At-Large Recorder 2 User Guide

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Overview
Starting a Recording
Watch Live Video while Recording
Playing Recordings
Fixing ASF Files
Continually Monitor and Record a Video Feed
Scheduling Tricks
Keyboard Shortcuts

Overview

At-Large Recorder 2 makes it easier than ever to record streamed video from your SlingBox™ device on your PC. With just a few clicks, you'll be able to:

• Record right away, or schedule recordings for a later time and channel just like a VCR.
• Save SlingBox™ configurations for reuse.
• Save channel configurations for reuse.
• Watch and record simultaneously.
• Quickly find and Play back recordings in Windows Media Player.
• Recorded videos are perfect reproductions of the original stream, and are fully seekable.

 

At-Large Recorder captures video with perfect reproduction from the original stream, giving you the best possible quality.

Here's how the main screen of At-Large Recorder appears:

Important Legal note: Most TV programs you record are copyrighted. Under the current laws of most countries, you are allowed to save these recordings and watch them yourself, but any redistribution or rebroadcast of these programs to others constitutes illegal use. Please respect the rights of the content owners when recording.

Starting a Recording

Setting up a recording is easy. First you enter data about your SlingBox™, and then add channel and scheduling information.

Here's how to start a recording:

1. With SlingPlayer™ closed, open At-Large Recorder, and click Record. The Setup Recording dialog appears:
   
   
   
   
   
2. Enter the Finder ID or IP Address and Port information for your SlingBox™.
3. Enter the password.
4. To save this configuration for reuse, click Save As, and enter a name for this SlingBox™. (The next time you start a recording, you can just pick it from the list of saved SlingBox™ configurations.)
5. You may also want to test the configuration to be sure it works properly. Click Test Setup, and a connection test will occur:
   
   
   
   
6. Once you have finished entering the SlingBox™ information, click Next to start entering channel and scheduling information into the Setup Recording dialog:
   
   
   
   
7. Under the Save Recording To heading, enter a folder where you'd like your recordings to go.
8. Under Start Recording At, select Start Now for immediate recording, or Start Later to schedule an automatic recording.
9. Select the Repeat Schedule checkbox if you would like this recording to occur weekly. You will need to leave this instance of At-Large Recorder open in order for the future recordings to take place.
10. Set a channel and a duration for the recording. Click here for instructions on Circular Recording
11. To save this program information for later, click Save As, and enter a name for this recording.
12. Click Finish to begin recording.

 

Advanced Settings

With At-Large Recorder 2.3 or later, you can change the video size and quality being transmitted. Here's how to do it:

1. From the Setup recording screen above, click Advanced. The Advanced settings dialog appears:
   
   
   
   
2. Select the desired Video Size.
3. To change the Video Bitrate, Audio Bitrate, Video Smoothness, Frames per second or I-Frames, click Video Output Settings.

 

In general, the default Video Output Settings should be left alone for best quality. If you are a video expert, then you can tweak these values to get a better playback experience.

 

Watch Live Video While Recording

If you would like to watch the live video while you are recording, simply click the Play button during a recording session and the viewer will appear:

You can pause and resume playback, change the volume, or restart the video using the controls at the bottom of the display. You can also resize the video playback window while playback occurs.

Playing Recordings

At-Large Recorder remembers what you have recorded, and makes it easy to find and play your saved video.

Here's how to play your recordings:

1. While not recording, click Play. A window showing your recording history appears:
   
   
   
   
   
2. Click on a file, then click Play to watch it. In a few seconds, the video appears in Windows Media Player.

 

Note: You can also delete or rename recorded files from the History dialog.

Fixing ASF Files

At-Large Recorder saves all of your recordings in .asf format. When a recording is finished the .asf file is processed making it seekable when you watch it later. If a recording was interrupted, the post-processing may not have taken place. You can use the Reindex ASF button to process those recordings. Click the Play button to open your recording history. Then highlight the file you'd like to fix and click the Reindex ASF button:

Continually Monitor and Record a Video Feed

The Circular Recording option is useful when you want to continuously monitor a video feed. For example, this feature is handy for recording from Video sources like security cameras. This feature also gives you the option to delete older segments to keep free space on your disk drive. Selecting the Circular option in your recording settings brings up this window:



Enter the Segment Duration. Selecting the Maximum Segment History option will limit the number of segments to the number you have chosen. For example. If you choose to record 20 segments each 10 minutes in duration, the 21st segment recorded would replace the first, and so on. You can select a date and time to end the circular recording by selecting the End of Circular Recording option. Click OK.

Scheduling Tricks

The Scheduling feature of At-Large Recorder works as long as At-Large Recorder is running. Remember this simple concept, and everything will make sense.

To cancel an upcoming scheduled recording:

• Simply close the running instance of At-Large Recorder.

 

To schedule multiple recordings:

• Open a new instance of At-Large Recorder, and set up another recording. You can have several At-Large Recorder windows open simultaneously.

 

Note: You can not record two shows at the same time from a single SlingBox™.

 

Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts within At-Large Recorder to access common operations faster:

• Close - ALT+X
• Minimize - ALT+M
• Help - ALT+H
• Play - ALT+P
• Record - ALT+R
• Stop - ALT+S

SlingBox™ and SlingPlayer™ are trademarks of Sling Media Inc. Applian and At-Large Recorder are not affiliated with Sling Media.