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User Guide 2.XX I. System Requirements 1. CPU - Minimum: 1.5GHz single-core CPU - Recommended: 2GHz dual-core CPU or better 2. 1GB RAM or more recommended 3. 128MB video memory or more is recommended 4. A graphic card supporting DirectX 9 and WDDM driver recommended 5. Any sound card supporting full duplexing required 6. Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 / Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 or later recommended 7. liteRecorder does not support Windows 2000 and some features may not work in Windows Vista/7 64 bit. 8. You may not record computer sounds if you are using some of the sound cards that don’t support full duplexing. Sometimes, you can upgrade the driver and record computer sounds. However, if your current sound card does not support full duplexing, upgrading the driver will not help because the problem comes from hardware. II. Installation 1. liteCam + liteRecorder If you did not download the 「Installation Program」 for 「liteCam + liteRecorder」 bundle, you need to download it first. Generally, you can download it by clicking the download link included in the email sent by 「innoheim」 after you purchase the 「liteCam + liteRecorder」 bundle. Run the 「Installation Program」 after downloading it. In case of 「liteCam + liteRecorder 3.0 version」, the file name for the 「Installation Program」 is 「lite-300_setup.exe」. You need to run this program to install liteCam & liteRecorder. Please note that the downloaded file name can be different depending on the program and version used. If you run the 「Installation Program」, you will be prompted with the 「liteCam-liteRecorder – InstallShield Wizard」 as show below. 「liteCam-liteRecorder – InstallShield Wizard」 Click “Next” and you will see the 「License Agreement」 as follows. Please read the contents carefully and select 「I accept the terms of the license agerement.」 if you agree to the written contents. You need to select 「I accept the terms of the license agerement.」 to install liteCam & liteRecorder properly. Accepting Terms of Agreement Click “Next” to continue. You will need to enter 「User Name」, 「e-mail」 and 「License Code」. Please note that the 「License Code」 is sometimes refer to as the 「CD Key」 or 「Serial Number」. The 「License Code」 only consists of alphabets and dash (-). The information you enter will be transmitted for program authorization after installation, and you need to provide the correct information. Provision of incorrect information or a copied 「License Code」 will result in unauthorization.. Providing Customer Information Click “Next” if you have entered the information as shown above. The following steps are necessary for installation and it will vary depending on the products purchased because there are 2 types of products. One is for new installation and the other is for upgrading your old version. If you purchased the 「liteCam + liteRecorder」 bundle to upgrade your old version of the program you will have an additional step to perform whereby you will have to enter the 「License Code」 for your old versions of liteCam & liteRecorder. You need to enter the 「liteCam 1x, 2x License Code」 for liteCam and 「liteRecoder 1x License Code」 for liteRecorder. Make sure you enter the correct 「License Code」 for both liteCam & liteRecorder to install the programs properly. The 「License Code」 for your old versions will be transmitted and verified during the authorization process, and you need to provide the correct information. Provision of the incorrect information or a copied 「License Code」 will result in unauthorization. Entering 「License Code」 for Previous Versions of liteCam and liteRecorder Click the “Next” button after entering the 「License Code」 for previous versions of both liteCam and liteRecorder. Now, select the 「Setup Type」 you prefer to install with. You can select 「Complete」 which is already set to default as shown below and click “Next” to continue. Selecting 「Setup Type」 to Install with If you select 「Custom」 as the 「Setup Type」 and click “Next”, you can change the 「Folder」 to install the programs as follows. After clicking the “Change” button, select the 「Folder」 and click “Next”. Changing Folder to Install Program After selecting 「Complete」 or 「Custom」 for the 「Setup Type」, you will see the wizard ready for installation. Ready to Install Programs Click “Install” to begin installation as shown below. Installation Started After the files are copied during the installation, three programs are automatically installed. They are the programs required to run liteCam & liteRecorder such as 「Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable」, 「Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V3」 and 「inno Screen Capture Codec」 as shown below. Installing 「Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable」 Installing 「Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V3」 Installing 「inno Screen Capture Codec」 Please note that if you are installing an evaluation version of the 「liteCam + liteRecorder」 bundle, an evaluation version of 「inno Screen Capture Codec」 will be installed automatically. You can use the default settings to install the evaluation version. Some restrictions may apply to liteCam & liteRecorder evualation versions. After copying and installing the program, you will be prompted with the 「Start Program Authorization」 dialog box as shown below. This dialog box iniatiates the Internet authorization for the program. A part of the 「System Information」, 「License Code」, 「User Name」 and 「e-mail」 are transmitted for Internet authorization and verified. Excess use of the 「License Code」 and unauthorized reproduction are detected through the Internet authorization process. If the program doesn’t get authorized while installing, you cannot use the program. You must click “OK” for Internet authorization from the 「Start Program Authorization」 dialog box. Generally, you will not have any problem with the authorization process. However, if the authorization program is blocked by a firewall program or the windows firewall, you need to deactivate the program for proper installation. If you are using the 「liteCam + liteRecorder」 bundle in a company or organization, you need to ask the system administrator to deactivate the firewall programs. 「Start Program Authorization」 Dialog Box Click “OK” to start program authorization. If the program authorization is successfully completed, you will be prompted with the 「Program Authorization Complete」 dialog box as shown below. 「Program Authorization Complete」 Dialog Box Click “OK” to complete program authorization. Please note that if the program is not properly installed or authorized, you will be prompted with a warning message. When you see this warning message, restart your computer and re-install it again after deleting the currently installed program and its program folder. If you still have a problem with installation, please contact our customer support. It is highly recommended to fill out the form correctly and send the error message for quick response when you contact our customer support. If you click “OK” from the 「Program Authorization Complete」 dialog box, you will be prompted with the following message box. The message box informs that it is required to install the MP4 encoder for video file conversion and MP3 file encoder for audio recording. Moving to Information Page Click “OK” and you will be led to the information page. You will be given the instructions about how to install MP4 & MP3 encoders as shown below. How to Install MP4 & MP3 Encoders MP4 & MP3 Encoders If you are using 「Convert Video File」 in liteCam and 「Record Audio」, 「Convert Audio File」 or 「Extract Audio File」 with the 「MP3 File」 selected as a 「File Type」 in liteRecorder, you will need the MP4 & MP3 file encoders. You will need to install VVmpeg, the MP4 file encoder on your system in order to convert an AVI file recorded by liteCam. In addition, you will need to install LAME, the MP3 file encoder on your system in order to record, convert or extract an audio file in liteRecorder. How to Install MP4 Encoder, VVmpeg VVmpeg is an MP4 encoder applying most frequently used FFmpeg compiled under Microsoft Windows. VVmpeg is a free software and open source project without any restrictions for use. If VVmpeg is not installed on the system where liteCam is installed, please download VVmpeg from the following link. Latest Version of VVmpeg Downloading Page You can download the latest version of VVmpeg by clicking the "Download" button on the top of the page. If you unzip the files after downloading VVmpeg, you will find the "VVmpeg.dll" file. You are required to copy this file to the directory where liteCam is installed in order to complete installing VVmpeg. In general, you will find the directory by following "C:\Program Files\innoheim\liteCAM-liteRecorder". Please note that VVmpeg is distributed only through the linked websites. If you have 64 bit Windows, installation folder will be located under "C:\Program Files(x86)". You can refer to the following link for the details about the VVmpeg project. VVmpeg is a simple convert library based on FFmpeg libraries. How to Install MP3 Encoder, LAME LAME is the most frequently used MP3 encoding engine. It is a free software and open source project without any restrictions for use. If LAME is not installed on the system where liteRecorder is installed, please download LAME 3.98.4 version from the following link. LAME 3.98.4 Final Version Downloading Page: link1 LAME 3.98.4 Final Version Downloading Page: link2 If you unzip the files after downloading LAME 3.98.4 final version, you will find the "lame_enc.dll" file. You are required to copy this file to the directory where liteRecorder is installed in order to complete installing LAME. In general, you will find the directory by following "C:\Program Files\innoheim\liteCAM-liteRecorder" (if you have installed the bundle). If you have 64 bit Windows, installation folder will be located under "C:\Program Files(x86)". You can download LAME through other links, but it is recommended that you install it after downloading LAME 3.98.4 final version from the link provided above. 3.98.4 is the latest as of Jan 20, 2011 and it is tested with liteRecorder. If you see later version, you can still install 3.98.4. You can refer to the following link for the details about the LAME project. The LAME Open Source MP3 Encoder Project Please note that you may want to install the MP4 & MP3 encoders after installing the programs. If you forget to install the encoders after installing liteCam & liteRecorder, you will be prompted with a warning message whenever you run the programs, and it is highly recommended to install MP4 & MP3 encoders in the process of installing the programs. After installing the MP4 & MP3 encoders, click “Finish” to complete installing liteCam & liteRecorder as shown below. Completing 「liteCam-liteRecorder InstallShield Wizard」 If you click “Finish”, the 「liteCam + liteRecorder Program Folder」 will open as shown below. 「liteCam + liteRecorder Program Folder 」 If installation is successful, you can run liteCam or liteRecorder by clicking its shortcut. liteCam Running If you double-click the 「liteCam」 shortcut, you will see liteCam running as shown above. liteRecorder Running You can also double-click the 「liteRecorder」 shortcut to run liteRecorder as shown above. 2. liteRecorder If you didn’t download the 「Installation Program」 for liteRecorder, you need to download it first. Generally, you can download it by clicking the download link included in the e-mail sent by 「innoheim」 after you purchase liteRecorder. Run the 「Installation Program」 after downloading it. In case of 「liteRecorder 2.0 version」, the file name for the 「Installation Program」 is 「lrecord-200_setup.exe」. You need to run this program to install liteRecorder. Please note that the downloaded file name can be different depending on programs and versions. If you run the 「Installation Program」, you will be prompted with the 「liteRecorder – InstallShield Wizard」 as show below. 「liteRecorder InstallShield Wizard」 Click “Next” and you will see the 「License Agreement」 as follows. Please read the following contents carefully and select 「I accept the terms of the license agerement.」 if you agree to the written contents. You need to select 「I accept the terms of the license agerement.」 to install liteRecorder properly. Accepting Terms of Agreement Click “Next” to continue. You will need to enter 「User Name」, 「e-mail」 and 「License Code」. Please note that the 「License Code」 is sometimes refer to as the 「CD Key」 or 「Serial Number」. The 「License Code」 only consists of alphabets and dash (-). The information you enter will be transmitted for program authorization after installation, and you need to provide correct information. Provision of the incorrect information or copied 「License Code」 will result in unauthorization. Providing Customer Information Click the “Next” button if you completed providing information as shown above. The following steps for installation will vary depending on the products purchased because there are 2 types of products. One is for new installation and the other is for upgrading your old version. If you purchased liteRecorder to upgrade your old version, you will have an additional step to enter the 「License Code」 for your old version of liteRecorder. You need to enter 「liteRecorder 1x License Code」. Make sure to enter the correct 「License Code」 for liteRecorder to install the program properly. The 「License Code」 for your old version will be transmitted and verified during the authorization process, and you need to provide correct information. Provision of the incorrect information or copied 「License Code」 will result in unauthorization. Entering 「License Code」 for Previous Versions of liteRecorder Click “Next” after entering the 「License Code」 for your previous version of liteRecorder. Now, select the 「Setup Type」 you want to install with. You can select 「Complete」 which is already set to default as shown below and click “Next” to continue. Selecting 「Setup Type」 to Install with If you select 「Custom」 as the 「Setup Type」 and click “Next”, you can change the 「Folder」 to install the programs as follows. After clicking the “Change” button, select the 「Folder」 and click “Next”. Changing Folder to Install Program After selecting 「Complete」 or 「Custom」 for 「Setup Type」, you will now see that the wizard is ready for installation. Ready to Install Program Click the “Install” button and you will see a notice indicating that the installation has started as shown below. Installation Started After the files are copied during the installation, three programs are automatically installed. They are the programs required to use liteCam & liteRecorder such as 「Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable」, 「Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V3」 and 「inno Screen Capture Codec」 as shown below. Installing 「Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable」 Installing 「Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V3」 Installing 「inno Screen Capture Codec」 Please note that if you are installing an evaluation version of liteRecorder, an evaluation version of 「inno Screen Capture Codec」 will be installed. You can use the default settings to install the evaluation version and some restrictions will apply to liteRecorder. After copying and installing the program, you will be prompted with the 「Start Program Authorization」 dialog box as shown below. This dialog box notifies Internet authorization server for the program. A part of 「System Information」, 「License Code」, 「User Name」 and 「e-mail」 are transmitted to the Internet authorization server and verified. Excess use of the 「License Code」 and unauthorized reproduction are detected through the Internet authorization process. If the program doesn’t get authorized while installing, you cannot use the program. You must click “OK” for Internet authorization from the 「Start Program Authorization」 dialog box. Generally, you will not have any problem with the authorization process. However, if the authorization program is blocked by firewall program or windows firewall, you need to deactivate the program for proper installation. If you are using liteRecorder in a company or organization, you need to ask system administrator to deactivate firewall programs. 「Start Program Authorization」 Dialog Box Click “OK” to start program authorization. If program authorization is successfully completed, you will be prompted with the「Program Authorization Complete」 dialog box as shown below. 「Program Authorization Complete」 Dialog Box Click “OK” to complete program authorization. Please note that if the program is not properly installed or authorized, you will be prompted with a warning message. When you see the warning message, restart your computer and install it again after deleting the program installed currently. If you still have a problem with installation, please contact our customer support. It is highly recommended to fill out the form correctly and send the error message for quick response when you contact our customer support. If you click “OK” from the 「Program Authorization Complete」 dialog box, you will be prompted with the following message box. The message box informs that it is required to install the MP3 encoder for audio recording, conversion and extraction. Moving to Information Page Click “OK” and you will be led to the information page. You will be given the instructions about how to install the MP3 encoder as shown below. How to Install MP3 Encoder, LAME LAME is the most frequently used MP3 encoding engine. It is a free software and open source project without any restrictions for use. If LAME is not installed on the system where liteRecorder is installed, please download LAME 3.98.4 version from the following link. LAME 3.98.4 Final Version Downloading Page: link1 LAME 3.98.4 Final Version Downloading Page: link2 If you unzip the files after downloading LAME 3.98.4 final version, you will find the "lame_enc.dll" file. You are required to copy this file to the directory where liteRecorder is installed in order to complete installing LAME. In general, you will find the directory by following "C:\Program Files\innoheim\liteCAM-liteRecorder" (if you have installed the bundle). If you have 64 bit Windows, installation folder will be located under "C:\Program Files(x86)". You can download LAME through other links, but it is recommended that you install it after downloading LAME 3.98.4 final version from the link provided above. 3.98.4 is the latest as of Jan 20, 2011 and it is tested with liteRecorder. If you see later version, you can still install 3.98.4. You can refer to the following link for the details about the LAME project. The LAME Open Source MP3 Encoder Project Please note that you may install the MP3 encoder after installing the program. If you forget to install it after installing liteRecorder, you will be prompted with a warning message asking you whenever you run the program, and it is highly recommended to install the MP3 encoder in the process of installing the program. After installing the MP3 encoder, click “Finish” to complete installing liteRecorder as shown below. Completing 「liteRecorder InstallShield Wizard」 If you click “Finish”, the 「liteRecorder Program Folder」 will open as shown below. 「liteRecorder Program Folder 」 If installation is completed properly, you can run liteRecorder by clicking its shortcut. liteRecorder Running III. User Interface liteRecorder supports a new standard user interface of Microsoft called 「Ribbon」. Microsoft Office 2007 & 2010 and Windows Vista/7 adopt this form of a user interface. You will find the user interface with large toolbars filled with pictures representing the elements for easier use from the screenshot shown below. liteRecorder User Interface The liteRecorder user interface consists of 「Quick Toolbar」, 「File」 menu, 「Tab Bar」 with 「Ribbon」, 「Help」 button on the upper right side, 「Main menu」, 「Main window」 and 「Status Bar」. You will find the liteRecorder icon on the left side and the 「Quick Toolbar」 as shown below. Quick Toolbar You can use the 「Quick Toolbar」 to select 「Record Audio」, 「Convert Audio File」 or 「Extract Audio File」 without getting into the 「File」 menu. You can also use the 「File」 menu or 「Main menu」to do recording, converting and extracting. File Menu If you click the “File” button, you can select 「Record Audio」, 「Convert Audio File」, 「Extract Audio File」 or 「About liteRecorder」 as shown in the picture above. When you select 「About liteRecorder」, you can get information about your product & license and support. You can click the “Options” button to change directories and the style of liteRecorder and “Exit” button to end liteRecorder. Ribbons are very similar to toolbars previously used for many applications. However, buttons are larger than toolbars and the ribbons consist of several tabs. In liteRecorder, there are 3 tabs for ribbons, “Home”, “Tools” and “Support” tabs. Home Tab Ribbon “Home” tab is a basic tab in liteRecorder containing most frequently used functions. It consists of 「Record/Play」, 「Devices」, 「Switch」 and 「Info」 groups as shown in the picture above. - 「Record/Play」 : You can record and play. - 「Devices」 : You can select an audio device to record. - 「Switch」 : You can switch to liteCam if it is installed on your system. - 「Info」 : You can get information about how to purchase liteRecorder. Tools Tab Ribbon In “Tools” tab, you can set various options for recording. Generally, you will set 「Audio Options」 for each device before you start recording. “Options” button is the same as the one explained previously from 「File」 menu. Support Tab Ribbon In “Support” tab, you can get help online with frequently asked questions and technical matters related to liteRecorder. You can also visit our “Forum” to get help. Most of the problems can be solved by clicking the appropriate button in 「Help」 group. 「About liteRecorder」 is the same as the one explained previously in the 「File」 menu. liteRecorder Main Menu In the 「Main menu」, you can select 「Record Audio」, 「Convert Audio File」 or 「Extract Audio File」 like using the 「Quick Toolbar」 or 「File」 menu as shown above. However, the 「Main menu」will be most frequently used. liteRecorder Main Window You will find different contents and settings in 「Main window」 for each function you select from the 「Main menu」. liteRecorder Status Bar On the bottom of liteRecorder, you will find the 「Status Bar」. It shows you brief information when you select a specific function. It also indicates the status for Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock. IV. Setting Options before Recording from Tools Tab It is recommended to configure the audio settings before you record. liteRecorder comes with 「Audio Setting Wizard」, that will help you to select and configure audio devices on your computer. Before we learn how to configure the 「Audio Options」, we will go through the three types of audio devices. - Computer Sound: Audio device to record sounds from speakers or earphones connected to your system. You can record music and audio from videos or online lectures. - Microphone: Microphone connected to your system. If you are using a general desktop computer, you need to connect a microphone to your system. However, if you are using a webcam or laptop computer, a built-in microphone is included in most cases. - Custom: External audio device that a user wants to use to record. An additional audio device other than speakers, earphones and microphones can be used to record by using the line-in of a sound card on your system. There are a variety of devices such as a MP3 player, PDA, Nintendo DS, PSP or other portable devices to record audio. Please note that liteCam and liteRecorder share the settings for 「Audio Options」. Therefore, if you set up 「Computer Sound Options」 in liteRecorder, you don’t have to set them in liteCam again. 1. Computer Sound Options Generally, 「Computer Sound」 is used for recording sounds from a computer. In Windows XP, when you run liteRecorder for the first time, you will find that 「Audio Device」 is set to None as follows. Audio Device Set to None Please note that when you run liteRecorder in Windows Vista/7, you will see that 「Audio Device」 is already set as shown in the picture below. You do not need to set up 「Audio Device」 unless you must use another audio device because 「Audio Device」 is automatically set for 「Computer Sound」 in Windows Vista/7. Audio Device Selected for Windows Vista/7 Now, we will learn how to configure 「Computer Sound」 in Windows XP. Click the “Tools” tab and the “Computer Sound Options” button. You can also do this by clicking “▼ “ beside the “Options” button in liteRecorder’s 「Main window」 and selecting “Computer Sound Options”. Setting up Computer Sound Options Then, you will be prompted with the 「Audio Setting Wizard」. Please read 「Before running Wizard」 carefully in the 「Audio Setting Wizard」. Pay particular attention to the followings before configuring 「Computer Sound」. - Close all the programs that are using an audio or video device. - Make sure that all sound cards & speakers are properly connected to your system and the volume is not set to 「Mute」. Audio Setting Wizard If you finished checking, click the “Next” button and you will be prompted with the 「Device Setting」 page as shown below. Device Setting Click the “Auto Detect” button and you will hear a static sound with a certain frequency for several seconds. When the static sound stops, it will indicate a certain audio device is automatically selected as shown below. Message Box for Automatically Selected Audio Device If you are prompted with a message saying, “No selected device automatically”, click the “Change” button in the 「Device Setting」 page and set up 「Computer Sound」 manually. We will come back for manual setup a little bit later. Please note that your system audio may become inaudible during auto detection. If this happens, you may need to restart your computer and set the audio manually. As mentioned previously, we will come back for manual setup a little bit later. Search Result for “Auto Detect” If you find a suitable audio device, click “Record&Play” button. Message Box to Play Sound & Record Now you will be prompted with a message box as shown above. Click the “OK”. Then, you will hear a sound and will be prompted with a message box as shown below after the sound stops. Message Box to Check Sound If you click the “OK”, the sound you heard previously will be recorded with the current audio device selected and it will be played after recording. If the volume is too quiet or loud, you may need to use the volume slider to adjust it. You can check to make sure the volume is properly set by clicking the “Record&Play” button If you cannot hear the sound or find a suitable audio device, click the “Change” button to manually configure 「Computer Sound」. Now, we will learn how to configure 「Computer Sound」 manually. Click the “Change” button and you will be prompted with the 「Computer Sound Options」 dialog box as shown below. Changing Audio Device You will need to select an audio device to record sounds from your computer in the 「Computer Sound Options」 dialog box. Select an audio device from the 「Devices」 box and click “Test” button. Then, you will hear a repeated beep sound and see the sound waves from the「Show Wave」 box. You need to repeat selecting the devices until you see the clear sound waves to select a proper device. In case of using several sound cards, you can see the sound waves for several devices at the same time. It is recommended you select the device showing the clearest sound waves. Generally the ideal devices are the ones named with the word, “Stereo” or “Mono”. The devices named with “Stereo” support stereo and the ones named with “Mono” support mono. Now, click the “OK” if you are finished with selecting a proper device. Showing Sound Waves Please note that your audio devices listed in the 「Devices」 box will be different than the ones shown in the picture above because you may use different types of sound cards. Therefore, you will not have the same device list like above. Please note that if you are using a webcam or laptop computer, it may have a built-in microphone. When you check the 「Devices」 box from the 「Audio Setting Wizard」, you may select a microphone because you can see sound waves from the 「Computer Sound Options」 dialog box or 「Audio Setting Wizard」 may select a microphone automatically because the sounds from speakers can be recorded through a built-in microphone. It is highly recommended to select another audio device if you find the selected device is named with the word, “Mic” or “Microphone”. In most cases, recording audio is available by using the 「Audio Setting Wizard」 or clicking “Change” to configure 「Computer Sound」 manually. Now, click “Next” in the 「Device Setting」 page and you will see audio setup completed as shown below. Audio Setup Completed We are now finished with configuring 「Computer Sound」 automatically and manually. Click “Finish” to exit the 「Audio Setting Wizard」 and you will go back to liteRecorder. If you see liteRecorder’s 「Main window」, you will find that the 「Audio Device」 is changed from 「None」 to a certain device as shown below. From now on, you can record by using the selected audio device when you select “Computer Sound”. As mentioned earlier, liteRecorder shares all the settings for the 「Computer Sound Options」 with liteCam if it is installed on your system. Audio Device Indicated In Windows Vista/7, you do not need to configure the 「Computer Sound Options」 because you can use the default audio device. However, it is possible to configure the 「Computer Sound Options」 manually if you want to change the settings. If you click “Computer Sound Options” in Windows Vista/7, you will be prompted with the following message box. Message Box for Setting up Computer Sound Options Manually If you click “Yes”, you will be prompted with the 「Audio Setting Wizard」. If you set up an audio device automatically or manually in the 「Audio Setting Wizard」, the device for 「Computer Sound」 will be changed. Audio Setting Wizard for Manual Setup 2. Microphone Options Now, we will learn how to set up 「Microphone」 as an audio device. If you want to record 「Computer Sound」 only, you don’t need to set up 「Microphone」. You can use a general microphone or built-in microphone included in a webcam or laptop computer to record voices. You need to check the following 3 things before configuring 「Microphone」. - Close all the programs that are using an audio or video device. - Make sure that sound cards & speakers are properly connected to your system and the volume is not set to 「Mute」. - Connect a microphone to the socket of a sound card on your system. Now, we are ready to configure 「Microphone」. Click the “Tools” tab and “Audio Options” button. When you find the menu, click “Microphone Options” as shown above. You can also do this by clicking “▼” beside the “Options” button in liteRecorder’s 「Main window」 and selecting “Microphone Options”. You will be prompted with the 「Microphone Options」 dialog box as shown in the picture below. Microphone Options Dialog Box Speak into your microphone after you select a device in the 「Devices」 box and check the sound waves. You need to repeat selecting the devices listed until you see clear sound waves in the 「Show Wave」 box to select a proper device. Checking Sound Waves to Select Proper Device If you see clear sound waves for a certain device as shown above, click “OK” to finish setting up 「Microphone」. Please note that your devices listed in the 「Devices」 box will be different than the ones shown in the picture above because you may use different types of sound cards. Therefore, you will not have the same device list as shown in the 「Devices」 box above. Even in Windows Vista/7, 「Microphone」 is not configured automatically. You still need to set up the 「Microphone Options」 by clicking the “Tools” tab → “Microphone Options”. Then, you will be prompted with the 「Microphone Options」 dialog box as shown below. You may follow the same steps explained previously to configure 「Microphone」. Setting up 「Microphone Options」 in Windows Vista/7 Now, we are finished with configuring 「Microphone」. The settings for the 「Microphone Options」 will be shared with liteCam if it is installed on your system as mentioned previously. 3. Custom Options Now, we will consider how to configure 「Custom」. It is recommended to use 「Custom」 if you adopt an external device to record audio. You can connect other devices such as a MP3 player, PDA, Nintendo DS, PSP or other portable devices to the line-in of a sound card by using additional cables in order to record audio. Please note that you may need to purchase an additional cable to connect the external devices mentioned previously and the line-in of a sound card on your system. Some external devices may not support external output sockets, and you will need to refer to the owners’ manual for the devices you want to use. In addition to this, on some rare occasions you may come across some sound cards that do not support a line-in that allows you to connect your external devices. Now, we will consider how to configure the line-in as a 「Custom」 audio device for recording. You will need to configure an external audio device before you connect it to your system by setting up 「Custom Options」 in order to record audio using 「Custom」. Please check the followings before configuring 「Custom」. - Close all the programs that are using an audio or video device. - Make sure that the sound cards & speakers are properly connected to your system and the volume is not set to 「Mute」. - Connect your external device to the line-in of a sound card on your system by using the proper cable. Now, we are ready to start configuring 「Custom」. Click the “Tools” tab and “Custom Options”. You can also do this by clicking “▼” beside the “Options” button in liteRecorder’s 「Main window」 and selecting “Custom Options”. You will be prompted with the 「Custom Options」 dialog box as shown in the picture below. Custom Options Dialog Box Turn on the connected external device to play sounds. While playing the sounds, check the 「Show Wave」 box as you select devices one by one from the 「Devices」 box in the 「Custom Options」 dialog box. You need to repeat selecting devices until you see clear sound waves to select a suitable device as you did while configuring 「Computer Sound」 & 「Microphone」. Selecting Proper device by checking sound waves Click “OK” when you find a suitable device with clear sound waves to complete the setup of the 「Custom Options」. In case of using some other sound cards, you can see sound waves for several devices. It is recommended to select the device showing the clearest sound waves as shown above. Generally, suitable devices are ones with the names like “Line in” or “Line Input”. Please note that your devices listed in the 「Devices」 box will be different than the ones shown in the picture above because you may use different types of sound cards. Therefore, you will not have the same device list as shown in the 「Devices」 box above. Proper Device Selected Now that we are finished with configuring 「Custom」, the settings for the 「Custom Options」 will be shared with liteCam if it is installed on your system as previously mentioned. 4. Other Options If you have configured all the settings for the 「Devices」, it will be easy to switch to your desired 「Audio Device」. You can see the 「Audio Device」 set from the 「Main window」 as shown below. Audio Device Set If you click “▼” beside the “Options” button in liteRecorder’s 「Main window」 and you can see 「Computer Sound」, 「Microphone」 and 「Custom」. If you select one of them, you can record by using your desired 「Audio Device」 without being prompted with other 「Options」 dialog box. Selecting 「Audio Device」 after Configuration You can switch to another 「Audio Device」 only if you configured the settings for the related 「Audio Device」. If the settings are not configured, the 「Audio Device」 will be set to 「None」. V. Record Audio If the 「Audio Options」 are not set, you may not record audio properly. Most of the settings are required in Windows XP, but if you are using Windows Vista/7, you can record audio with the default settings. With liteRecorder, you can record audio by using 「Computer Sound」, 「Microphone」 and 「Custom」. It is very important to select a proper device to record audio from the 3 types of devices mentioned earlier. You can record audio by following the steps shown below and you will find it easy to record. Set up 「Audio Options」 (Only the 1st time) → Select 「Audio Device」 → Select 「File Type」 → Start Recording → Play If the 「Audio Options」 are set already, you can follow the steps as shown below. Select 「Audio Device」 → Select 「File Type」 → Start Recording → Play You can see a list of 「Audio Format」 supported by liteRecorder as shown in the picture below. List of 「Audio Format」 Shown The default settings for the 「Audio Format」 are 「Stereo, 16 bits, 44KHz(CD Quality, Default)」 in Windows XP and 「System Default Settings(Only available for Windows Vista/7」 in Windows Vista/7. Generally, if you select 「System Default Settings(Only available for Windows Vista/7」, you will record audio with the 「Audio Format」 of 「Stereo, 16 bits, 44KHz(CD Quality)」 or 「Stereo, 16 bits, 48KHz(DVD Quality)」. It means that the audio quality recorded with 「System Default Settings(Only available for Windows Vista/7」 is better than the one for 「Mono, 16 bits, 22KHz(Radio Quality, Default)」 in Windows XP. You can select a lower quality to reduce the file size, but it is not recommended to select 「Mono, 16 bits, 11KHz(Phone Quality)」 because the audio quality is not good enough. Now, we will learn how to use 「Record Audio」. Run liteRecorder and check the 「Audio Options」 you have already set. Then, select the 「File Type」 you want to record with. We will select 「Computer Sound」 from the 「Devices」 & 「MP3 File」 from the 「File Type」 that are most frequently used ones. This will result in recording sounds from your computer and saving it as an MP3 file. If you select 「WAV File」 from the 「File Type」, the recorded file will be in PCM format, and have no loss in sound quality. However, it is recommended to use 「MP3 File」 as the 「File Type」 because the size of 「WAV File」 could be up to 10 times larger than other 「File Type」. Now, run a program to record audio. We will try recording audio from YouTube. Selecting Program to Record Audio Get ready to start a video file to record audio. Click “Record” from the 「Ribbon」 as shown below. 「Record Audio」 You will be prompted with the 「Start Recording」 dialog box as shown in the picture below. 「Start Recording」 Dialog Box The 「Start Recording」 dialog box will show you the information on 「Audio Device」. If you click “Show Details”, you can get help with audio recording. Click “OK” to start recording or “Cancel” to cancel recording. If you click “OK”, you will see audio recording started as follows. It is recommended to click “OK” first and play a video file. Playing Video to Record Audio You can see 「Recording Time / Status」 in the 「Main window」 while recording as shown in the picture below. Also, you can click “Pause” or “Stop” to pause or stop recording, respectively. 「Pause / Stop」 Buttons If you click “Pause”, you will see 「Recording Time / Status」 changed as follows. 「Re-record」 You can also find that the “Record” button is changed to the “Re-record” button as shown above. Click “Re-record” to restart recording. 「Stop」 Click “Stop” as shown above in red if you want to stop recording. You will be prompted with the 「Recording Complete」 dialog box. This dialog box will give you some options to choose such as 「Open」, 「Rename」, 「Convert」, 「Play」 and 「Quick Record」 as shown below. 「Recording Complete」 Dialog Box If you click “Open” from the 「Recording Complete」 dialog box, the directory containing the saved files recorded by liteRecorder will open as follows. Opening Directory for Recorded Files Now, we will move on to 「Rename」. liteRecorder creates a file name for the recorded file by using the current date and time automatically. To change the file name, input a new 「File Name」 and click “Rename”. Changing File Name Instead of 「01102011-192224.mp3」 for the 「File Name」, input 「TestAudio」 and click “Rename”. You will be prompted with the following message box. Message Box If you click “OK”, you can see the file name changed with the added extension of MP3 as shown below. New File Name Shown Now, if you click “Play” after changing the file name, the recorded audio file will play through a player program connected to the MP3 file. The following shows the recorded file, 「TestAudio」 playing through Windows Media Player. Playing Recorded Audio File through Windows Media Player You can also convert the recorded file into another format by clicking “Convert” as shown below. Converting File If you click “Convert”, the 「Recording Complete」 dialog box closes and 「Convert Audio File」 from liteRecorder’s 「Main menu」 will be activated automatically. We will go through 「Convert Audio File」 in the next chapter. Moving to 「Convert Audio File」 If you click “Quick Record” as shown below, you can start new recording with the same settings as the previous recording. 「Quick Record」 「Quick Record」 is very useful when you repeat recording new audio files with the same settings. If you click “Quick Record”, you will be prompted with the 「Start Recording」 dialog box as shown below. If you click “OK”, you can start recording again. 「Start Recording」 Dialog Box Now, we will consider 「Timer Recording」, an additional feature for liteRecorder. 「Timer Recording」 If you check 「Timer Recording」, you will be prompted with the 「Timer Recording」 dialog box to set up options as shown below. 「Timer Recording」 Dialog Box The 「Timer Recording」 dialog box provides the following three features. - Set by Start / Stop Time: Set up both 「Start Time」 and 「Stop Time」 to start and stop recording. liteRecorder will automatically start and stop recording as the time settings. - Set by Start Time Only: Set up only 「Start Time」 to start recording. Later, you need to stop recording by clicking the “Stop” button. - Set by Stop Time Only: Set up only 「Stop Time」 to stop recording. You need to start recording by clicking the “Record” button and it automatically stops recording after the 「Stop Time」 passes. If you disable 「Timer Recording Setup」 from the 「Timer Recording」 dialog box and click “OK”, the 「Check」 box for 「Timer Recording」 in liteRecorder’s 「Main window」 will also be disabled and you will not use 「Timer Recording」. If you click the 「Check」 box for 「Shut down after recording」, you will be prompted with the following message box. You need to select 「Shut down after recording」 when you want your computer to be shut down automatically after recording. Shut down after Recording Now, we will apply 「Timer Recording」. Select 「Set by Start Time Only」 and set the 「Start Time」 to 「2」 minutes in the 「Timer Recording」 dialog box. Now, click “OK”. 「Set by Start Time Only」 for 「Timer Recording」 You will see 「Timer Recording」 activated and 「Start in 2 minutes」 indicated for the 「Timer Recording」 in the 「Main window」. Status for 「Timer Recording」 Shown Click “Record” from the 「Ribbon」. 「Start Recording」 Dialog Box When you see the 「Start Video Recording」 dialog box, click “OK”. Now, you will be prompted with the 「Standby」 dialog box as shown below. 「Standby」 Dialog Box As you set up the 「Start Time」 from the previous step, you will see the 「Remaining time until recording starts」 indicated. If you want to cancel 「Timer recording」, click the “Cancel Timer Recording” button. Cancelling 「Timer Recording」 You will be prompted with the following message box indicating that 「Timer Recording」 has been cancelled. Click “OK”. If you want to modify the settings for 「Timer Recording」, click “Edit” in the 「Main window」 as shown below. Editing 「Timer Recording」 Then, you will be prompted with the 「Timer Recording」 dialog box and you can change the settings. We are finished with 「Record Audio」 & 「Timer Recording」 and we will move on to 「Convert Audio File」. VI. Convert Audio File 「Convert Audio File」 is a new feature provided by liteRecorder and it converts an audio file recorded by liteRecorder into another format. You can convert files such as 「WAV File」, 「MP3 File」 and 「WMA File」. Please note that you cannot use an 「OGG File」 as an 「Original File」 to convert. Run liteRecorder and click “Convert Audio File” in the 「Main menu」. Selecting 「Convert Audio File」 You can see the 「Main window」 divided into 2 parts, one for the 「Original File」 and the other for the 「Converted File」. The 「Original File」 group consists of the 「File name」 and 「Information」 where the 「Converted File」 group consists of the 「File name」, 「File Type」 and 「Audio Format」. 「File Type」 & 「Audio Format」 Shown Please note that sound quality for the 「Converted File」 cannot be better than the 「Original File」 even if you select a better 「Audio Format」 for the 「Converted File」 than the 「Original File」. If you want to maximize sound quality for the 「Converted File」, it is recommended to select 「WAV File」 from the 「File Type」 and 「Stereo, 16 bits, 48KHz(DVD Quality)」 from the 「Audio Format」. Now, we will start converting a recorded file. Click “…” beside 「File Name」 in the 「Original File」 group. Browsing for File to Convert You will be prompted with the 「Open」 dialog box. You can select a recorded file to convert. If a file is selected, the 「File name」 and 「Information」 will be shown in the 「Original File」 group as shown below. Original File Selected for Conversion The 「Information」 in the 「Original File」 group shows you 「Audio Format」 and time. If the 「Original File」 is selected, the settings for the 「Converted File」 group are automatically configured. The 「File name」 for the 「Converted File」 is automatically given. In addition, if you change the 「File Type」 or 「Audio Format」, the 「File name」 changes automatically. Information on 「Converted File」 We will now select 「WMA File」 from the 「File Type」 and 「Stereo, 16 bits, 44KHz(CD Quality, Default)」 from the 「Audio Format」 as shown above. Click “Convert” in the 「Main window」 to start converting. You can see converting the file in progress from the picture shown below. Converting File, 「TestAudio」 You can click “Pause” or “Stop” to pause or cancel converting. When converting an audio file is complete, you will see the following 「Recorder」 message box. Conversion Completed Click “OK” to close the message box. If you want to play the converted file, click “Play” from the 「Ribbon」. Playing Converted File Now, we are finished with 「Convert Audio File」. VII. Extract Audio File One of the last main features we will go through in liteRecorder is 「Extract Audio File」 which was not included in the previous versions of liteRecorder. 「Extract Audio File」 is associated with liteCam and it is recommended to have 「liteCam」 or the 「liteCam + liteRecorder」 bundle installed on your system. However, if a file from which you want to extract audio data satisfies the conditions for an 「Original File」, you can also use 「Extract Audio File」 without 「liteCam」 or the 「liteCam + liteRecorder」 bundle installed on your system. 「Extract Audio File」 basically extracts only audio data from AVI files recorded by liteCam and saves them as audio files. It has the following restrictions because 「Extract Audio File」 does not support all types of video files. - You need to install the MP3 file encoder (LAME) to extract audio data. - The original video file to convert must be an AVI file and the only 2 types of codecs, 「Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V3」 and 「inno Screen Capture Codec」 are supported. - The audio data for an original video file must be in PCM format. A video file with 2 or more channels cannot be converted. Please note that you cannot use 「Extract Audio File」 for a file recorded by using a codec other than 「Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V3」 or 「inno Screen Capture Codec」. Now, we will consider how to use 「Extract Audio File」. Run liteRecorder and click “Convert Audio File” in the 「Main menu」 as shown below. 「Extract Audio File」 You can see the 「Main window」 divided into 2 parts, one for the 「Original File」 and the other for the 「Extracted File」. The 「Original File」 group consists of the 「File name」 and 「Information」 where the 「Extracted File」 box consists of the 「File name」, 「File Type」 and 「Audio Format」. 「File Type」 & 「Audio Format」 Shown Please note that sound quality for the 「Extracted File」 cannot be better than the 「Original File」 even if you select better 「Audio Format」 for the 「Extracted File」 than the 「Original File」. If you want to maximize sound quality for the 「Extracted File」, you need to use the optimized audio settings when you record an AVI file by using liteCam . Now, we will start extracting audio data from a recorded file. Click “…” beside 「File Name」 in the 「Original File」 group. Browsing for File to Extract Audio You will be prompted with the 「Open」 dialog box. You can select a recorded file to extract audio data. If a file is selected, the 「File name」 and 「Information」 will be shown in the 「Original File」 group as shown below. File Selected for Extraction If you click the 「Information」 combo box in the 「Original File」 group, you can see the 「Information」 on 「Video」 & 「Audio」 as shown below. Information on 「Original File」 Shown If an 「Original File」 is selected, the settings for the 「Extracted File」 group are automatically configured. The 「File name」 for the 「Extracted File」 is automatically given as shown below. In addition, if you change the 「File Type」 or 「Audio Format」, the 「File name」 changes automatically. Information on 「Extracted File」 Shown We will now select 「MP3 File」 from the 「File Type」 and 「Stereo, 16 bits, 44KHz(CD Quality, Default)」 from the 「Audio Format」 as shown above. Click “Extract” in the 「Main window」 to start extracting audio data. You can see extracting the audio file in progress from the picture shown below. Extracting File, 「Test Movie」 You can click “Pause” or “Stop” to pause or cancel extracting. When extracting audio data is complete, you will see the following 「Recorder」 message box. Extraction Completed Click “OK” to close the message box. If you want to play the extracted file, click “Play” from the 「Ribbon」. Playing Extracted File Now, we are finished with 「Extract Audio File」. VIII. Miscellaneous 1. Options When you record audio by using liteRecorder, a recorded file is created automatically setting a file name. Generally, a recorded file is saved in the 「liteRecorder」 directory located in 「My Documents」 or 「Documents」 directory. The directory where a recorded file is saved is called the 「Work Directory」. If you want to change the 「Work Directory」, please do the following steps. Click the “Tools” tab from the 「Ribbon」 and click “Options”. Clicking Options to Change 「Work Directory」 or 「Style」 You will be prompted with the 「Options」 dialog box as shown below. To change the 「Work Directory」, click “...” and you will be prompted with the 「Browse for Folder」 dialog box. You can select a new 「Work Directory」 from the dialog box. Changing Work Directory from 「Options」 Dialog Box The 「Log Directory」 is a directory saving a log file created during recording procedure. If you don’t have any problems using the default directory, it is recommended that you keep it. The 「Options」 dialog box also supports a feature to change skin color for liteRecorder. If you click the 「Color」 combo box, you will see a list of colors supported. Changing Style from 「Options」 Dialog Box Select 「Color」 that you want and click “OK”. You can see liteRecorder’s skin color changed. The following picture shows that 「Silver」 is selected for the 「Color」. Silver Skin Selected from 「Style」 2. About liteRecorder Click the “Support” tab from the 「Ribbon」 and “About liteRecorder” to check the information about liteRecorder. You can also click “File” and select “About liteRecorder” to see the information. About liteRecorder Then, you are prompted with the 「About liteRecorder」 dialog box as shown below. 「About liteRecorder」 Dialog Box You can see the 「Product Information」, 「License Information」 and 「Support Information」. 「License Code」 consists of 16 characters with 3 dashes to divide it into 4 parts. All the characters are blocked to prevent 「License Code」 from being copied. However, if you need customer support, you should provide your 「License Code」. Please keep your 「License Code」 in case of requesting customer support. 3. Run liteCam liteRecorder has a function to run liteCam if it is installed on your system. You cannot run liteRecorder and liteCam simultaneously, but you can switch from liteRecorder to liteCam and vice versa. Please follow the steps shown below to switch from liteRecorder to liteCam. Please note that you need to have 「liteCam」 or the 「liteCam + liteRecorder」 bundle installed on your system to switch from liteRecorder to liteCam. Click “Run liteCam” from the 「Ribbon」. Switching to liteRecorder You will be prompted with the following message box. Message Box Click “Yes” to run liteCam after exiting liteRecorder. You will exit liteRecorder first. A few seconds later, you will see liteCam starting after the splash screen for liteCam is shown for a moment. liteRecorder Started 4. System – Info When you need customer support while using liteRecorder, you are sometimes required to provide the information about your system and operating system. liteRecorder & liteCam have an additional program to check the information required. To get the 「System Information」, you can follow the steps as shown below. Click the “Start” button in Windows and look for one of the folders listed below. - liteCam User: 「liteCam Folder」 - liteRecorder User: 「liteRecorder Folder」 - liteCam + liteRecorder User: 「liteCam + liteRecorder Folder」 Look for an appropriate item after you find one of the folders shown above, - liteCam User: 「liteCam Information」 - liteRecorder User: 「liteRecorder Information」 - liteCam + liteRecorder User: 「liteCam + liteRecorder Information」 If you click on any of the locations shown above, you will be prompted with the 「System - Info」 program as shown below. System Info Click 「File」 → 「System Information」 and you can check 「System」 and 「Operating System」 as shown below. System Information Shown Now, click 「File」 → 「Save」 to save the 「System Information」 shown. Then, you will be prompted with the 「Save As」 dialog box as shown below. Saving System Information You can enter the 「File name」 and save it. The 「System Information」 saved is made of Unicode text file. It is more likely to provide you with the better solutions if you ask for customer support with the saved 「System Information」.