Automatic recording at start-up

[nbiundo]

Hi all !,

Does anyhow knows a way to activate recording automatically when Audacity is launched ?
I am a Windows XP user

Thanks a lot
Natalino

[alatham]

I don't think that's possible.

I also can't think of any reason to want that feature.

[nbiundo]

The reason is that I would like to record a Internet Radio program starting in the middle of night.
I am able to schedule Audacity to be launched at a certain time (Windows Xp utility) , but I have no way to tell Audacity to start recording !

Bye
Natalino

[waxcylinder]

If I remember rightly, there was a post on the old board (all postings now unfortunately lost) that explained how to get Audacity to start recording at a particular time and also stop recording at the required end-time.

Unfortunately I cannot remember the instructions for this - maybe somebody else can? Or maybe the original respondent will read this and repost?

WC

Update 10Aug: I've just noticed from a post on the 1.3 section of the forum that apparently a timer record function was introduced in 1.3.x - you may wish to upload 1.3 and try that - you have both 1.2 and 1.3 on the same PC with no problems. I tend to use 1.3 all the time now anyway as I find it stable enough for my needs.

[nbiundo]

Thanks for the update.
Timer record is exactly the feature I need.
Natalino

[tanzim]

Hello there!

Automatic recording at startup is a great feature in auda city. But can u tell me please if audacity can start automatically on system starup and start recording ?

I want to record all voice chats in my absence on my home machine.

[kozikowski]

I think the only way to do that is to set the Audacity timer feature to start about a minute after the machine boots.

You can leave the machine operating all the time and use Sound Activated Recording. Audacity will only record when there is noise, music, or voice.

Koz