Now Free: Web Radio Recorder - Save net broadcasts as WAV or MP3 in real time

BillR · Sep 8, 2004

Now Free: Web Radio Recorder - Save net broadcasts as WAV or MP3 in real
time

Web Radio Recorder
Save net broadcasts as WAV or MP3 in real time.
Now free, "no adware, nag screens or spyware embedded"

From the authors of :
KISS Wave Editor
Equalize-it (12 band equalizer)
Got Memory? (Show system memory, cpu, etc.)
Rock'N Code (Audio (MP3, WAV) player)
Web Talkster and Web Speakster (talking browsers to help blind and vision
impaired people)
And a dozen more

http://www.code-it.com/Free_sw.htm

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Web Radio Recorder - the registered version that was selling for 19.95 until
now (07.26.2004). We thought / think it is a wonderful idea but didn't
hardly sell any so the public spoke - it's now freeware.

Want an easy way to record those Internet talk shows, streaming music, old
time radio broadcasts? Well, with "Web Radio Recorder" it is as easy as 1
(activate the software), 2 (click the station to record from the list box),
3 (click the Record button)! This mighty recorder will save those net
broadcasts as WAV or MP3 audio format in real time (real time encoding).

Features:
- automatically sets the recorder to "stereo mix" (speaker output) as input
device.
- records audio in real time - no temp files to convert to MP3 later.
- registered users have free access to frequent radio station list updates.
- small "footprint" with simple to use friendly interface
- use to record ANY speaker output. No need to use the radio links if not
needed.
- radio player will not pop up all those web pages/pop ups like other media
players - how cool is that? Just click the link and it plays so you have the
option to record or just sit back and listen.
- if you have a decent sound card will record to near CD quality.
- option to change skins, colors, appearance.
- Windows 98, ME, 2000, NT4+, and XP comp.- must have at least version 6 of
Windows Media Player installed as we use some of the supporting files.

This application requires a compatible sound card - your mileage may vary!

BillR

Harvey Van Sickle · Sep 8, 2004

On 08 Sep 2004, BillR wrote

Now Free: Web Radio Recorder - Save net broadcasts as WAV or MP3
in real time

Web Radio Recorder
Save net broadcasts as WAV or MP3 in real time.
Now free, "no adware, nag screens or spyware embedded"

From the authors of :
KISS Wave Editor
Equalize-it (12 band equalizer)
Got Memory? (Show system memory, cpu, etc.)
Rock'N Code (Audio (MP3, WAV) player)
Web Talkster and Web Speakster (talking browsers to help blind and
vision impaired people)
And a dozen more

http://www.code-it.com/Free_sw.htm
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This application requires a compatible sound card - your mileage
may vary!

FWIW, I couldn't get it to find any of the stations it listed, and it
didn't seem to have a very large list of stations; there may be a way
to add stations manually to the data base, though.

(Admittedly, I didn't give it much of a try-out once it didn't connect
to half a dozen stations. I use the paid-for Total Recorder for
catching streams, but like to keep an eye on the freeware products.)

Roger Johansson · Sep 8, 2004

FWIW, I couldn't get it to find any of the stations it listed, and it
didn't seem to have a very large list of stations; there may be a way
to add stations manually to the data base, though.

It works with several stations of the included ones, and the recording works too. In my win98se machine.

I had to allow it through the firewall twice, both for basic communication and for UDP access.

It has lost connection a few times already, which indicates that the bitrate is a little higher than my connection allows, this happens
when I try to use 128kbps shoutcast channels, lower bitrate channels are more reliable.

It seems to work only for the .asx type of streaming though. I don't know how many such stations there are.

I have only used shoutcast stations before, and this program does not seem to support that format.

Nice freeware anyway. Now I am going to try to find more .asx stations.

Harvey Van Sickle · Sep 8, 2004

FWIW, I couldn't get it to find any of the stations it listed,
and it didn't seem to have a very large list of stations; there
may be a way to add stations manually to the data base, though.

It works with several stations of the included ones, and the
recording works too. In my win98se machine.

I had to allow it through the firewall twice, both for basic
communication and for UDP access.

It has lost connection a few times already, which indicates that
the bitrate is a little higher than my connection allows, this
happens when I try to use 128kbps shoutcast channels, lower
bitrate channels are more reliable.

It seems to work only for the .asx type of streaming though. I
don't know how many such stations there are.

I have only used shoutcast stations before, and this program does
not seem to support that format.

Nice freeware anyway. Now I am going to try to find more .asx
stations.[/QUOTE]

FWIW, the CBC radio feeds are .asx (at least, they are according to the
page info rather than the URL):

http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html#

Tim Weaver · Sep 8, 2004

Roger said:
It works with several stations of the included ones, and the recording
works too. In my win98se machine.

I had to allow it through the firewall twice, both for basic
communication and for UDP access.

It has lost connection a few times already, which indicates that the
bitrate is a little higher than my connection allows, this happens when
I try to use 128kbps shoutcast channels, lower bitrate channels are more
reliable.

It seems to work only for the .asx type of streaming though. I don't
know how many such stations there are.

I have only used shoutcast stations before, and this program does not
seem to support that format.

Nice freeware anyway. Now I am going to try to find more .asx stations.

BOOMBox is excellent, just as long as you run AdAware right after you
install it.

http://www.download.com/3000-2168-10235973.html?part=6228504%20&subj=dlpage&tag=button

Anthony Deane · Sep 8, 2004

http://www.code-it.com/Free_sw.htm

It works with several stations of the included ones, and the recording

works too. In my win98se machine.

I had to allow it through the firewall twice, both for basic communication and for UDP access.

It has lost connection a few times already, which indicates that the

bitrate is a little higher than my connection allows, this happens

when I try to use 128kbps shoutcast channels, lower bitrate channels are more reliable.

It seems to work only for the .asx type of streaming though. I don't know

how many such stations there are.That'll be why it doesn't work with the BBC stations. They use "rpm" (what
ever that is!)

Harvey Van Sickle · Sep 8, 2004

On 08 Sep 2004, Anthony Deane wrote

re: Web Radio Recorder

That'll be why it doesn't work with the BBC stations. They use
"rpm" (what ever that is!)

In case you're not being sarcastic, rpm is a Real Player format -- the
Beeb's customised player requires installation of RealPlayer (although
Real Alternative works fine as well.)

Anthony Deane · Sep 8, 2004

Harvey Van Sickle said:
On 08 Sep 2004, Anthony Deane wrote

re: Web Radio Recorder

In case you're not being sarcastic, rpm is a Real Player format -- the
Beeb's customised player requires installation of RealPlayer (although
Real Alternative works fine as well.)

--

No, I wasn't being sarcastic. Unfortunately. I really didn't know what
"rpm" meant.

I use RealPlayer with it as well, and it does work fine.

Harvey Van Sickle · Sep 8, 2004

On 08 Sep 2004, Anthony Deane wrote

No, I wasn't being sarcastic. Unfortunately. I really didn't know
what "rpm" meant.

I use RealPlayer with it as well, and it does work fine.

I wasn't sure -- some people hate RealPlayer *so* much, it wouldn't
surprise me if they pretended not to recognise the format at all!

As an aside, I really like "Real Alternative": as far as any web
program I've tried is concerned, I have RealPlayer on my machine. But
there's no calling home or plugs for upgrading the product to a paid
version -- and best of all, it doesn't have that infuriating "control
centre" thingie that RP re-inserts into the Windows start-up sequence
every time you run the player.

Roger Johansson · Sep 8, 2004

Tim Weaver said:
BOOMBox is excellent, just as long as you run AdAware right after you
install it.

http://www.download.com/3000-2168-10235973.html?part=6228504%20&subj=d
lpage&tag=button

You are right, this works better.

It uses an external media player to play the sound, in my case Winamp.
The recording works too, and automatically names the songs with the right name.

Thanks.

Tim Weaver · Sep 8, 2004

Roger said:
You are right, this works better.

It uses an external media player to play the sound, in my case Winamp.
The recording works too, and automatically names the songs with the
right name.

Thanks.

No problem. If you're into Progressive Rock, look for "Starstream 128".
It's called "Progressive Rock Uinverse" and is an excellent station.

On the subject of media players: Windows Media Player 10 is available if
anyone wants it. You can get get it with the Windows Updates thingie or go
here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx

BillR · Sep 8, 2004

Harvey Van Sickle said:
On 08 Sep 2004, Anthony Deane wrote

As an aside, I really like "Real Alternative": as far as any web
program I've tried is concerned, I have RealPlayer on my machine. But
there's no calling home or plugs for upgrading the product to a paid
version -- and best of all, it doesn't have that infuriating "control
centre" thingie that RP re-inserts into the Windows start-up sequence
every time you run the player.

Do you run a registry monitor (WinPatrol, Spybot TeaTimer, WinSonar, SSM,
etc.)? Some allow you to say "always no" to specific mod requests.

BillR

Harvey Van Sickle · Sep 8, 2004

On 08 Sep 2004, BillR wrote

Do you run a registry monitor (WinPatrol, Spybot TeaTimer,
WinSonar, SSM, etc.)? Some allow you to say "always no" to
specific mod requests.

That's a good suggestion; I'll look into them.

At the moment I run Mike Lin's "Start Up Monitor" -- which alerts me
and lets me block changes to the start-up sequence -- but AFAIK it only
works case-by-case.

Frank Bohan · Sep 9, 2004

Roger Johansson said:
It works with several stations of the included ones, and the recording

works too. In my win98se machine.

I had to allow it through the firewall twice, both for basic communication and for UDP access.

It has lost connection a few times already, which indicates that the

bitrate is a little higher than my connection allows, this happens

when I try to use 128kbps shoutcast channels, lower bitrate channels are more reliable.

It seems to work only for the .asx type of streaming though. I don't know

how many such stations there are.

I have only used shoutcast stations before, and this program does not seem to support that format.

Nice freeware anyway. Now I am going to try to find more .asx stations.

Try Googling:
+*.asx +radio +streaming
(just putting .asx takes you to the Australian Stock Exchange)

You might also find these URLs useful:
http://radionetsource.tripod.com/
http://www.radio-locator.com/

===

Frank Bohan
¶ When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.

Roger Johansson · Sep 9, 2004

About Web Radio Receiver:

This program gets plus points for being cute.
It also works fairly well for some of the web radio channels included in
it.

Try Googling:
+*.asx +radio +streaming

I did a search for .asx web radio and found more channels.
I guess one could copy the .asx url:s to the same dir as the other
stations, but I never tried it.

You might also find these URLs useful:
http://radionetsource.tripod.com/
http://www.radio-locator.com/

Yes, especially the first one, the second url leads to a lot of radio
stations all over the world, but only a few of them actually have
streaming web radio.

I found BoomBox being a better web radio recorder, but I use all the
alternatives, including Winamp plus the stations on shoutcast.com, no recording but the simplest way to listen to web radio and and
there are many stations on shoutcast com.

Thanks for the help.