Audials Radiotracker 9 Manual

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1 Audials Radiotracker 9 Manual This manual gives a quick introduction to the main features of Audials Radiotracker 9. Manual was built at:

2 ii OpenTopic TOC Contents Installation & Setup Installation from CD 4 Audials Radiotracker USB Version 5 First steps with Audials Radiotracker Overview of Audials Radiotracker 8 Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker 9 Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations Recording a specific station 16 Automatic recording of multiple stations 17 Live listening to internet radio 18 Save songs from the song history 18 Dialog Manage Stations 19 Locate stations according to criteria 20 Manually add radio station 21 Scheduled radio recording 22 Creating a scheduled radio recording 22 Avoiding duplicate media files 23 Music wishes: Getting music wishes fulfilled Fulfill music wishes 26 Adding songs to your wishlist that are not located in the artist browser 27 Create a new wishlist 27 Automatically generate wishlists based on a genre 27 Podcasts Subscribing to a podcast Music television 30 Converting Profiles Create and manage converting profiles 31 The Media center and Playing Media Files Playing media files 34 Create and save playlists 36 Sorting playlists 37 Filtering playlists 37 Getting more music and videos based on recorded files 37 Importing from and exporting to devices 38 Burning CDs and DVDs 41 Exporting content to USB Devices 42 Creating ringtones 43 Anywhere: Connecting to own and external media collections 43 Organize your media collection 44 Browse your own media collection 45 Reorganizing your media collection 45 Reviewing and marking recording quality 46 Tag Your Media Collection 46 Turning off tagging of recorded files 47 Editing function 47 Edit recorded songs 48 Reviewing files 49 Deleting media files 49 Controlling the recording and converting process Stopping all internet traffic 50 Limiting the amount of recorded files Options & Configuration Improving performance: Setting a custom temporary files folder 52 dialogs 52 Changing the main color scheme 52 Turning on suppressed warning 52 Your personal Audials account Create an Audials account 55 Audials Community: Getting and sharing artist compilations 55 Getting wishlists from other users 55 Sharing wishlists online License Information 57

3 OpenTopic TOC iii Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker Audials Radiotracker crashes 58 Audials Radiotracker does not activate 60 Retrieving a lost license key and the corresponding product version 61 Updating Audials Radiotracker to the latest version 62 Reporting technical problems to the support team 62Turning on writing log files 63 Reproducing and describing a problem 63 Sending problem information to technical support 64 58

4 4 OpenTopic Installation & Setup Installation & Setup This article answers the most frequently asked questions regarding installing Audials Radiotracker. Questions & Answers Regarding Installation Can I install and use my product on several computers? Yes, you can install your product on several computers, even with only one license key. Restriction: It is not possible to run your product with the same license key on several computers at the same time. Where can I download older product versions? You can find all older versions linked for download in the support forum: Version History. What are the system requirements? The system requirements are listed on the product download page. Installation from CD This article describes what you should take into account when installing Audials Radiotracker from the CD. A CD installation is required if you acquired Audials Radiotracker as a product box with the installation CD. Before you start installing: Please ensure that your computer is connected to the Internet. Disable your firewall and anti-virus programs during the installation. Only by doing so can the installation be completed, as the installation assistant automatically downloads the latest version of the software. To install Audials Radiotracker from the CD 1. Insert the installation CD. The installation starts automatically. 2. Follow the instructions through the installation procedure. Note: To install the product, you must enter the activation key. The activation key is printed on the case of the installation CD.

5 OpenTopic Installation & Setup 5 As soon as the installation is complete, Audials Radiotracker starts up and can be used immediately. Important: Please save the installation CD and activation key in a secure location. If you should have to reinstall, you will require both. Audials Radiotracker USB Version You can install Audials Radiotracker to a USB device, e.g. a USB stick, a USB hard disk or a mobile phone. This way, you can take Audials Radiotracker with you wherever you go. Audials Radiotracker USB stores all its working data on that USB device. Simply connect the USB device to any Windows PC, e.g. your friend's computer or your computer at work. Audials Radiotracker USB starts automatically and works without having to actually install the software on that computer. Audials Radiotracker USB installation requirements You need at least 400 MB of free disk space on the USB device to install Audials Radiotracker. 1 GB free disk space is recommended. USB 1.1 or later USB device formatted with the FAT32 file system PC with Windows operating system Installing Audials Radiotracker to a USB device The regular product setup contains an option to install Audials Radiotracker to a USB device. 1. Download the setup file. 2. Connect the USB device to your computer. 3. Open the download folder. Double-click the symbol of the setup file Audials_RadioTracker-Setup.exe to launch the installation procedure. 4. In step "Setup is ready to install - Choose installation type", select USB and choose your USB device from the list of connected devices. 5. click Next >. Follow the instructions through the installation procedure. This may take a few minutes. Please wait. 6. When Setup is complete, select Launch installed product now and click Finish. Audials Radiotracker USB starts up, ready to work. Notice the small symbol as part of the product logo which indicates you are running Audials Radiotracker USB. Restriction: Do not disconnect the USB device during installation and execution of the USB version.

6 6 OpenTopic Installation & Setup Working with Audials Radiotracker USB To run the USB version on a computer: Plugin your USB device to the computer. Audials Radiotracker starts automatically. Note: Windows 7 users: Open the device folder and excute StartAudials Radiotracker.exe manually. Notice the small symbol as part of the product logo which indicates you are running Audials Radiotracker USB. Note: Do not disconnect the USB device during installation and execution of the USB version. The first time you run the USB version with a computer, a driver setup may be necessary. It runs automatically. Follow the given instructions. Uninstalling Audials Radiotracker USB Audials Radiotracker USB stores all its working data on a USB device. However, when you connect that USB device to a computer to run Audials Radiotracker USB, some additional information needs to be stored on the computer, e.g. drivers and start menu and desktop shortcuts for convenience. What to uninstall Uninstall Audials Radiotracker from USB device Remove all traces and information left on a computer after using Audials Radiotracker USB How to uninstall To remove Audials Radiotracker USB from a USB device, simply delete all the files from the device using e.g. Windows File Explorer. Open the Audials Radiotracker start menu entry and click Help and Support > Clean Audials Radiotracker USB off the computer. Questions and Answers for Audials Radiotracker USB I already have Audials Radiotracker installed on my computer. Can I install on a USB device, too? Yes, you can install on USB anytime and on as many devices as you want. Where does Audials Radiotracker USB store my new music and videos? All content which is recorded or converted with Audials Radiotracker is saved to the USB device.

7 OpenTopic Installation & Setup 7 Can I run the USB version on the USB device (e.g. my mobile phone) itsself, without connecting the device to a computer? No, that is not possible. Audials Radiotracker USB runs very slow. What gives? The performance of the USB version strongly depends on the speed of your USB connection and USB device. It is recommended to use USB 1.1 or later. If Audials Radiotracker takes long to start or reacts slowly, also try working with a different USB cable or device. How should I best format my USB stick? We recommend to format the device with the FAT32 file system.

8 8 OpenTopic First steps with Audials Radiotracker First steps with Audials Radiotracker Please keep your license information in a safe place. We strongly suggest to print it out, and file it with other important documents. Overview of Audials Radiotracker This article gives an overview about the main user interface of Audials Radiotracker. 1. Audials Radiotracker is organized in views. Switch views to carry out individual tasks. Restriction: Audials Radiotracker does not feature all the views shown in Figure 1: Main user interface of an Audials product (Audials One Platinum). on page 8, but the basic interface structure is the same. 2. Each view provides information for and control over specific tasks. You can e.g. start or stop recording here. Read more All recorded files appear in the Player. Here, you can listen to and watch your media files. The Player offers you even more options: Create Playlists or export your songs to any external device (e.g. CD Burner). Playing media files 4. Browse and edit additional song and video information, as e.g. cover pictures and lyrics. Or let Audials Radiotracker add additional tag information from the Internet. Tag Your Media Collection 5. Set a target format for recorded songs and videos according to your playback device. Converting Profiles 6. The status line shows how many files are currently recorded and converted. Controlling the recording and converting process Note: You wonder what a paticular symbol means? This table explains the meaning of symbols used by Audials Radiotracker: Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker. The interface of your installed product might differ in details, but the basic structure is the same.

9 OpenTopic First steps with Audials Radiotracker 9 Figure 1: Main user interface of an Audials product (Audials One Platinum). Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker This topic lists important symbols used by Audials Radiotracker and explains their meaning. What are icons? Small pictures or symbols on the user interface are called icons. Icons can represent functions, features or content. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker General symbols used throughout Audials Radiotracker Table 1: General symbols used throughout Audials Radiotracker. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Speaker Green plus sign This symbol denotes the Audials Radiotracker view (e.g. Radio) in the navigation pane that currently plays music or video files. This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may add various elements, e.g. station, wishes, podcasts or files.

10 10 OpenTopic First steps with Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Red X Green arrow White hand on a red hexagon Gear wheel Yellow LED display Green LED display File folder This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may delete various elements. For example, you may delete stations from your favorites, Deleting media files or wishes from your wishlist. This symbol denotes both ongoing recordings, as well as buttons that can be used to start recording or converting. This symbol denotes buttons, with which you can stop running processes. You can stop individual recording and conversion processes, or you can click Stop all to stop all recordings and processes currently running. This symbol denotes files that are currently being finished. This symbol denotes views and features that are currently active and ready for activities like recordings and data transfer. This symbol denotes views and features that are currently running with activities like recordings and data transfer. This symbol denotes folders. Blue figurine Note Euro This symbol denotes artists. This symbol denotes songs. This symbol denotes songs in your playlist that have been purchased from Amazon. Symbols used for Internet radio stations Table 2: Symbols used for Internet radio stations. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Yellow star Clock No circle This symbol denotes radio stations that are included in your favorites. This symbol denotes buttons for Scheduled radio recording. This symbol denotes both blocked radio stations and buttons that can be used to block stations. Stations that have been blocked will not be used in automatic recordings.

11 OpenTopic First steps with Audials Radiotracker 11 Symbol Description Meaning Seal Bar graph Green arrow This symbol denotes radio stations that have been properly licensed by the GEMA. This symbol denotes the popularity of a station. The greater the number of bars indicated, the greater the popularity among Audials Radiotracker users. This symbol denotes both ongoing recordings, as well as buttons that can be used to start recording or converting. This symbol denotes stations which are recorded, but their currently playing song will be discarded. This is because the song would be incomplete, since it began playing before recording was started. Yellow arrow The station will enter normal recording state as soon as a new song begins. Note: If the yellow arrow even after a longer recording won't turn green the station might be unsuitable for recordings with automatic song cutting feature. Anyhow you have the opportunity to record this station continously. Later you may edit your continuous recordings to cut the songs manually. Empty green arrow This symbol denotes stations that are not suitable for recordings with automatic song cutting features. Anyhow you have the opportunity to record these stations continuously. Later you may edit your continuous recordings to cut the songs manually. Note: Generally speaking, every station can be used for recordings. However, the automatic song cutting features are only expected to function for those stations that are indicated as being suitable. Filled green arrow This symbol denotes stations that are suitable for recordings with automatic song cutting features. The fuller the green right arrow, the greater the amount of songs that can be recorded per hour.

12 12 OpenTopic First steps with Audials Radiotracker Symbols used for Wishes Table 3: Symbols used for Wishes. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Magic wand Note with a green arrow Note with a green dot Bar graph Text "Hit" Blue figurine This symbol denotes wishes, and recordings which were recorded by the Music wishes view. You can Fulfill music wishes to get them fulfilled. This symbol denotes songs on your wishlist that are currently being recorded. This symbol denotes songs on your wishlist that have already been recorded (fulfilled wishes). This symbol denotes the popularity of a certain artist. Song wishes for popular artists are generally fulfilled faster than those by unpopular artists. This symbol denotes popular songs in the artist database. Popular song wishes generally take less time to complete than unpopular songs. This symbol denotes artists. Once you have placed an artist in your wishlist, every song from every album by this artist will be recorded. Symbols used in Media center Table 4: Symbols used in Media center. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Filter CD Photo Tag Yellow LED display Green LED display This symbol labels the button for setting filter options. If any filter is active, the button is highlighted in color. This symbol denotes albums. This symbols denotes files that are neither audio nor video files. This can e.g. be cover pictures (image files). This symbols labels the button for Tag Your Media Collection. If any tags have been edited but changes not yet saved, the button is highlighted in orange color. This symbol denotes your Anywhere connection status. Yellow means active and waiting for data transfer. This symbol denotes your Anywhere connection status. Green means ongoing data transfer.

13 OpenTopic First steps with Audials Radiotracker 13 Symbols used for the Player Table 5: Symbols used for the Player. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Green check mark Red X List with red X Tag This symbol denotes Reviewing files in a playlist. This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may delete various elements. For example, you may delete stations from your favorites, Deleting media files or wishes from your wishlist. This symbol labels the button for Removing files from a playlist. This symbols labels the button for Tag Your Media Collection. If any tags have been edited but changes not yet saved, the button is highlighted in orange color. Symbol is not in this list? The symbol you seek explanation for is not in this list?.

14 14 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations Audials Radiotracker contains a large list of Internet radio stations, categorized by country, genre, etc. This article covers the Radio view and its Internet radio features. The Radio view controls for automatic recording of multiple stations and individually recording specific stations. Figure 2: Radio view: manual or automatic recording. Symbols used in the Radio view Table 6: General symbols used throughout Audials Radiotracker. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Speaker Green plus sign Red X This symbol denotes the Audials Radiotracker view (e.g. Radio) in the navigation pane that currently plays music or video files. This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may add various elements, e.g. station, wishes, podcasts or files. This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may delete various elements. For example, you may delete

15 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations 15 Symbol Description Meaning stations from your favorites, Deleting media files or wishes from your wishlist. Green arrow White hand on a red hexagon Gear wheel Yellow LED display Green LED display File folder This symbol denotes both ongoing recordings, as well as buttons that can be used to start recording or converting. This symbol denotes buttons, with which you can stop running processes. You can stop individual recording and conversion processes, or you can click Stop all to stop all recordings and processes currently running. This symbol denotes files that are currently being finished. This symbol denotes views and features that are currently active and ready for activities like recordings and data transfer. This symbol denotes views and features that are currently running with activities like recordings and data transfer. This symbol denotes folders. Blue figurine Note Euro This symbol denotes artists. This symbol denotes songs. This symbol denotes songs in your playlist that have been purchased from Amazon. Table 7: Symbols used for Internet radio stations. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Yellow star Clock No circle Seal Bar graph This symbol denotes radio stations that are included in your favorites. This symbol denotes buttons for Scheduled radio recording. This symbol denotes both blocked radio stations and buttons that can be used to block stations. Stations that have been blocked will not be used in automatic recordings. This symbol denotes radio stations that have been properly licensed by the GEMA. This symbol denotes the popularity of a station. The greater the number of bars indicated, the greater the popularity among Audials Radiotracker users.

16 16 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations Symbol Description Meaning Green arrow This symbol denotes both ongoing recordings, as well as buttons that can be used to start recording or converting. This symbol denotes stations which are recorded, but their currently playing song will be discarded. This is because the song would be incomplete, since it began playing before recording was started. Yellow arrow The station will enter normal recording state as soon as a new song begins. Note: If the yellow arrow even after a longer recording won't turn green the station might be unsuitable for recordings with automatic song cutting feature. Anyhow you have the opportunity to record this station continously. Later you may edit your continuous recordings to cut the songs manually. Empty green arrow This symbol denotes stations that are not suitable for recordings with automatic song cutting features. Anyhow you have the opportunity to record these stations continuously. Later you may edit your continuous recordings to cut the songs manually. Note: Generally speaking, every station can be used for recordings. However, the automatic song cutting features are only expected to function for those stations that are indicated as being suitable. Filled green arrow This symbol denotes stations that are suitable for recordings with automatic song cutting features. The fuller the green right arrow, the greater the amount of songs that can be recorded per hour. Recording a specific station This article explains how to record an internet radio station of your choice. To record an internet radio station 1. Switch to the Radio view located on the left side of the Audials Radiotracker window. 2. Enter the station name into the search box. 3. From the list of search results, select the station you would like to record.

17 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations 17 The selected station is added to the current favorite list. Audials Radiotracker automatically starts to play back the station (see Figure 3: Detail from the Radio view on page 17). 4. Click Record selected. Audials Radiotracker starts recording the station. After a few minutes, Audials Radiotracker finishes recording the first songs. All recorded files appear in the Player. Tip: You can repeat steps 2 on page 16 to 4 on page 17 for any number of stations. This way, you can record an arbitrary set of stations of your choice. The station has just been added to the favorite list. The station is played back. You can now start recording the station. Figure 3: Detail from the Radio view Automatic recording of multiple stations Choose a genre and let Audials Radiotracker automatically choose stations to record. To automatically have music recorded 1. Switch to the Radio view in the navigation pane located on the left side of the Audials Radiotracker window. 2. Select a genre from above (e.g. Pop) for automatic mass recordings. 3. Click Start mass recording. Audials Radiotracker selects popular stations that play the specified genre, and starts recording. 4. Optional: Select the maximum amount of stations that should be recorded simultaneously from below the list of station (number of stations or bandwidth). Note: Other recordings currently running could mean that your specified station limit has already reached or that it has been exceeded.then no other additional recordings will be made. In this case, please increase the station limit. After a few minutes, Audials Radiotracker finishes recording the first songs. All recorded files appear in the Player.

18 18 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations Live listening to internet radio Tune in to stations without recording anything: 1. Switch to the Radio view in the navigation pane located on the left side of the Audials window. 2. Select a station from the list. 3. Click. Recording the song you're just listening to In case the station your are listening to plays a song you would like to get, simply select the station and click Record selected to record the song. Tip: Audials Radiotracker then records that song right from its beginning, even if it has been playing for a while. Save songs from the song history This article describes how to save songs from the song history. Here is how the song history works: No more than the last 10 songs played are saved in the song history. The song history only works for stations that are indicated as being suitable for recording. The history button will be visible as soon as the first song has been played without interruption. To save songs from the song history 1. Listen to a radio station as usual. The history button will be visible after the first song has been played completely. 2. Click the history button under the name of the station you listened to. 3. Click the song you would like to save. The song is saved and appears in the playlist after a few seconds. Open the song history list to save recently played songs. Figure 4: Saving songs from the song history list

19 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations 19 Dialog Manage Stations This article describes the Manage Stations dialog and the actions that can be carried out there. Switch to the Radio view and click Stations, to open the Manage Stations dialog. Functions for managing stations The Manage Stations dialog provides you with many practical functions that could be useful when dealing with radio stations. For example, you can: record stations add stations to your favorites block stations, so that they will no longer be used for recordings open the station's website locate radio stations according to specific criteria create scheduled recordings with the recording timer Symbols used and their meaning Table 8: Symbols used for Internet radio stations. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Yellow star Clock No circle Seal Bar graph Green arrow This symbol denotes radio stations that are included in your favorites. This symbol denotes buttons for Scheduled radio recording. This symbol denotes both blocked radio stations and buttons that can be used to block stations. Stations that have been blocked will not be used in automatic recordings. This symbol denotes radio stations that have been properly licensed by the GEMA. This symbol denotes the popularity of a station. The greater the number of bars indicated, the greater the popularity among users. This symbol denotes both ongoing recordings, as well as buttons that can be used to start recording or converting. Yellow arrow This symbol denotes stations which are recorded, but their currently playing song will be discarded.

20 20 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations Symbol Description Meaning This is because the song would be incomplete, since it began playing before recording was started. The station will enter normal recording state as soon as a new song begins. Note: If the yellow arrow even after a longer recording won't turn green the station might be unsuitable for recordings with automatic song cutting feature. Anyhow you have the opportunity to record this station continously. Later you may edit your continuous recordings to cut the songs manually. Empty green arrow This symbol denotes stations that are not suitable for recordings with automatic song cutting features. Anyhow you have the opportunity to record these stations continuously. Later you may edit your continuous recordings to cut the songs manually. Note: Generally speaking, every station can be used for recordings. However, the automatic song cutting features are only expected to function for those stations that are indicated as being suitable. Filled green arrow This symbol denotes stations that are suitable for recordings with automatic song cutting features. The fuller the green right arrow, the greater the amount of songs that can be recorded per hour. Locate stations according to criteria This article describes how you can locate radio station by specifying selection criteria (e.g. quality and genre). To locate radio stations using criteria 1. Switch to the Radio view in the navigation pane located on the left side of the Audials window and click Stations to open up the Manage Stations dialog. 2. Specify the desired critera (country, format, quality, genre). On the right-hand side, is a list of stations that match your specifications. 3. Sort the station list to the right via station characteristics (Country, License, Format, Bitrate, Rank, Cut)

21 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations 21 Example: locate an American pop station to record Locate, e.g., American stations that play pop in high quality and which can be recorded from using automatic song separation. To do that set the 2 on page 20 following specifications: country: quality: USA good (ca 128kbit/s mp3) genre: In step 3 on page 20, click the Cut heading in the station list. Now you will see stations that are suitable for recording with automatic song separation. pop Tip: If no stations were located that match your criteria, simply change the criteria (e.g. country and quality). Or click Show all stations, to delete your criteria and see all available stations. Manually add radio station This article explains how you add an Internet radio station to the Audials Radiotracker station list. To add a new station to the list of stations, you require the station's streaming URL. Tip: Determining the correct streaming URL can be tricky as it is different than the station's website URL. Winamp users: open the stream with Winamp. Winamp will then display the stream properties. There you will also find the streaming URL. To locate the a station's streaming URL 1. Visit the website of the radio station and open the stream with an external media player. Note: Some stations do not allow their streams to be opened with an external media player. In such a case, please try looking in our forum for assistance. Other Audials users may be able to help you locate the sought-after streaming URL. Always provide the web address of the station that you would like to add. 2. Copy the station's streaming URL from stream properties. Now you can introduce Audials Radiotracker to the streaming URL. 3. In Audials Radiotracker, change to the Radio view and click Stations. 4. Click Load... and select Add station manually. Add the station's streaming URL in the upper field. If a connection is able to be established, the station name will appear in the lower text field.

22 22 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations 5. Click Add. The station will be added to the list of stations and labeled as a favorite. Scheduled radio recording You can program scheduled recordings to let Audials Radiotracker record a certain radio station at a given time, automatically. With scheduled recordings, you can easily: determine now what radio shows you want to record in the future, without having to remember the date and time of the show, yourself record a station at a given time and for a specific period even when you're away from your computer (Audials Radiotracker must be running) Scheduled recordings at a glance Click to open the Scheduled Recordings dialog. This dialog displays all your past and future scheduled recordings, along with their working status. Tip: Hover the status texts with the mouse pointer to display a tooltip giving details about the status of the recording. Once a scheduled recording has been started, Audials Radiotracker also displays the recorded station in the Radio recording list. Find all your finished scheduled recordings in the Player, ready for playback. Questions and Answers Do I need to let Audials Radiotracker run to make the scheduled recording work? Yes, Audials Radiotracker needs to run to do scheduled radio recordings. Audials Radiotracker displays a warning when you are about to exit the program, but a scheduled recording would start in the near future. What's the difference between a scheduled recording and a recording job? Scheduled recordings have a defined start time and a defined end time. They can begin at any point of time in the future. Recording jobs, on the other hand, can only be defined for already running recordings. Jobs start right-away, and end e.g. after 100 tracks have been recorded. Creating a scheduled radio recording This article explains how to create a new scheduled recording. To create a scheduled recording for one of your favorite stations:

23 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations Switch to the Radio view in the navigation pane located on the left side of the Audials window and select one of your favorite stations. Click and choose Create scheduled recording Select a recording start and end date and time. Note: When selecting date and time, mind that Audials Radiotracker works with your computer's date and time settings. For stations located in different places on the globe, you may have to take timezone differences into account. Also make sure you computer's clock is not running slow/fast. 3. Optional: Enter a comment for the scheduled recording. Comments can be helpful to remember the purpose of a recording later on. 4. Click OK. You can see your new scheduled recording in the list. Audials Radiotracker will automatically start and finish this recording at the given date and time. Avoiding duplicate media files Recording processes sometimes create several copies of one song in your output folder. You can avoid that by setting filters which are based on the files in your existing collection and on the files already recorded by Audials Radiotracker. Restriction: The duplicate filter settings apply to views Radio and Music wishes, only. To filter out duplicates 1. Go to Options > Filters. 2. Under Filter duplicates, select one of the following settings to avoid duplicate files: Options Only keep best version. All versions with worse quality are deleted! Description Audials Radiotracker will compare the quality of a new recording with the quality of its already existing copy. The copy with inferior quality will be overwritten (or discarded, respectively). Note: Reviewed recordings will never be overwritten or discarded. Instead, an additional copy will be created for these files. If a reviewed version (green check marks) exists: don't record. Otherwise: Only keep best version. All versions with worse quality are deleted! Same as above, but: For existing files you have set reviewed, no additional copy will be created.

24 24 OpenTopic Radio: Getting music from internet radio stations 3. Click OK.

25 OpenTopic Music wishes: Getting music wishes fulfilled 25 Music wishes: Getting music wishes fulfilled The Music wishes view fulfills your music wishes. Instead of actively searching for media content yourself, you simply enter your wishes and activate Audials Radiotracker to fulfill them one by one. You can put diverse media content on a wishlist: artists albums individual tracks You can have an arbitrary mixture of such items on a wish list. Note: The more frequently played and the more popular a wish item, the faster it is fulfilled. Symbols used for Wishes Table 9: Symbols used for Wishes. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Magic wand Note with a green arrow Note with a green dot Bar graph Text "Hit" Blue figurine This symbol denotes wishes, and recordings which were recorded by the Music wishes view. You can Fulfill music wishes to get them fulfilled. This symbol denotes songs on your wishlist that are currently being recorded. This symbol denotes songs on your wishlist that have already been recorded (fulfilled wishes). This symbol denotes the popularity of a certain artist. Song wishes for popular artists are generally fulfilled faster than those by unpopular artists. This symbol denotes popular songs in the artist database. Popular song wishes generally take less time to complete than unpopular songs. This symbol denotes artists. Once you have placed an artist in your wishlist, every song from every album by this artist will be recorded.

26 26 OpenTopic Music wishes: Getting music wishes fulfilled Fulfill music wishes This article describes how to use the Music wishes view, in order to receive, for example, all the media files from a specific artist. To fulfill music wishes 1. Switch to the Music wishes view in the navigation pane located on the left side of the Audials window. 2. Click Music wishes to open the Artist Browser. 3. Enter the name of the sought-after artist. Select artist, album or song from the list. Hold the CTRL key to select several artists. 4. Click Wish. The selected item now appears on your wishlist. Repeat steps 3 on page 26 and 4 on page 26 to add additional wishes. 5. Close Artist Browser and click Fulfill. Audials Radiotracker starts by searching for artists on your wishlist. The number of wishes already fulfilled will be displayed below. All files recorded will appear in Player. Note: If an artist or a track is not popular, it will not be played as much on the radio and therefore such a wish takes longer to fulfill. Record artist discography 1. Open the Artist Browser. 2. Enter artist name. 3. Click the name of the artist you are looking for from the recommended search results. 4. Click Wish. All songs by the artist will be recorded. Request specific albums 1. Open the Artist Browser. 2. Enter artist name. 3. Click the name of the artist you are looking for from the recommended search results. 4. Select item in the album list 5. Click Wish. You can place several albums by the same artist or albums from various artists on a list. This lets you use the Music wishes view to easily amass a collection of complete albums.

27 OpenTopic Music wishes: Getting music wishes fulfilled 27 Adding songs to your wishlist that are not located in the artist browser This article describes how you add artists to a wishlist that are not located in the artist database. The artist browser data is updated on a regular basis. However, sometimes it takes awhile for a new album, for example, to appear in the database. The artist database data is used for the recommendation function that assists you with selecting and submitting your music wishes. The wishlist, however, can also be used without this data and also fulfills wishes for songs that are not located in the artist browser. To add songs to your wishlist that are not located in the artist browser 1. Open the artist browser as usual. 2. Enter the complete name of the sought-after song. 3. Select the displayed option (this corresponds to your entry exactly) in the drop-down menu under matching tracks. 4. Click Wish, even if the list of results is empty. The artist or track will now appear on your wishlist. 5. Close the artist browser and click Fulfill. Audials Radiotracker will record your wish as usual. Create a new wishlist This article explains how you create a new wishlist. Note: If you click Fulfill your wishes from the chosen wishlist will be fulfilled. To create a new wishlist 1. Switch to the Music wishes view in the navigation pane located on the left side of the Audials window. 2. Select <Create new>. 3. Name the list and click OK. 4. Click the selection list with the name if your current wishlist (My Wishlist), located right above the list. Click, to add wishes to the new list. Automatically generate wishlists based on a genre This is the easiest way to get music and videos: Let Audials Radiotracker automatically generate wishlists based on your favorite music genre. After only a few clicks, Audials

28 28 OpenTopic Music wishes: Getting music wishes fulfilled Radiotracker scans the web for artists on the generated wishlist, and automatically records all matches. To automatically generate a wishlist: 1. Switch to the Music wishes view in the navigation pane located on the left side of the Audials window. 2. Click By Genre. Tip: The By Genre button is only available in Music wishes start view. In normal view, you can find the feature in the wishlist menu. 3. Choose a genre. 4. Optional: Change the proposed number of wishes and wishlist name. 5. Click Generate. A new wishlist is generated and displayed in the Music wishes view. Click Fulfill to get your wishes fulfilled. Audials Radiotracker starts recording all artists on the generated wishlist.

29 OpenTopic Podcasts 29 Podcasts Podcasts are regular broadcasts on a specific topic, e.g. news, sports, music, etc. Podcast shows are called episodes. This article covers the Podcasts view and its functionalities. The upper list in the Podcasts view shows all subscribed podcasts. The lower list shows all episodes of the selected podcast which are available for download. You can also listen to any of the displayed episodes. Subscribing to a podcast If you subscribe to a podcast, Audials Radiotracker will display its new episodes as soon as they are released. To subscribe to a podcast 1. Switch to the Podcasts view. 2. Click Podcasts. The Podcasts dialog opens. 3. Select a podcast and click Subscribe. 4. Close the Podcasts dialog. You can see all your subscribed podcasts in the podcast list and browse through their episodes. All podcast episodes that finished downloading appear in the Player. Auto-subscribing In addition to the regular subscription, you can also auto-subscribe to a podcast. Regular subscription leaves you the choice which new episodes to record. Auto-subscription, on the contrary, automatically records new podcast episodes.

30 30 OpenTopic Music television Music television With Music television, you can easily access music tv stations playing the latest charts. Watch music television There are two possibilities to add music tv stations to your favorite list for easy access: Click Add top 5 to add the most popular 5 music tv stations to your favorite list. Click Channels to add specific stations from the full channel directory to your favorite list. Simply double-click a station to watch the live stream.

31 OpenTopic Converting Profiles 31 Converting Profiles This article describes how converting profiles can be used. By using converting profiles, you can activate automatic converting of all your recordings specify in which format your recordings should be automatically recorded. make customized settings and then save them as individual converting profiles. Activate a converting profile. Now all of your files will be converted using the selected converting profile right after recording. Choose a conversion profile or create an own individual profile. Figure 5: Choosing a conversion profile Create and manage converting profiles This article describes how to create and edit converting profiles. The pre-configured profiles for playback devices work in most cases. You can, however, edit the default settings and create customized converting profiles, if you so choose. For lots of playback devices, such as Apple products, Blackberrys and many others, Audials Radiotracker offers various converting profiles. You may select one of the options available for your converting profile or create a completely customized profile.

32 32 OpenTopic Converting Profiles Note: Instead of choosing one of the available converting settings, you may completely customize your settings. Just click Create new custom profile... in the profile menu for converting settings. To create an individual converting profile 1. In any view: click to view expanded converting options (expert mode). 2. Click the current setting for audio files. The audio profile menu will open. 3. Choose a pre-configured converting option. 4. Repeat steps 2 on page 32 and 3 on page 32 for the video file settings and click Save. 5. Enter a name for your converting profile and click OK. Your new converting profile is now saved. 6. Optional: Select the check box before configuring to activate your converting profile. Your new converting profile has been activated. Now your files will be recorded using your settings.

33 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 33 The Media center and Playing Media Files If you would like to manage your entire media collection, Media center provides you with such options. Player not only helps you playback your media files, but also helps you create playlists, export media files and edit tags. The Media center The Media center clearly arranges and displays your music and media collection. The Media center also helps you organize your existing music collection and new recordings. It also offers editing features and copies files from your computer to other playback devices or cloud storage services. What you can do with the Media center. Create and save playlists Importing from and exporting to devices Tag Your Media Collection on page 46 Find any media file by name or criteria Add folders to your media collection Creating ringtones on page 43 Symbols used in Media center Table 10: Symbols used in Media center. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Filter CD Photo Tag Yellow LED display This symbol labels the button for setting filter options. If any filter is active, the button is highlighted in color. This symbol denotes albums. This symbols denotes files that are neither audio nor video files. This can e.g. be cover pictures (image files). This symbols labels the button for Tag Your Media Collection. If any tags have been edited but changes not yet saved, the button is highlighted in orange color. This symbol denotes your Anywhere connection status. Yellow means active and waiting for data transfer.

34 34 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files Symbol Description Meaning Green LED display This symbol denotes your Anywhere connection status. Green means ongoing data transfer. The Player All recorded and converted files are then displayed in the Player. As you will first listen to your recorded media here, Player provides you with options for inspecting and editing quality. What you can do with the Player. Create and save playlists on page 36 Export playlists Tag Your Media Collection on page 46 Editing function Reviewing files on page 49 Deleting media files on page 49 Symbols used for the Player Table 11: Symbols used for the Player. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Green check mark Red X List with red X Tag This symbol denotes Reviewing files in a playlist. This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may delete various elements. For example, you may delete stations from your favorites, Deleting media files or wishes from your wishlist. This symbol labels the button for Removing files from a playlist. This symbols labels the button for Tag Your Media Collection. If any tags have been edited but changes not yet saved, the button is highlighted in orange color. Playing media files All files recorded or converted by Audials Radiotracker appear in the Player. Media files are automatically organized in playlists. The Player displays information about your media files and offers useful functions to e.g. play, filter, sort, edit and delete your media files, as well as your individual playlists.

35 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 35 Working with playlists Audials Radiotracker works with two kinds of playlists: automatic playlists, as e.g. the playlists containing the newest recorded files your individual playlists, also called user playlists for brevity. The following table lists differences in handling both types of playlists: Automatic playlists Your individual playlists Create Created automatically You can create new lists, anytime Edit - You can add, remove and change individual items on a list, anytime Sort Delete Sortable by criteria, e.g. by age of creation Automatically deleted after a certain while You can order a list by moving tracks up or down You can/must delete lists manually Rename - You can rename lists, anytime Exporting files to external devices Exporting media files can be done within the Player as well as within the Media center view. The Player offers basic export functionality. The Media center view offers more flexibility regarding the import and export of sets of files at once. Click the target device button to export the selected files to an external device (e.g. CD Burner).

36 36 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files Figure 6: Exporting in the Player Symbols used for the Player Table 12: Symbols used for the Player. Symbols used by Audials Radiotracker Symbol Description Meaning Green check mark This symbol denotes Reviewing files in a playlist. Red X List with red X Tag This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may delete various elements. For example, you may delete stations from your favorites, Deleting media files or wishes from your wishlist. This symbol labels the button for Removing files from a playlist. This symbols labels the button for Tag Your Media Collection. If any tags have been edited but changes not yet saved, the button is highlighted in orange color. Create and save playlists This article describes how to create and save playlists. To create a playlist 1. Click Playlist in the player to open the playlist dropdown menu. 2. Select New > Empty. The player now displays a new playlist with no entries. The star icon next to the temporary title New List* indicates that the list has not been saved. 3. You may add as many media files to the playlist as you would like per drag and drop from the media center. 4. Click Playlist in the player to open the playlist dropdown menu. Click Save.

37 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 37 You are prompted to give the new playlist a name. 5. Click Save to save the new playlist. Note: Whenever you are browsing your media collection in the media center and, for example, double-click an artist, a quick list will be created with all the songs by that artist. You may then save this list as a playlist, if desired. Sorting playlists By default, the latest recorded files appear at the top of the list in the Player. The Player offers several options for sorting playlists by criteria. Restriction: Only automatic playlists can be sorted. Your individual playlists cannot be sorted by criteria, as this would discard the customized order of the files on the list. Instead, you can change the order of your individual lists by moving tracks up or down. To sort the recorded files e.g. by artist name, alphabetically 1. In the Player, open the Sort menu. Default sorting is: By date recorded (new top). 2. Select By artist (a-z). In the newly sorted list, you have quick access to all recorded media files by one artist. Filtering playlists This article explains how to filter the current playlist to get a better overview of your recorded files. To filter recorded files 1. In the Filter box, type in a filter text, e.g. an artist or song name. Only files containing your text are shown. 2. Click to reset the filter text. Getting more music and videos based on recorded files The Player offers special actions for recorded files. These actions help you to get more music and videos, quickly. Each product view offers specific tasks. Switch to a certain view to show its available tasks. Examples for special actions: View Radio Special action Get more music from a radio station which already broadcasted a song that you like

38 38 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files View Music wishes Special action Put an artist to your wishlist Example: Adding a radio station to your Favorites To add a radio station to your Favorites: 1. Switch to the Radio view. The available tasks are now offered on the menu bar just above the cover art and song lyrics in the Player. 2. In the playlist, select a song recorded from an Internet radio station. 3. Click Favor. The radio station which broadcasted the selected song is added to your Favorites. You can now easily start recording it. Importing from and exporting to devices Audials Radiotracker offers import and export functionality to copy music and video files from your PC to external devices, such as mobile gadgets or online storages, and vice versa. This helps you in accessing your media files anytime, anywhere. Exporting media files can be done within the Player as well as within the Media center view. The Player offers basic export functionality. The Media center view offers more flexibility regarding the import and export of sets of files at once. Importing media files can only be done within the Media center view. Working with devices The most important device involved in importing/exporting features is your computer. All files recorded and converted by Audials Radiotracker, plus additional folders selected to be managed by Audials Radiotracker, are handled as content on My PC. All sorts of external devices, gadgets, software and online service are summarized by the term target device. Exporting means to transfer files from your PC to a chosen target device. This includes e.g. creating ringtones, copying files to a USB device, burning CDs/DVDs, and more. Importing means to copy files from a target device to your PC. See Figure 7: The import/export user interface on page 39 to realize how this concept is visualized.

39 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 39 Import/Export User Interface The import/export user interface is visible in every Media center view. The most significant buttons are: the My Computer button and Target Device button. In addition to these two buttons, a drop-down menu may be opened. (see Figure 7: The import/export user interface on page 39). The dual function of the device buttons: The My Computer button is also the button used to import files. The Target Device button is also the button used to export files. Tip: Audials differentiates between files on your PC and on your target device by marking files in white, light blue and blue. Here is an example:figure 8: Example: To import a media file on page 40. White: titles that are only on your PC. Blue: titles that are only on your target device. Light blue: titles that are on both your PC and target device. Click here to open the dropdown menu for My PC. Click here to import selected files from an external device to your PC. Click here to export selected files from your PC to an external device. Click here to open the dropdown menu for the target device. Dropdown menu for the target device

40 40 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files Figure 7: The import/export user interface Example: Importing a media file Choose an artist. Select the file you want to import. Click the My PC button to import the selected file. The song is now saved on your computer and appears here.

41 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 41 Figure 8: Example: To import a media file Burning CDs and DVDs Audials Radiotracker can burn your media files to audio CDs as well as data CDs/DVDs containing media files in their original format (e.g. MP3 CDs). To burn your songs and videos 1. Select CD Burner from the dropdownmenu for the target device. 2. Select the files you want to burn from the current playlist. 3. Click the target device button.

42 42 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files The burning assistant opens. It will guide you through the burning process. 4. Follow the instructions given by the burning assistant. Advanced task: Burning arbitrary file sets You can also burn arbitrary file sets which are not stored on the same playlist, but spread across your media collection. To burn your songs and videos 1. Switch to the Media center view. 2. Select CD Burner from the dropdownmenu for the target device for exporting. 3. Browse your collection and check all media files you would like burn. 4. Click the target device button to export the checked files to the burning device. The burning assistant opens. It will guide you through the burning process. 5. Follow the instructions given by the burning assistant. Exporting content to USB Devices Please make sure that Windows detects your device as a new drive before you continue. To export your songs and videos from Audials Radiotracker to an external USB gadget (e.g. a MP3 player or a mobile phone) 1. Connect your mobile gadget to your computer. 2. From the menu of target devices, select Smartphone, USB device... and follow the instructions to configure your gadget to be used with Audials Radiotracker. If your gadget has already been configured, you can simply select your gadget from the menu of export targets. 3. Select one or multiple files from the playlist. 4. Click the target device button. The selected files are exported to your mobile player. Note: To avoid data loss, always eject your device before disconnecting it from the computer. Syncing with ipod & Co. Audials Radiotracker can sync media files to ipods and similar devices. Important: The mobile device is used as USB mass storage device. Full synching functionality for ipod and similar devices is only offered by itunes.

43 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 43 Creating ringtones Audials Radiotracker can create ringtones from MP3 songs for your mobile phone. Your mobile phone must support one of the following formats: WAV, MP3, WMA, WMV, OGG The maximum length for a ringtone is 30 seconds. To create a ringtone 1. From the menu of target devices, select Ringtone creator. 2. Select a song from the current playlist, and click the target device button. Audials Radiotracker processes the song. The marked area indicates the ringtone. 3. Drag the marked area to adjust its position. 4. Drag the borders of the marked area to trim the ringtone. 5. You can playback your selection to test the ringtone. 6. Click Continue with Step 3..., and follow the instructions to upload your ringtone to your mobile phone. Anywhere: Connecting to own and external media collections With Audials-Anywhere your media collection is available anywhere: Access your media collection on-the-go (e.g. with your smartphone). What is Audials-Anywhere? You may use Anywhere to: Make your media collection available to all your devices so that you have the possibility to access your media collection on-the-go (e.g. with your smartphone). Prerequisites for the exchange of media files with an external device You have an Your personal Audials account You are signed in on both devices with the same Audials-Account Both devices are on and connected to the internet An Audials-program currently runs on both devices (e.g. Audials Radiotracker and Audials Light on the other one) Note: Install Audials Light on external devices to avoid troubles with your license key.

44 44 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files LED Display for Anywhere Symbol Description Meaning Green LED display Yellow LED display This symbol denotes your Anywhere connection status. Green means ongoing data transfer. This symbol denotes your Anywhere connection status. Yellow means active and waiting for data transfer. Questions and answers concerning Anywhere Where can I see and edit all my Anywhere-connections? In any media center view choose Anywhere > Manage anywhere connections... to see and edit all your Anywhere-connections. Organize your media collection The media center provides you with the option, among others, to search for individual songs or artists and to sort your media collection. Mark files To mark files, the checkbox must be activated. 1. Switch to any media center view (e.g. Music). 2. Click View. 3. Select Show check boxes. Note: Marked files remain marked until you unmark them or shut down Audials Radiotracker. In any media center view you may click Check items below and click Uncheck all to unmark marked files. Using the filter to find media files The filter can be used, for example, to only display songs by a specific artist. 1. In the Filter box, type in a filter text, e.g. an artist or song name.only files containing your text are shown. 2. Click to reset the filter text. Note: The filter term entered remains active until it has been deleted.

45 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 45 Browse your own media collection This article describes media center functions that make browsing your media collection easier and more convenient. Which media files should be displayed? You may select in the Music or Movies and entertainment view, which files should be displayed. Click to select that, for example, only reviewed files are displayed. Click All above to select whether just audio or just video files should be displayed. How should media files be displayed? You may select how to display your media files in all media center views. Example: You want to find a special song? Type the title into the Filter text box. Example: You want to burn a CD with songs distributed in you media collection? Click View and choose Show check boxes. Find your songs by typing their names in the Filter text box. Check every file you want to export. Click the target device button to export all checked files. Example: You want to listen to music from a special genre? Click View and choose Genre view. Your media files will be displayed ordered by genre. Example: You want to view all songs of an artist? Click View and choose Genre-artist view. Now, if you choose an artist, you see his/her songs displayed clearly arranged. Click View and choose Table to display song information more detailed. Reorganizing your media collection The larger your media collection, the more work it is to maintain its structure, sorting and naming according to your needs. The Media center view supports you with that task: its Reorganize functionality allows you to change the folder structure and file naming of a part of your media collection, or of a complete collection, in one go. To reorganize a part of your collection: 1. Switch to any view of the Media center. 2. Click View > Show check boxes. Now you are able to check files. 3. Check all media files you would like reorganize: Browse your collection and check files individually, or Open the Check items menu below the lists and select Check all to reorganize your complete media collection

46 46 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 4. In the toolbar above the media list, click Tags > Reorder files. Wizard pages will guide you through the necessary steps. Follow the given instructions. Reviewing and marking recording quality Tag Your Media Collection Media files contain additional information about their contents in tags. Typical tags are, for example, title, album name, album artwork, etc. The Media center can search for additional information ("tags") for songs and videos, and automatically add this information to your existing collection. You may also edit tags for individual songs in the bottom of the player, if, for example, an album name is incorrect or if you would like to change the spelling of a song. To add additional information to your media collection, such as album artwork and lyrics 1. Switch to any view in Media center (e.g. All media files). 2. Select all media files that are to be edited Note: While the function is in operation, you may not use other Audials Radiotracker functions. Since editing thousands of songs would take awhile, it is recommended to tag large collections over night. 3. Click the button with the tag symbol and select Tags from internet in the tool bar above the media list. Audials Radiotracker edits all selected files. This could take awhile. Manually Edit Tag Information You may also modify tag information manually for individual files, e.g. to change the spelling of an album. Browse through your collection and select all the files you wish to edit from the media list below. Click the button with the pen symbol in the player below. Edit the properties of the selected files with additional information in the area to the lower right. Important: Do not forget to save your changes by clicking clicking the button with the tag symbol and selecting Save all changed tags.

47 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 47 Turning off tagging of recorded files Audials Radiotracker automatically tags the recorded files, and adds lyrics to songs. This article explains how to switch off this feature. To turn off tagging and adding lyrics 1. Go to Options > Convert & Process. 2. Clear the Add ID3 tags check box. 3. Clear the Add lyrics check box. 4. Click OK. Editing function This article describes which files and to what extent you may edit them with the edit function. Editing songs The Audials Radiotracker editing function may be used to edit the beginning and end of recorded songs: You may use the editing function to shorten all MP3 songs by cutting the beginning and end of a recording. For recordings in the Radio view, you have access to an additional 60 seconds before the beginning of the song and after the end of the recording to adjust the song beginning and end. Song fade in and fade out The Audials editing function can also be used to fade in or fade out the beginning or end of a song: You can fade in the beginning or fade out the end of any MP3 song. For recordings in the Radio view, you may edit a fade in/out created by Audials. Note: If you would like to prevent incomplete songs from being recorded, you may adjust the settings accordingly in Options > Filters.

48 48 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files Overview of editing functions Table 13: Editing options Which files would you like tohow much of the song can behow much lead and overrun edit? edited? time is available? Automatic recordings in the Radio view Continuous recordings in the Radio view Recordings from the Capture Audio view and the Search view Songs that cannot be recorded by Audials Up to 60 seconds at the beginning and end of a song Complete recording Up to 60 seconds at the beginning and end of a song Up to 60 seconds at the beginning and end of a song Up to 60 seconds Up to 60 seconds None None Edit recorded songs This article describes how to edit songs. Restriction: Only audio files in MP3 format can be edited. For more on additional restrictions, please read Editing function on page 47. To edit a song 1. Click on the song in the Player that you wish to edit. 2. Click Cut. The editing window will open. Note: If the Cut button is deactivated, the song selected cannot be edited (e.g. because it is not an MP3 file). 3. Click the audio track to move the playback marker and click to play the song back from the point marked. 4. Move to adjust the song beginning and move to adjust the duration of fading. 5. Click to test the modifications made. 6. Click Track end and repeat steps 4 on page 48 to 5 on page Click Save if you are satisfied with the result. You may now play back the edited song in the player. The editing process for files appropriate for editing may be repeated.

49 OpenTopic The Media center and Playing Media Files 49 Reviewing files By marking files as reviewed, you can tell Audials Radiotracker that you are content with the files' quality. To toggle files reviewed / not reviewed 1. Select media files in the current playlist. You can select individual tracks, or several items at once using multi-selection. 2. Click to toggle the review state of the selected media files. Notice the green tick mark next to files which have been set reviewed. Audials Radiotracker's duplicate filter detection can be set not to create duplicates for files you have set reviewed. Deleting media files This article explains how to delete media files physically. Caution: Deleting files is permanent and cannot be undone. To delete media files 1. Select media files in the current playlist or the media center. You can select individual files, or several files at once. 2. Click. 3. If you are sure you want to delete the selected files, click Yes. The selected files are permanently deleted from the storage medium (e.g. your hard-drive). At the same time, the files are removed from all playlists. Removing files from a playlist You can also just remove files from specific individual playlists, instead of deleting the files permanently. Restriction: You can only remove files from your individual playlists. You cannot remove files from automatic playlists. Read more on playlists... To remove files from an individual playlist 1. Select media files in the playlist. You can select individual files, or several files at once. 2. Click. The selected files are removed from the current playlist, and only from that playlist. The files are still available on the storage medium (e.g. your hard-drive), and also on other playlists, if previously listed.

50 50 OpenTopic Controlling the recording and converting process Controlling the recording and converting process The status line provides information about the current state of the ongoing recording and processing activities. Status line The status line is located at the bottom of each view. The status line shows: information on the ongoing activity of the current view information about how many files are currently recorded and processed in total (summedup for all views together) Click to expand the status line and see a detailed processing list. Processing list The processing list lists all files that are currently recorded, converted or queued for processing. The processing list allows you to see and control the processing of individual media files (e.g. start and stop recording, clean up the list, etc.). Click to collapse the processing list and see the view's status line. Speeding up processing on multi-core CPUs As default, only one file at a time is processed. If your computer has multiple processor cores, go to Options > Convert & Process to increase the number of simultaneous encodings. Stopping all internet traffic

51 OpenTopic Controlling the recording and converting process 51 Located right below the status line is the Stop all button. Use the Stop all button to immediately suspend recording and converting processes of all the product views, e.g. to free internet bandwidth. Figure 9: The Stop all button at the very bottom of the main window To stop recording and converting: 1. Click Stop all. 2. Select Stop using the internet. Limiting the amount of recorded files Automatic recording of music and videos can use up a lot of hard disk space. By defining a Job, you can limit automatic recording by setting a maximum for the files to be recorded. The limit applies to both the Radio view and the Music wishes view. To apply a job limit to a running recording and/or wish fulfilling 1. Switch to the Radio or the Music wishes view. 2. Select the Job check box. 3. Select the type of limitation. For example, select Data limit. 4. Select a limit value. For example, select 300 MB. The recording processes will stop after the set limit is reached (in the given example, after recording 300 MB of data).

52 52 OpenTopic Options & Configuration Options & Configuration This article covers options and configuration for Audials Radiotracker. If you are an advanced user who wants to optimize the results delivered by Audials Radiotracker, you can configure your software as described in the following topics: Improving performance: Setting a custom temporary files folder If you have more than one hard disk drive, setting the temporary files folder to your fastest drive can speed up the performance of Audials Radiotracker. To set a custom folder for temporary files 1. Go to Options > Output. 2. Under Temporary files, click Select a folder and click OK. Turning on suppressed warning dialogs Audials Radiotracker shows warning dialogs before critical operations. You can switch them off, but it may be useful to show them again. To restore warning dialogs, along with all other suppressed message boxes 1. Go to Options > General. 2. Click Restore messages. 3. Click OK. Changing the main color scheme You can change the color scheme of the main window of Audials Radiotracker. Color schemes decide which colors are used to display text and background. Select whatever color scheme you like best or the scheme that suits your specific needs. To change the color scheme 1. Click, located in the upper right of the main window. 2. Select one of the offered color schemes.

53 OpenTopic Options & Configuration 53 Tip: When working in a bright environment, the Snow scheme (black text on light grayish background) is a good choice regarding contrasts.

54 54 OpenTopic Your personal Audials account Your personal Audials account With your Audials account, not only can you sign in to the program, but also to the forum and Audials Community. An Audials account has lots of advantages. A joint account for Audials Radiotracker, the forum and the community Why use an Audials account? Sign in to the Audials forum using your Audials account to find help for your product. If you are signed in, you may share wishlists with the Community. If you are using Audials Radiotracker on more than one computer, sign in using the same Audials account to automatically update your favorites on any computer. Enter your sign-in information when filling out the contact form to reach the technical support team via . Note: If you already have an account for the Audials forum, you may simply use that account without having to create a new one. Questions and answers on your Audials account Do I have to be signed in to use all the functions in Audials Radiotracker? No. Even if you are not signed in, you will still have access to all of the functions in Audials Radiotracker. I have already created an account for the Audials forum. May I use this account to sign in to Audials Radiotracker? Yes. If you have already created an account for the forum or Community, you do not need to create a new one. I forgot my password. How can I sign in using my Audials account? Visit the Community website. Enter your address (please use the same address you used to create your Audials account) and click new password. A new password will then be sent to your address automatically. Where can I edit my Audials account (e.g. to change my password or nickname)? In Audials Radiotracker, click Signed in in the lower left-hand corner. Click Edit. The Audials Forum opens in your Browser. Click My Audials Account > User account. Here you may edit your Audials Account.

55 OpenTopic Your personal Audials account 55 Create an Audials account This article describes how to create a new Audials account. If you already have an account for the Audials forum, you may simply use that account without having to create a new one. To create a new Audials account 1. Start Audials Radiotracker. 2. Click Log in in the bottom left-hand corner. 3. Click Sign up now. A dialogue will open and prompt you to enter the data required for registration. 4. Note: Your user name can be seen by others, whenever you enter something into the forum or share contents with the Audials Community. Enter the required data and follow the subsequent instructions from the assistant. As soon as you have created an account, you will receive an Click the activation link found in the to confirm your address. Your new Audials account is now activated and can be used for the Audials forum and the Community. Audials Community: Getting and sharing artist compilations The Audials Community ( is the place, where Audials Radiotracker users share their wishlists. This article explains how to import wishlists from and export wishlists to the Community. Wishlists Wishlists are compilations prepared by dedicated music fans, which you can load into Audials Radiotracker. Audials Radiotracker scans the web for artists on the wishlist, and automatically records all matches. You can also share your personal wishlist online. In the Music wishes view, you can see all artists listed on the current wishlist. You can compile several wishlists, and switch between them. Audials Radiotracker saves all your wishlists automatically. Getting wishlists from other users To load a wishlist from the Audials Community

56 56 OpenTopic Your personal Audials account 1. Switch to the Music wishes view. 2. Click Community. Your browser opens the Audials Community website. 3. In your browser, select a wishlist, and click Download. 4. Audials Radiotracker automatically opens and loads the selected wishlist. The wishlist appears in the Music wishes view. To switch to another wishlist, click the menu button with the name of the current wishlist. Note: If Audials Radiotracker does not automatically load the selected wishlist, go to your download folder, and drag-and-drop the wishlist file onto the list onto the Music wishes view area. Sharing wishlists online In order to upload a wishlist, you need to Create an Audials account, first. To share your wishlist with other users 1. Switch to the Music wishes view. 2. Select a wishlist. 3. Click Upload. Your browser opens the Audials Community website. 4. Sign in to your account. 5. Fill out the necessary information about your wishlist, and click Save. Your wishlist is now online, and can be downloaded by other users. Thank you for being part of the Audials Community!

57 OpenTopic License Information 57 License Information This page describes how to handle license information and procuct activation. Note: Please keep your license information in a safe place. We strongly suggest to print it out, and file it with other important documents. License Key After ordering your product through our website, you will receive an with your serial number and your license key. The license key is 65 characters long. You need your license key to activate Audials Radiotracker. Activation Key If you bought your product in a store, your product box contains a product CD and an activation key printed on the CD envelope. The activation key is 13 digits long. You have to provide the activation key during installing Audials Radiotracker from CD.

58 58 OpenTopic Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker When you encounter problems with Audials Radiotracker, please follow the instructions below. If you have one of the following issues, follow the links to get help: Up-to-date troubleshooting info from the support team Check out the online support page which contains the latest information on currently known problems and workarounds, offered by the Audials Radiotracker technical support team: Support information on the Audials Radiotracker website General troubleshooting steps If none of the issues above match your situation, continue through the following steps. These steps fix many problems with Audials Radiotracker. 1. Update Audials Radiotracker. See Updating Audials Radiotracker to the latest version on page 62 for instructions. 2. Update Windows. Make sure your operating system is up-to-date. See Windows 7 Help for more information. Still need help with your problem? If nothing helped and you could not find a satisfying answer in any of the information resources, please ask your question on the forum or report the problem to our technical support team. Ask a question Reporting technical problems to the support team on page 62 Support information on the Audials Radiotracker website Audials Radiotracker crashes A crash is what occurs when Audials Radiotracker unexpectedly closes or quits.

59 OpenTopic Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker 59 This procedure guides you through the steps to fix a crash, and to report and get help fixing a crash. Many crashes can be fixed by following steps 1 on page 59 and 2 on page 59. Try these first before reporting a crash. To fix a crash 1. Update Audials Radiotracker. See Updating Audials Radiotracker to the latest version on page 62 for instructions. 2. Update Windows. Make sure your operating system is up-to-date. See Windows 7 Help for more information. If the crash persists, continue with the following steps. To report a crash and get help fixing a crash 3. Reproduce the problem situation. When Audials Radiotracker crashes, the The Crash reporter window appears. 4. Enter your address in the Crash reporter window (compare Figure 10: Crash reporter windows after a crash occured. Gathering information (left), and form to submit the report (right). on page 60) and send the report. Providing your address along with the report allows the support team to identify your crash report. 5. Open the support contact form at and fill in the requested information. Amongst other things: a) Enter your Audials account username and password. The contact form now displays your account address. Verify that it is the same address you used when sending the crash report in step 3 on page 59. If the address used in the crash report differs, enter information about it in the description textfield (e.g. "Address I used for crash report: [email protected]"). b) Enter a summary of your problem and description on how to make the problem occur. Also add a short note telling when you send the report (e.g. "a few minutes ago", or "yesterday"). 6. Submit the contact form. You will receive a confirmation within a few minutes. The support team usually answers your request within 72 hours. The support team will guide you through the necessary procedures to fix your issue. The Crash reporter The Crash reporter component is a small program accompanying Audials Radiotracker. It detects severe problems occuring in the product and automatically collects technical information about the problem situation and context. You can choose to send this information to the Audials Radiotracker developers to help fixing such issues. Tip: Crash reports help a lot to improve the stability of the software. Sending reports is highly recommended.

60 60 OpenTopic Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker Although you can provide your address along with a report, you will usually not be contacted after you sent a report. This is because the developers fixing a problem have all information they need and don't require more input from your side. To actually get help fixing a crash, or to e.g. get feedback about when a crash will be fixed, you need to follow steps 3 on page 59 to 6 on page 59 as described above. Figure 10: Crash reporter windows after a crash occured. Gathering information (left), and form to submit the report (right). Audials Radiotracker does not activate This article covers the most common problems which may occur during product activation, and how to solve them. The entered key is not a valid license key. The entered key is not valid for this product, or matches a prior/an updated product version. Message Please check the entered license key for typing errors. The license key is 65 characters long. The safest way to enter the key is to copy-and-paste it from your license . Fore more information, see Activating Audials Radiotracker. You entered a correct license key, yet it is not valid for the product or the product version that you have installed. A typical cause for this message: your license key Instruction

61 OpenTopic Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker 61 Message is valid for an older product version. You can find all older versions linked for download in the support forum: Version History. Instruction You can use this key for... This text tells explicitly which product and which product version the entered key does match to. Install the named product version and retry the activation. Other frequent problems with activation Audials Tunebite users: My license key was accepted without any error message. Audials Tunebite still only converts 10 minutes of my video files. What's up? You might have purchased Audials Tunebite Premium. Please note that Audials Tunebite Premium only offers capabilities for audio file conversion. Please refer to our website for further information on the different versions of Audials Tunebite. My key is shorter, it has only 10 or 13 digits instead of 65 characters. And it is not accepted. What's up? Have you purchased a product box with an installation CD? Your key is an activation key which can only be entered during installing from CD. See Installation from CD on page 4 for instructions. Retrieving a lost license key and the corresponding product version This article explains how to retrieve your license information in case of loss. Restriction: This option is only available for customers who purchased the software through our website ( at Element5/Digital River GmbH. If you purchased the product through other resellers, please contact those resellers for further assistance. To retrieve your license key or the product version you originally purchased 1. Open the License FAQ on our website. 2. Provide the address employed for purchase. You will receive an including the license key and a link to download the version you had originally purchased.

62 62 OpenTopic Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker Updating Audials Radiotracker to the latest version If you encounter problems or errors with Audials Radiotracker, you should make sure you have the latest version of the software installed. Updates are minor patches, provided to fix bugs and to improve the usability of products. Updates within a major version are free. Example: If you bought Audials Radiotracker version 9, updates to any version 9.* are offered for free. Updates only override internal program files. All your personal settings, output files, and data like wishlists and favorites etc., will be preserved. To check whether you have the latest version installed 1. Start Audials Radiotracker and open Options > General. Under group Product activation, click Info about installed version. The displayed About Dialog shows name and version number of your installed product on the first line. 2. Compare your installed product's version number to the latest available version's number. Installed version Audials Radiotracker 9.* (e.g ) Older version (e.g. Audials Radiotracker 8.*) Where to find the latest version product download page Version History Note: If both numbers are equal, you don't need to update. You are already running the latest version. To update Audials Radiotracker to the latest available version, if both numbers are not equal 3. Exit Audials Radiotracker. 4. Download the setup file. 5. Open the download folder. Double-click the symbol of the setup file Audials_RadioTracker-Setup.exe to launch the installation procedure. 6. Select Quick installation, use default values, then click Next >. Follow the instructions through the installation procedure. This may take a few minutes. Please wait. You are now running the latest version of Audials Radiotracker. Reporting technical problems to the support team The support team can assist you with solving problems best if you collect log files, system and product information, screenshots and information on how to reproduce your problem. Follow the steps below in order. Follow the links to get detailed instructions for each step:

63 OpenTopic Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker 63 Note: You need a free Audials account to post questions on the form and to contact the support team. Turning on writing log files When troubleshooting technical problems, you should activate writing log files. Log files will help the technical support team to identify the problem. Log files contain a protocol of the technical operations of the software. This protocol allows the technical support team and the software developers to understand the exact behaviour of the software. To turn on writing support logs 1. Go to Options > General. 2. Optional: Delete all old log files. If you intend to reproduce an error or problem and to report it to the support team, it is recommendable to delete all old log file content. This will ensure the amount of log files is as small as possible. a) Click Open log folder to open the log file folder. The log file folder consists several subfolders, each containing a number of text files. b) Select and delete all subfolders. c) Close Windows Explorer and go back to Audials Radiotracker. 3. Select the Write support information to log files check box. 4. Click OK. Audials Radiotracker is now writing log files while you use the software as usual. To turn off writing log files, clear the Write support information to log files check box in step 3 on page 63. Reproducing and describing a problem To get advise on problems from other users or the support team, it is important to note down exactly what you do to get into the problem situation. In case of technical failures, or if the support team already requested to do so, make sure to Turning on writing log files before you reproduce your problem situation. To describe a problem 1. Sum up the error or problem in one or two sentences in your own words. Include information about when the problem occurred for the first time. If you remember anything special that you've done around that time (e.g. updated the product, installed a new firewall software...), add that information, too. 2. Repeat the steps that lead to your problem. For each step, shortly note down what you do. Quote the exact titles of dialogs, text messages etc. that are displayed.

64 64 OpenTopic Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker Quote the exact labels of buttons, check boxes, etc. that you click. 3. When you have reached the error or problem situation, create one or more pictures of the screen (a so-called screenshot) showing the situation. You can create screenshots using a graphics painting program like e.g. Microsoft Paint. See Windows 7 Help for more information. You can now Turning on writing log files. Sending problem information to technical support The support team requires you to collect information on how to reproduce your problem, along with technical information on your system, to work on a technical problem. The following steps assume you have already followed the instructions about Turning on writing log files on page 63 and Reproducing and describing a problem on page 63. To send problem information to the support team 1. Collect log file information from the log folder: a) Start Audials Radiotracker. Go to Options > General. Click Open log folder to open the log file folder. b) Select all subfolders and combine them into one compressed file (zip file). See Windows 7 Help for further information. 2. Drag all screenshots you have created to the compressed file to add them. 3. Optional: Create a system information file and add it to the compressed file. a) Save a system information file. See Windows 7 Help for further information. b) Drag the system information file to the compressed file to add it. 4. Open the support contact form at and fill in the requested information. Amongst other things: a) Product name and version number: Open Options > General. Under group Product activation, click Info about installed version. The displayed About Dialog shows name and version number of your installed product on the first line. b) Summary of your problem and description on how to make the problem occur. 5. Browse to the compressed file you have created in steps 1 on page 64 to 3 on page 64 and add it as attachment. 6. Submit the contact form. You will receive a confirmation within a few minutes. The support team then usually answers your request within 72 hours. Questions and Answers I have written an to the support team and still got not answer. What now?

65 OpenTopic Troubleshooting Audials Radiotracker 65 Did you receive a confirmation within a few minutes after you sent your ? If not, please check your and especially spam filter settings. Maybe the support's answer was misclassified as spam. If you still got no support answer after a few days, something went wrong. We're sorry! Please try again. Make sure to check for any confirmation or error message during submitting the support form.