Recording web radio?

[Doug Kanter]

With XP Pro: What if I'm listening to a radio station's broadcast via their
web site, and I want to record it? Poking around briefly in Sound Recorder,
it doesn't seem to allow this to happen.

 

[Mike Williams]

With XP Pro: What if I'm listening to a radio station's broadcast via their
web site, and I want to record it? Poking around briefly in Sound Recorder,
it doesn't seem to allow this to happen.

Google for "streaming audio recorder"

 

[Doug Kanter]

Google for "streaming audio recorder"

Mike, that only produced 3,510,000 search results.

(thank you!)

 

[Tim Slattery]

With XP Pro: What if I'm listening to a radio station's broadcast via their
web site, and I want to record it? Poking around briefly in Sound Recorder,
it doesn't seem to allow this to happen.

Audacity will do this (http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/).

 

[Doug Kanter]

Audacity will do this (http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/).

I have Audacity installed. In between phonecalls and other interruptions, I
tried recording with it briefly. I guess I haven't found the secret method
yet. I can't even get the level meters to display the music I'm hearing.

 

[Guest]

There's a host of programs available for this.. My favorite is Absolute
Sound Recorder.. It takes a hint from Windows Sound Recorder and Volume
Control, but it has several more advanced features, such as timed recording
and whatnot. You can record any sound that comes out of your speakers..
You can find it here: http://www.iaudiosoft.com/

-Dan

 

[null]

With XP Pro: What if I'm listening to a radio station's broadcast via
their web site, and I want to record it? Poking around briefly in
Sound Recorder, it doesn't seem to allow this to happen.

Why not a tenth suggestion... Total Recorder, great design and great
support, also lets you record any sound you can hear with your speakers.
Lets you configure it to automatically break tracks based on the reduced
sound levels between them. And unlike the other one suggested in this
thread, their site works even if you have JavaScript disabled:

http://www.highcriteria.com/

 

[null]

Why not a tenth suggestion... Total Recorder, great design and great
support, also lets you record any sound you can hear with your
speakers. Lets you configure it to automatically break tracks based
on the reduced sound levels between them. And unlike the other one
suggested in this thread, their site works even if you have
JavaScript disabled:
http://www.highcriteria.com/

I should have also mentioned excellent documentation, reasonable
pricing, and lifetime upgrades. Damn me.

 

[V Green]

There's no reason to try to save the stream directly
with "stream grabbers". Just redigitize the analog out
with Windows Media Encoder. You likely won't hear the
difference between a "grabbed" stream (in its native format)
and a WMA re-encoded stream (if you choose the bitrate
wisely).

Set up a profile to save in whatever bitrate
floats your boat.

Using Mixer, in Record view, set your source
to "What U Hear" (Creative hardware) or "Wave Out Mix"
SoundMAX and similar onboard hardware).

If your sound card is not one of the two above, look in Record
Mixer for an input with a name that doesn't make sense.
That's usually what you're looking for.