedule tab
. Choose the days of the week on which the scheduled recording will run.
. Timezone: Time zone of the start time. This will be used to schedule the
download at the correct time on your machine. Each time a scheduled download
occurs, the start time is updated against the time zone to take into account
daylight savings changes or your machine and this time zone.
. Start Time: The start time in the given time zone.
. Start Date: Items with published dates after this date will be downloaded.
Each time the schedule runs, this date will be updated ensuring only newly
published items are downloaded.
. Duration: The duration of the recording after which time it will be
stopped. -1 means unlimited duration.
. Settings tab
. Import into iTunes: When On, recording will be imported into iTunes (if in
MP3, M4A, M4B, or MP4 format).
. Mute Volume: Mute the computer during recording time.
. Specify output folder: This option gives you the ability to save
recordings to a specific location other than the overall media Output
folder.
. Convert to this format and quality once complete: Select a preset
conversion setting once the download is complete.
. Split tab: Recordings can be spit into smaller files
. Don't Split: Leave recording as one file.
. Split Every X Minutes: At the requested interval, create a new file.
. Split At: Recordings can be split at 8 specific time points during the
hour. Use 0 to split at the top of the hour. Leave -1 in the field to not
use it.
. Override Tags tab: for formats such as MP3 that support tagging, use these
values instead of ones obtained via ROVI database lookup
. A bracketed shorthand can be used to add time and date information to the
file. {D} - day, {M} - Month, {Y} - year, {H} - Hour, {MI} - minute, {S} -
second
. ID3 Title Tag: Leave recording as one file.
. ID3 Album Tag: At the requested interval, create a new file.
. ID3 Artist Tag: Recordings can be split at 8 specific time points during
the hour. Use 0 to split at the top of the hour. Leave -1 in the field to
not use it.
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Settings Tab: Customizing RMC6
The Settings tab allows you customize the behavior of the software. All
settings have tooltips when you hover your mouse over them, which will give
an indication of their function. If you want to return to the default
settings, press the reset button Reset button at the right, under the main
toolbar.
Personalization
Personalization settings
. Delete to Recycle Bin: If ON, deleted files will be sent to the Recycle
Bin. If OFF, deleted files will be immediately removed from computer.
. Enable sound effects: If ON, sound effects will be active, and you will
get an audible tone when recordings complete.
. Prompt on quit: If ON, you will be prompted by RMC6 when you close the
program, giving you a chance to check if there are still running downloads.
. Clear list on exit: If ON, the recording listing will be cleared when RMC6
is quit. Files will not be deleted. If OFF, RMC6 will keep a complete
listing of recordings even after multiple sessions.
. Always on top: If ON, RMC6 will attempt to stay above all other windows on
your screen.
. Use IE Proxy settings: If ON, RMC6 will use Internet Explorer's proxy
settings as determined in Control Panel\Network and Internet\Internet
Properties. This is recommended for recording over HTTPS connections.
. Start with small interface: If ON, RMC6 will start in the Small Interface
mode.
. Import into iTunes: If ON, all recordings/downloads that are in iTunes
compatible formats will be sent to the iTunes Library. If this button is
absent, iTunes was not detected on your system. iTunes compatible formats
include MP3, WAV, AAC, and MP4/M4V.
. Auto resize columns: If ON, the columns on the Home tab will automatically
resize based on the length of each recording's name and details.
. Choose player based on file association: If ON, playing a file from within
RMC6 will launch an appropriate player based on Windows' default settings.
If OFF, the Applian FLV and Media Player will attempt to be launched.
. Display progress alerts when minimized: If ON and RMC5 is minimized or in
Small Interface mode, a movable progress window will appear on your screen,
letting you know the status of the download/recording.
. Minimize to Windows System Tray: If ON, RMC6 will minimize to the System
Tray instead of the Windows toolbar.
. Prevent sleep/hibernation: If ON, your computer's sleep & hibernation
settings will be disabled.
. Scheduler can wake: If ON, scheduled recordings will wake your computer so
that the recording is not missed due to being asleep.
Output Folder
Output Folder settings
By default, your recordings will be placed into an Applian\Replay Media
Catcher folder inside your Documents folder. You can easily change to a
number of different common folders. If you have a "cloud" service installed,
RMC6 will recognize it and provide that as a save location option as well.
Links for three common cloud services are supplied if you wish to install
them.
If you want a Custom location for saving the downloaded and recorded media,
make sure the Custom radio button is selected. Then, at the bottom in the
Output Folder field, enter the location you would like to save media to. You
can also click on the ellipsis, "...", at the end of the line to bring up a
folder navigator for choosing a location.
Internet Downloads
Internet Downloads settings
When you turn on the Auto mode for Stream Downloading, RMC6 will watch
network traffic for data that looks like media. RMC6 does this using either
the WinPcap Monitor or Applian Network Monitor driver. If you are not seeing
any media being downloaded when Auto is ON, then you may need to switch to
the other driver. WinPcap is the preferred driver due to fewer conflicts
with other software, and Network Monitor is specifically recommended for
downloading media over VPN connections.
. Network interface WinPcap will monitor: Some computers will have multiple
network interfaces. WinPcap will typically choose the correct one, but this
pulldown can be used to try other interfaces.
. Monitor HTTP/SSL: If you want to download media over HTTPS connections,
this setting needs to be ON. RMC6 will then use its proxy + certificate
system to allow for downloading from HTTPS websites.
. Dial Up/VPN Connection: Some computers may have multiple network
connections, as determined in Control Panel\Newtork and Internet\Internet
Options. If RMC6 is unable to download media when Auto is ON, you may need
to use this pulldown to see if data is passing through a different
connection.
. Concurrent Downloads: The number of simultaneous downloads before
additional requests are queued. In general, only increase this for broadband
connections > 20 Mbps.
. Minimum duration in seconds: Downloaded media smaller than this duration
are considered to be ads and are automatically deleted. Set to -1 to disable
feature.
. Preferred Download Quality: For sites that offer multiple streaming
qualities, you can have RMC6 prompt you each time for which you would like,
or you can have RMC6 automatically download the preferred quality (High,
Medium, Low).
. Preferred Download Format: For sites that offer multiple streaming file
formats, you can have RMC6 prompt you each time for which you would like, or
you can have RMC6 automatically download the preferred format (Any, flv,
mp4, 3gp, webm, mkv).
. Advanced Settings: Settings that will not normally need to be edited can
be accessed with the Advanced button. Please see Advanced Settings for more
details.
. Block the download of adverts: If ON, RMC6 will automatically ignore
streaming media from known advertisers. The list of advertiser URLs can be
found in Advanced Settings, in which you can add or delete sites.
. Start automatic detection on start: If ON, the Auto mode will be turned on
immediately when RMC6 starts.
Audio Recording
Audio Recording settings
Audio extraction program listing
. Audio recording method:
. Application: In the Application recording method, audio is directly pulled
out of running applications. The applications from which RMC6 can grab audio
are set via the Application configuration Apps button. Windows 8 users will
need to have Secure Boot disabled in their UEFI BIOS for this recording
method to work.
. Device: When Device is selected, you will be able to choose a hardware
device connected to your computer, such as Line In, from which to record
audio.
. Stereo Mix (What you hear): When Stereo Mix is chosen, all audio from your
computer will be recorded. A Buffer value will be presented, and larger
buffer values will reduce CPU load during recording.
. Output format: Choose the audio format you would like to record in.
. Bit Rate: Compressed, constant bit rate Output formats will allow you to
choose the bit rate that you would like for recording. Variable Bit Rate
(VBR) and uncompressed formats (such as WAV) do not have this option.
. Minimum duration in seconds: Recordings less that this duration are
discarded.
. Amplification Factor (Gain): Values less than 1 will decrease the volume
of the saved recording. Conversely, the saved audio can be boosted in volume
by increasing the Gain above 1.
. Peak Normalization: If ON, the recording will be processed to increase the
overall volume such that the loudest part is at 0 dBFS.
. Start audio recording on start: If ON, RMC6 will activate audio recording
when first launched.
. Prompt when a configuration issue is detected: The Application recording
method requires certain Windows Registry settings to be accurate. Sometimes,
other software such as "Cleaners" or antivirus programs will delete the RMC6
settings. If ON, RMC6 will warn you that the Registry is not configured
correctly.
. Record silence: If ON, sound that is considered silent based on the
Silence Level setting will be recorded. This is usually necessary for audio
recordings that include large breaks or gaps in the stream.
. Split on silence: If ON, when silence is detected based on the Silence
Time and Silence Level settings, RMC6 will split the current recording and
start a new file to continue recording.
. Silence Time (ms): Time, in milliseconds, for which silence needs to be
detected for Split on silence to be activated.
. Silence Level: Numbers below this level will be considered silent for the
purposes of Record silence and Split on silence.
DVR
DVR settings
. Audio Redirection: If ON, audio will not play during a DVR recording
session. If OFF, you will hear the audio as the recording takes place, and
you will need to choose an audio source in order for the video to have
embedded audio.
. Zoom in on Player: If ON, the video will be zoomed in on for recording.
This can result in a larger recording, but it also will require more CPU
power.
. Audio Codec: You can choose a specific audio codec if desired.
. Audio Format: You can choose from a wide range of audio qualities. Lower
bitrates will give smaller files and use less CPU power.
. Video Codec: You can choose a specific video codec if desired.
. Frames Per Second: Common video frame rates are available. 29.97 is the
NTSC standard. Consider reducing the Frames Per Second on older computers,
to reduce CPU load, or to reduce file size.
. Stop on Silence: If ON, the DVR will stop recording if silence is detected
for Silence Time
. Split on silence: If ON, when silence is detected based on the Silence
Time and Silence Level settings, RMC6 will split the current recording and
start a new file to continue recording.
. Prompt when a configuration issue is detected: If ON, you will be warned
if your system might have difficulty recording with the DVR. Typically this
means that Windows Desktop Composition needs to be enabled by choosing an
"Aero" desktop theme.
. Silence Check (ms): The interval, in milliseconds, to check to see if
there is silence.
. Silence Time (ms): Time, in milliseconds, for which silence needs to be
detected for Split on silence to be activated. If Stop on Silence is ON, it
is recommended to increase this number to 5000 or greater so that the
loading of advertisements does not stop a recording.
. Silence Level: Numbers below this level will be considered silent for the
purposes of Stop on Silence and Split on Silence.
. Stop if no sound (sec): The DVR recording will stop if silence is detected
for a period of time larger than this value. If you are recording from a
site that offers one show after another, you may want to increase this from
the default 30 to account for delays between loading of videos.
Naming Rules
Naming Rules settings
. Duplicate naming rule: If Replay Media Catcher 6 encounters another file
in your media folder with the same name, apply this rule to prevent
overwriting.
. ID3v2 Version: Windows operating systems don't always recognize the latest
ID3 tagging scheme, although iTunes can. If you want to view song tag
information in Windows File Explorer, reduce this number.
. Enable ID3 Naming Rule: When ON, recordings will be renamed based on the
ID3 tag information.
. Lookup and tag music: When ON, audio recordings will be checked against an
online music database for determining artist, album, song, and other
information.
. Lookup artwork: When ON, RMC6 will attempt to find appropriate album
artwork, based on the lookup rule below.
. Lookup lyrics: When ON, RMC6 will attempt to find song lyrics, based on
the lookup rule below.
Replay Media Catcher 6 uses a curly bracketed (aka braces) shorthand for
naming files. This shorthand allows for easy naming of recordings based on a
series of rules.
Track: {title} {album} {artist} {genre} {trackno} {year}
Date of the recording: {D} - day, {M} - month, {Y} - year, {H} - hour,
{MI} - minute, {S} - second
{id} - Uid, the order in which the file was downloaded in the file listing.
Clear the listing and restart to reset the Uid.
Folder Separator for creating subfolders: \
. When files are tagged, apply the following naming rule: Using the listed,
bracketed shorthand, files will be renamed based on the shorthand.
. Use application title as initial title: If ON, RMC6 will attempt to get
the title of the recording from the window of the audio source. If OFF, you
can choose an initial title.
. Artwork lookup rule: Album artwork will be searched for based on the given
shorthand.
. Lyrics lookup rule: Song lyrics will be looked up based on the given
shorthand.

So, if you wanted a tagged file to be named by album, artist, and then title
with underscores between, you might use {album}_{artist}_{title}.
If you wanted to put the tagged file into subfolders, artist first and then
album, and include the track number, you could use
{artist}\{album}\{trackno}-{title}.
If a recording is not automatically tagged, you might need to manually tag
it for the file naming rules to apply. Right-click on the recording and
choose Properties.
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Converting Media Formats
On the Home tab, beneath the main toolbar, you will find the conversion
preset pulldown. conversion listing pulldown
Selecting a preset from this drop down means that any download, recording or
conversion started after the preset is changed will be converted to that
format. If you don't wish for a conversion to occur, select Don't Convert,
and you will see No Conversion Setting.
Conversions of media can either be done automatically, as mentioned above,
or on-demand. To do an on-demand conversion, choose a conversion setting and
then right-click on the media in the Home tab and select Convert.
Alternately, if the media is already selected, you can choose Convert from
the Main Menu main menu icon. If you are scheduling a recording, you can set
it up to automatically do a conversion (see Schedule for more information).
Quick Conversion to MP3
If you have a media file or files that you want to convert to MP3, you do
not need to set a global conversion setting. Simply, select the files to be
converted in the Home tab. Next, either right-click or use the Main menu to
choose Save to MP3. Your selected files will then be converted to a high
quality MP3.
Importing Media For Conversion
You may have media from other sources that you would like to convert to a
different format. First, import the media into RMC6. This can be done either
via dragging & dropping the file from Windows onto the RMC6 file listing, or
via the Main Menu Import option (Alt+i on the keyboard).
Note: Media imported into RMC6 will stay in its original location.
Conversions of the media will be saved to the same location. The imported
media will not be moved to the RMC6 Output Folder.
Then, select a conversion setting from the pulldown and choose Convert from
the right-click or Main menu.
Changing and Adding New Conversion Settings
You have full control over the preset conversion settings and can create,
delete and modify them. However as new devices and formats are released,
preset conversion settings will be updated, and these are automatically
downloaded when you start the application.
To create, delete or edit existing preset conversion settings, select the
Configure menu item from the drop-down. The Conversion Presets dialog will
appear.
conversion presets window
. Select the preset conversion setting you wish to modify from the drop-down
list at the top.
. conversion copy iconCopy button: Will prompt you for a new preset name and
create that preset. Your new conversion setting will be saved in the same
pulldown location.
. conversion save iconSave button: Will save any changes.
. conversion delete iconDelete button: Will delete the selected preset.
. conversion reset iconReset button: Will reset all presets to their default
settings.
To add a new format without deleting the default, simply click the Copy
button first, give your new format a name, then edit as you wish.
The conversion settings follow FFMPEG conventions.
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Advanced Internet Downloading Settings
In general, the Advanced settings will not need to be adjusted. These
settings are accessed via the Advanced button on the Settings -> Internet
Downloads page. You need to turn Off and back On the AUTO setting for any
changes to take affect.
. Ad Blocker
Downloading ads can be annoying. Enable Ad blocking, and video ads from the
list of domains in the Ad Blocker will not be downloaded.
settings-adblock
Type in the name of an ad serving domain and press the Add button. To no
longer block a domain, select it from the listing and press the Delete
button.
. HDS
settings-hds
Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) is an adaptive streaming protocol which
means that the quality of the media displayed changes based on your internet
connection. If you are encountering many HDS streams that fail to download,
you may want to set RMC6 to record them all.

. HTTP
settings-http
. To increase the speed of HTTP downloads, Replay Media Catcher can use a
method called segmented downloading. This is where a single download is
broken to several smaller downloads (segments) and each is downloaded at the
same time.
. The speed boost obtained is dependent on your network connection, your
computer and the server streaming the video or audio.
. Here you can configure the Max number of segments for each download, and
the Minimum segment size for each segment.
. If a download is failing and you see in the Progress log that segments are
failing, change the Max number of segments to 1.
Audio and video streamed over the HTTP protocol is identified by the Content
Type. You can add and remove Content Types and the associated File
Extensions.
Reinstall FireFox HTTPS Scanner: Firefox updates sometimes delete our
certificate for downloading over HTTPS. Click Reinstall to add the
certificate again.

. Naming Rules
settings-naming-rules
. Enable the Playlist Naming Rule: Video and music players sometimes use
"playlist files" to obtain the stream(s) to play, and these can contain
title information. Replay Media Catcher will match stream URL's against any
detected playlists to see if a title can be found. This is common for music
sites (e.g. Pandora)
. Enable the Referrer Naming Rule: HTTP requests can contain what is termed
a referrer which identifies the URL of the page which made the request. If
the detected streams request contains a referrer then the title of this page
will be used as the name.
. Enable the Last Web Page Title Naming Rule: The application keeps track of
all visited HTML pages. The domain name of a stream's URL will be used to
look up the last page visited in that domain and that page title will be
used. Extended HTTP Title lookup will occur once the download is complete.
. Enable the URL Parameter Naming Rule: The stream's URL is searched for
parameters such as title= or name=. If one is found then that will be used
as the name. Extended HTTP Title lookup will occur once the download is
complete.
. Enable the URL Path Naming Rule: The file part of the stream's URL will be
used. For example http://www.applian.com/some/path/file.mp3 the name would
be file.mp3. Extended HTTP Title lookup will occur once the download is
complete.

. Page
settings-page
Some videos are available in multiple resolutions and qualities. The Video
Page Extractor can search for the multiple video options and allow you to
choose which you want to download. If you encounter a website that offers
multiple resolutions (as determined by observing multiple versions being
download in Auto mode) you can add the URL here.
Some videos are sent to your browser in multiple parts, requiring you to
watch (nearly) the entire video for the whole video to be saved. In these
cases, add the URL to the Supported Url listing, and RMC6 will attempt to
grab all the parts at once and combine them into a single file.

. Plugins
settings-plugins
Replay Media Catcher supports adding third party plug-ins like rtmpdump to
handle the downloading of streams. If Replay Media Catcher cannot download
or record a file, installing a plug-in can give it extended power.
. Protocol: Select the protocol you would like to pass to the plug-in.
. Url Match: Enter part of the URL to match.
. Executable: Enter the plug-in's executable name and place the executable
in the Replay Media Catcher installation folder.
. Parameter Wildcards: Enter the executable's parameters. Use the pattern's
URL and file as indicated on the dialog. Other parameters should be hard
coded.
Click the Add button to save.

. Ports
settings-ports
In Auto mode, RMC6 will watch the listed ports and protocols for data that
matches the HTTP media types in Advanced HTTP settings as well as HDS and
RTMP streams.
. RTMP
settings-rtmp
Live FLV streams such as webcams sometimes send incorrect timestamps. This
means the file created for the download plays back incorrectly. The
following settings allow you to control how these are fixed.
. Automatically fix live streams and those without a duration: Enable this
and such streams will be fixed.
. Rebase timestamps to zero: Enable this and all timestamps will be rebased
so the file starts at 0 time.

Some sites that stream RTMP will also try and secure it with a technology
called SWF Verification. It is illegal for our products to respond to SWF
Verification requests so we ignore them. This will cause the server
connection to then drop after a period of time. The following settings allow
you to control how these secure streams are handled.
. Automatically resume when a secure RTMP connection is dropped: Enable this
and the download will automatically restart each time the connection is
dropped.
. Automatically record when a secure RTMP stream is detected: Enable this
and the application will automatically record the stream, instead of
attempting to download it
. Always record RTMP streams (instead of downloading): Enable this and the
application will always record RTMP streams.

The RTMP protocol allows us to request the amount of data the server should
send in each chunk. Requesting a large chunk means that in many instances
the download will happen much faster than the playback speed. The following
settings allow you to control how this Super Download feature works.
. Initial client buffer size (seconds): The number of seconds of data the
server should send.
. Enable Super Download: Check to enable this feature.
. Disable RTMP Super Download for live streams: Check this to disable this
feature for live streams.
. RTMP Super Download buffer in seconds: The number of seconds of data the
server should send when attempting a Super Download.

. Site Specific
settings-site-specific
. YouTube Naming Rule: Use a special rule to accurately name YouTube
downloads
. Some sites do not allow multiple connections to them or use URL s that are
valid only the first time they are used (by your browser). Some sites use
protection technologies (including SWF Verification and other site specific
technologies) that mean it is only possible to record. We refer to them as
secure sites. Media Recorder can automatically record instead of downloading
secure sites. Add the URLs for secure sites here. During a recording, the
entire media must completely play in your browser for it to be saved by
RMC6.

. Torrent
settings-torrent
Replay Media Catcher can download torrents by clicking appropriate links on
websites. Replay Media Catcher's torrent and magnet link downloader (based
upon Aria2) is controlled via the following settings.
. Aria2 Port: The port that aria2 will listen on
. Seed Time: The number of minutes after a download is complete that it will
seed for.
. Allow Overwrite: If checked then any existing file will be overridden
. Enable DHT: Check to enable distributed hash table lookups
. DHT Entry Point: Sets the host and port as an entry point to IPv4 DHT
network.
. DHT Listen Port: Sets the UDP listening port used by DHT(IPv4, IPv6) and
UDP tracker. Multiple ports can be specified by using comas - for example:
6881,6885. You can also use hyphens to specify a range - for example:
6881-6999. Commas and hyphens can be used together.

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Keyboard Shortcuts
Alt + X = Start or Stop Auto mode Stream Downloading
Alt + R = Start or Stop audio recording
Alt + S = Split audio recording
Escape = Cancel selected download
Del = Delete selected recording(s) from computer
F2 = Rename selected download/recording.
Ctrl + R = Remove selected file(s) from the file listing, but don't delete
from computer
Enter = Play selected download/recording
Ctrl + C = Converted selected files to format specified in global conversion
settings
Ctrl + M = Converted selected files to MP3
Add = Combine multiple selected files
Ctrl + F = Fix FLV
F5 = Restart download (only possible for some download streams)
Ctrl + I = Import selected recording(s) into iTunes library
Ctrl + W = Import selected recording(s) into Windows Media Player library
Ctrl + O = Show selected file in Windows File Explorer
Alt + A = Show the album artwork in the Properties Window
Alt + L = Show the song lyrics in the Properties Window
Alt + T = Lookup ID3 tags (artist, song, album, etc) for selected song(s)
Alt + Enter = Open the download/recording properties window
Alt + I = Open file browser to Import songs into Replay Music
F1 = Open web browser to the Replay Media Catcher support page
Alt + F4 = Quit
Ctrl + L = Place cursor in the URL bar
Ctrl + S = Open Settings tab
Ctrl + tab = Next tab
Ctrl + shift + tab = Previous tab
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Disabling Secure Boot on Windows 8.1 Systems
The Application recording mode requires Secure Boot to be disabled on
Windows 8 systems. The benefit of the Application recording mode is that
each audio source can be isolated, providing a clean recording. You can
still recording in Stereo Mix mode without disabling Secure Boot, but then
the recordings might overlap with other audio playing on your computer, such
as system sounds. You will need to be careful to turn off system sounds and
not have any other audio play during a recording.
You might want to print out these instructions or have them open on a
mobile/secondary device since disabling Secure Boot involves restarting your
computer. You might also want to bookmark this page to return to after
disabling Secure Boot.
1. Press the Windows key + C, or (if you have a touchscreen) swipe in from
the right edge of the screen to open your Charms.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Change PC Settings.
4. In PC Settings, select Update and Recovery.
5. In the Update and Recovery screen, click Recovery at the left.
6. Under Advanced Startup, click Restart now. The system will restart and
show the Windows 8 boot menu.
7. In the boot menu, select Troubleshoot.
8. In the Troubleshoot menu, select Advanced options.
9. In the Advanced options menu, select UEFI Firmware Settings.
10. Click Restart button to boot into UEFI BIOS Setup screen.
11. Each manufacturer lays out the BIOS differently. Look through the BIOS
settings and disable Secure Boot. Save settings and exit.
Here is a video walking through the steps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZcYbxOcPV0
Once Secure Boot is turned off, you will be able to use the Applications
recording method to get clean recordings.


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