Any Substitute for Total Recorder Pro?

[BobbytheBrain]

Most likely, the answer is no, but I will ask anyway. Is there a
freeware alternative to Total Recorder Pro which as the following
features:

1. Ability to record any streaming audio off the internet.
Shoutcast-only solutions are worthless to me.

2. Program should begin recording by without any user intervention
using its own timer.

3. As the recording process begins, it should launch a media player
and begin playing the proper stream.

4. Encode on-the-fly to mp3. Saving as a .wav or other uncompressed
file not only wastes space, but requires an extra time consuming step
later on.

5. Encode to mp3 using different bit rates. For instance to save
space, I might select an odd rate of 32kBit/s 22,050hz stereo. Most
servers do not stream at high bit rates anyway, so recording at a 128
or even 64 bit is unnecessary.

6. When the timer is scheduled to end the recording, the program will
close both itself and the media player.

Thank you.

 

[dadiOH]

Most likely, the answer is no, but I will ask anyway. Is there a
freeware alternative to Total Recorder Pro which as the following
features:

1. Ability to record any streaming audio off the internet.
Shoutcast-only solutions are worthless to me.

2. Program should begin recording by without any user intervention
using its own timer.

3. As the recording process begins, it should launch a media player
and begin playing the proper stream.

4. Encode on-the-fly to mp3. Saving as a .wav or other uncompressed
file not only wastes space, but requires an extra time consuming step
later on.

5. Encode to mp3 using different bit rates. For instance to save
space, I might select an odd rate of 32kBit/s 22,050hz stereo. Most
servers do not stream at high bit rates anyway, so recording at a 128
or even 64 bit is unnecessary.

6. When the timer is scheduled to end the recording, the program will
close both itself and the media player.

Don't recall if it does everything you want or not. Probably, or close
to.
http://mysite.verizon.net/xico/AbsoluteMP3Recorder.ZIP


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dadiOH
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dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

 

[BobbytheBrain]

Don't recall if it does everything you want or not. Probably, or close
to.
http://mysite.verizon.net/xico/AbsoluteMP3Recorder.ZIP

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, Absolute MP3 Recorder did not
work on either of my systems. On one machine it failed because the
sound card was not recognized as being compatible. Second machine
failed because it uses "Large Icons" in the Windows' Display
Properties. Silly authors never take this fact into consideration
when writing their program. So, I cannot even see or click on
anything in the bottom third of the screen.

Any of suggestions?

 

[dadiOH]

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, Absolute MP3 Recorder did not
work on either of my systems. On one machine it failed because the
sound card was not recognized as being compatible. Second machine
failed because it uses "Large Icons" in the Windows' Display
Properties. Silly authors never take this fact into consideration
when writing their program. So, I cannot even see or click on
anything in the bottom third of the screen.

Any of suggestions?

AudioGrabber
http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

 

[BobbytheBrain]

AudioGrabber
http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

Nice program, but Audiograbber is designed to me a CD ripper rather
than a streaming audio recorder. Hence, almost all the features that
make Total Recorder Pro a fine program are missing in AG. Unless
somebody knows of any more alternatives, I will give up and simply
purchase Total Recorder.

 

[dadiOH]

Nice program, but Audiograbber is designed to me a CD ripper rather
than a streaming audio recorder.

Right. But it also does time scheduled recording to MP3 which is why it
popped to mind. Did you check that aspect to see if it would work for
you?

--
dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

 

[BobbytheBrain]

Right. But it also does time scheduled recording to MP3 which is why it
popped to mind. Did you check that aspect to see if it would work for
you?

Unless I missed something, there is no place to enter a link for the
instreaming media.

 

[Chief Suspect]

In regard to FREE streaming sound recorders:

Unless I am missinterpreting the thread, the only FREEWARE available
(not FREE downloads, not FREE trials, not 'FREE but with limitations')
for doing what you want to do include only two products:

1. SoundCapture 1.0. by MagicSofts.com (note MagicSofts, not MagicSoft)
This product was offered years ago, free and unlimited in any fashion
as version 1.0. It is not longer supported and it is difficult in
the extreme to locate it archived online somewhere. MagicSofts.com
seems to have become a broker for other products by other people,
and no longer offers or supports even a mention of SoundCapture to the
best of my searching around. Do NOT confuse this early SoundCapture
with a present-day product of same name which is a command-line
product that is difficult to use. SoundCapture was NOT limited
in any fashion what-so-ever.

2. Freecorder 2.21 by Freecorder.com. Yes .. it is free, but
it is limited to 30 minutes. Admittedly that is generous for most
usage. But, Freecorder is haunted by ads hawking an upgrade that
provides higher-quality captures and other features that would be
nice to have.

If anybody knows of any legitimate FREEWARE product that is
totally unlimited and does what we want it to do ... please
speak up and provide some URLs. Thanks

 

[eschuylerTAKE]

Most likely, the answer is no, but I will ask anyway. Is there a
freeware alternative to Total Recorder Pro which as the following
features:

1. Ability to record any streaming audio off the internet.
Shoutcast-only solutions are worthless to me.

2. Program should begin recording by without any user intervention
using its own timer.

3. As the recording process begins, it should launch a media player
and begin playing the proper stream.

4. Encode on-the-fly to mp3. Saving as a .wav or other uncompressed
file not only wastes space, but requires an extra time consuming step
later on.

5. Encode to mp3 using different bit rates. For instance to save
space, I might select an odd rate of 32kBit/s 22,050hz stereo. Most
servers do not stream at high bit rates anyway, so recording at a 128
or even 64 bit is unnecessary.

6. When the timer is scheduled to end the recording, the program will
close both itself and the media player.

Thank you.

Have you looked at StreamRipper
(http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/index.php)?
There is a console version and a WinAmp plugin. It does a few formats other
than Shoutcast streams (see below).
It doesn't have a timer, but you might be able to use the console version
with the native OS scheduling functions.

From the FAQ:
Q: What can I use Streamripper for?
A: You can use it to rip (copy) streams of the following kinds:

1. .mp3 Shoutcast streams - the kind of streams found on shoutcast.com.
2. .mp3 Icecast streams - a GNU GPL/Open Source version of Shoutcast.
Both Icecast 1.x and Icecast 2.x are supported.
3. .nvs (Nullsoft Streaming Video) streams - which Winamp tv uses (but
in older versions of streamripper, you'll have to manually change the
filenames of the ripped files from .mp3 to .nsv to play them).
4. .aac Shoutcast/Icecast streams - the kind of streams found on
tuner2.com. Streamripper can't rip RealAudio AAC streams.
5. .ogg streams - these are not yet fully supported. You can rip them to
a single file, but you can't yet split them or relay them.

Streamripper can't help with ripping stuff like RealPlayer, Windows
MediaPlayer, MusicMatch or anything else similar. Stop asking and go look
at this forum post instead. The TechTV link is the one talking about how
you can rip anything the hard way =)

Regards,
Eric

 

[Matt]

In regard to FREE streaming sound recorders:

Unless I am missinterpreting the thread, the only FREEWARE available
(not FREE downloads, not FREE trials, not 'FREE but with limitations')
for doing what you want to do include only two products:

1. SoundCapture 1.0. by MagicSofts.com (note MagicSofts, not MagicSoft)
This product was offered years ago, free and unlimited in any fashion
as version 1.0. It is not longer supported and it is difficult in
the extreme to locate it archived online somewhere. MagicSofts.com
seems to have become a broker for other products by other people,
and no longer offers or supports even a mention of SoundCapture to the
best of my searching around. Do NOT confuse this early SoundCapture
with a present-day product of same name which is a command-line
product that is difficult to use. SoundCapture was NOT limited
in any fashion what-so-ever.

http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=58601
Described as demo, no restrictions - jumped to the UK mirror site, and
got it immediately - I think it's the right one?

 

[Mel]

http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=58601
Described as demo, no restrictions - jumped to the UK mirror site, and
got it immediately - I think it's the right one?

Version 1.1 is at the following link:

http://www.download.com/SoundCapture/3000-2168-10117490.html