Recording Internet Radio

If that's BBC, you can use GetIPlayer, but it's a somewhat steep
learning curve ...

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:14:15 +0000, Davidm
wrote:

Next week 3 Counties Radio
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On 09/12/2014 20:49, Woody wrote:

Agreed. On my desktop running XP Audacity records anything
and everything passing through the PC via the embedded sound
processing.

I too have a Dell laptop running W7 Pro 32bit (Dell badged)
and Audacity won't work like this. I also have an HP Compaq
also running W7 Ultimate which does allow recording in the
same way as my desktop.


To add to the survey, my Toshiba running Win7 64bit doesn't capture
embedded sound either.

Jim

"Indy Jess John" wrote in message
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On 09/12/2014 20:49, Woody wrote:

Agreed. On my desktop running XP Audacity records anything
and everything passing through the PC via the embedded sound
processing.

I too have a Dell laptop running W7 Pro 32bit (Dell badged)
and Audacity won't work like this. I also have an HP Compaq
also running W7 Ultimate which does allow recording in the
same way as my desktop.

To add to the survey, my Toshiba running Win7 64bit doesn't capture
embedded sound either.

Connect the sound output (headphone if no line output) to a *cassette
recorder*.

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On 09/12/2014 23:34, Max Demian wrote:
"Indy Jess wrote in message
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On 09/12/2014 20:49, Woody wrote:

Agreed. On my desktop running XP Audacity records anything
and everything passing through the PC via the embedded sound
processing.

I too have a Dell laptop running W7 Pro 32bit (Dell badged)
and Audacity won't work like this. I also have an HP Compaq
also running W7 Ultimate which does allow recording in the
same way as my desktop.

To add to the survey, my Toshiba running Win7 64bit doesn't capture
embedded sound either.

Connect the sound output (headphone if no line output) to a *cassette
recorder*.

That is an option. I just connected it to the Line In of another computer.

Jim

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:47:48 -0000, madge
wrote:

Shame they don't provide local radio over freeview
http://www.a516digital.com/2014/03/b...esting-on.html

More stations are being added next year.

In article ,
lid says...

If that's BBC, you can use GetIPlayer, but it's a somewhat steep
learning curve ...

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:14:15 +0000, Davidm
wrote:


Using the command line interface is a piece of cake -

get_iplayer "name_of_programme" --type=radio --get

"UnsteadyKen" wrote in message
m...

In article:

Davidm says...

Anyone got any experience of doing this and can recommend
some
software? (Win7 compatible).


I've been using Tapin radio for some time, it will record
the stream a
you wish to do.

It has one of the best station lists going, browse-able by
region,
genre, and network etc, plus air and rail traffic control
from all over
the world, hours of fun.

It's available from Raimersoft
http://www.raimersoft.com/tapinradio.aspx


The installer version will try to install adware but the
portable
version is free from such annoyances,I've just tested this
with a fresh
download and setup of it.

Get the portable version from here
http://www.raimersoft.com/downloads.aspx


I would agree with that. I also use Rarmaradio from the same
web site - interesting as it displays more transmission
detail before the station is played which gives the option
of choosing the HD (i.e. high data rate) stations.


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"Yellow" wrote in message
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In article ,
lid says...

If that's BBC, you can use GetIPlayer, but it's a somewhat steep
learning curve ...

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:14:15 +0000, Davidm
wrote:


Using the command line interface is a piece of cake -

get_iplayer "name_of_programme" --type=radio --get


VLC

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.en_GB.html

Plays almost anything, and can record too.

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:14:15 +0000, Davidm
wrote:

Next week 3 Counties Radio is doing an interview in which my son may
be taking part. I'd like to find a way of recording this via the
internet (3CR does broadcast via the internet). I'm not interested in
recording copyright music, just this interview.

I've done lots of googling, and quite a few programs around, but also
lots of warnings about malware for many of them.

Anyone got any experience of doing this and can recommend some
software? (Win7 compatible).
Thanks to all who replied. I've installed Audacity and by following
their help guide got it working OK via the Windows WASAPI.

Also via their guide magaged to get lame installed and working to save
as MP3.

I think I'll find lots more uses for Audacity as I find my way around
it!

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:43:57 +0000, Indy Jess John
wrote:

On 09/12/2014 23:34, Max Demian wrote:
"Indy Jess wrote in message
...
On 09/12/2014 20:49, Woody wrote:

Agreed. On my desktop running XP Audacity records anything
and everything passing through the PC via the embedded sound
processing.

I too have a Dell laptop running W7 Pro 32bit (Dell badged)
and Audacity won't work like this. I also have an HP Compaq
also running W7 Ultimate which does allow recording in the
same way as my desktop.

To add to the survey, my Toshiba running Win7 64bit doesn't capture
embedded sound either.

Connect the sound output (headphone if no line output) to a *cassette
recorder*.

I was going to suggest, better yet, a decent R2R tape deck but...


That is an option. I just connected it to the Line In of another computer.


Probably just as good in this case, 64kbps stream, plug a USB audio
dongle into the same PC and configure your recording software to use
its line in to digitise the line out from the on-board sound adapter.

In all cases, you'll need to suppress system sounds either in system
sound settings or just by not running anything else that will result
in any such bong/ping noises for the duration.

I once captured 54 episodes from a 24 hour internet radio station
that was cycling through Goon Show radio broadcasts (back in February
2005) by literally leaving the system alone for 25 hours or so by
redirecting winAmp's output to a 16 bit stereo 44.1 ksps wav file
which resulted in a monster 7GB file. The redirected output meant I
wasn't able to listen to its progress.

Anyhow, after splitting the file down to a couple of sub 4GB chunks
(my sound editing software couldn't handle 4GB or larger files) using
a file splitter app I'd had to subsequently search for and download
when I discovered that particular snag, I was able to edit each
episode into its own 16 bit mono track before using a CDDA to MP3
converter (AudiCatalyst, afaicr) to generate 64kbps mono MP3 files, a
total of 662MB's worth, small enough to burn to a data CD with room to
spare.

Luckily, the file splitter had done a lossless cut so I was able to
rejoin the two parts of the effected episode where the cut had taken
place without the slightest of glitches on the resulting 16 bit stereo
wav file.

The 25 hours or so of 'silent running' had proved just sufficient
enough to capture the whole cycle because I saw repeat episodes appear
in the last half hour or so of the recording.

It was all a bit of a faff but it was worth the trouble to capture so
many episodes of this "BBC Classic" since shortly after this marathon
recording session, the internet station disappeared, never, afaict, to
reappear ever again.

As far as the OP's requiremnet is concerned, redigitising the
analogue output using this technique isn't going to reduce the audio
quality by any detectable amount. It's a guaranteed, if rather
pragmatic, method to defeat whatever DRM sillyness might be imposed on
such a broadcast so well worth considering if the OP can't track down
an app to do the job more directly.
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J B Good