Hi all,
This is my first thread on this forum. I love Replay AV -- been using it for several years -- but my switch to Windows 7 late last year has caused some challenges. (BTW, UAC is off.)
In addition to recording, I use Replay AV to stream my personal schedule of talk shows to a radio in the next room by connecting the computer output to a little FM transmitter.
When using Replay AV with Windows XP, I accomplished this by setting each show to record off the soundcard so I could hear the stream at the same time. It worked fine. Once in a great while something went wrong and I needed to reboot the computer.
After switching to Windows 7, things become more difficult. For some reason, I was no longer able to capture off the sound card. I tried an external USB sound card – no luck.
So my work-around was to set up two entries for each show – one to capture directly and one to stream. The streaming entries are set to “No recording” and “Convert to Nothing. This actually has its advantages since I don’t necessarily want to record everything but it’s more complicated and takes more time to set up. Until recently, this system worked pretty well.
Then a few weeks ago a bunch of talk stations switched to “streamtheworld” flash streaming. Since then, the shows that open up in a java browser window sometimes work but often you hear just a blip of audio every few seconds. A reboot fixes it.
As a workaround, I found a utility that automatically reboots the computer once a day. That seems to keep the problem from happening but, since Replay AV opens with Windows minimized to the system tray, the browser does not open automatically and I need to open Replay AV in order to have the show start streaming. That's only with the java streams -- anything that opens a media player window is OK. It seems there’s one hitch after another.
While using the version previous to 8.81, occasionally when I went looking for the Replay AV icon in the system tray it wasn’t there! So I installed 8.81 and that seemed to solve it, but it still happens on occasion. It happened on Tuesday, I think maybe because, due to the Applian server outage, my copy of Replay AV was in the process of trying to convert hundreds of files that it created because it was unable to successfully connect, but I’m not sure.
Today I’ve deleted all the excess files, checked all the URLs, and everything seems to be running smoothly. But what about tomorrow?
I’m wondering if I should stick with my current configuration or maybe dedicate a separate Windows XP machine to Replay AV. Has anyone else had similar experiences?
I apologize for such a long post but I’d appreciate any advice.
Thanks!
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