Record radio to MP3

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Alexander Erlich

Hi,

is there a way to do this? It's legal, so I'd like to record e.g. BBC radio
to MP3, but I only know TotalRecorder as a tool which can do this but it
records up to a minute unless you pay for it ;-)
And: is there also a tool which can do this and divide up the stream into
tracks, so that if I listen to radio for an hour I dont have one single file
with the duration of an hour? I would like to have as many files as I divide
the stream into... is this possible?

Thx!

Regards
Alexander Erlich
 
Alexander Erlich said:
Hi,

is there a way to do this? It's legal, so I'd like to record e.g. BBC radio
to MP3, but I only know TotalRecorder as a tool which can do this but it
records up to a minute unless you pay for it ;-)
And: is there also a tool which can do this and divide up the stream into
tracks, so that if I listen to radio for an hour I dont have one single file
with the duration of an hour? I would like to have as many files as I divide
the stream into... is this possible?

Thx!

Regards
Alexander Erlich
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This bit of freeware was recommended in a recent Lockergnome newsletter:
http://radiorecord.sourceforge.net/ Read the section "Compiling Radio
Record" before you do anything else- it looked a bit over my head so I never
got beyond that point.

Regards,
Ian.
 
Alexander said:
Hi,

is there a way to do this? It's legal, so I'd like to record e.g. BBC radio
to MP3, but I only know TotalRecorder as a tool which can do this but it
records up to a minute unless you pay for it ;-)
And: is there also a tool which can do this and divide up the stream into
tracks, so that if I listen to radio for an hour I dont have one single file
with the duration of an hour? I would like to have as many files as I divide
the stream into... is this possible?

Thx!

Regards
Alexander Erlich
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Absolute MP3 Recorderabsolute recorder
http://www.techlogic.ca/r4/product.mv?5+1http://www.techlogic.ca/
 
Hi,

is there a way to do this? It's legal, so I'd like to record e.g.
BBC radio to MP3, but I only know TotalRecorder as a tool which
can do this but it records up to a minute unless you pay for it
;-) And: is there also a tool which can do this and divide up the
stream into tracks, so that if I listen to radio for an hour I
dont have one single file with the duration of an hour? I would
like to have as many files as I divide the stream into... is this
possible?

Thx!
Click to expand...

Hi,

I use this one three times a week, to record FM radio to Ogg. It can
record to MP3 and wave also. It doesn't record into streams, but you
can actually start a fresh file pretty easily whilst recording, though
not automatically. I Highly recommend it.

If you haven't investigated all things Ogg yet, I suggest you do :) Of
course if you like MP3, then fine.. but it's worth a try IMHO, a very
good quality lossy audio format without the patent issues. Many players
available for it, and libs to make MS media player play them, and a
well known payware burning software to record direct to it, should you
wish such a thing.

http://www.fridgesoft.de/harddiskogg.php

http://www.fridgesoft.de/downloads.php

There's a few mirrors to choose from on the download page. The beta
introduces "experimental Monkey's audio support", I'm using the 2.2
build so can't comment on the beta.
_______________________________________________________

What is it?

HarddiskOgg takes a wave input stream from any Windows 95/98/2000/XP
compatible sampling device (including microphone input and line in) and
converts it to an Ogg Vorbis/Wave/MP3 (optional) stream. This happens
in realtime, so basically it is a harddisk recorder in Ogg Vorbis.

Features:

* Real-time encoding with bitrates from 32kbit/sec. up to
320kbit/sec.
* Stereo or mono recording from 8kHz to 48kHz
* Automatic numbering of output files
* Can be placed in the systray and activated by a single click
* Smart on-the-fly normalization for low-volume sources
* Uses the high quality, patent free Ogg Vorbis encoding engine.
Ogg Vorbis easily outperforms MP3 in sound quality, especially at
lower bit rates.
* LAME MP3 encoder compatible. However, due to patent issues
HarddiskOgg ist not distributed with the LAME encoding DLL. If
you want MP3 support, fetch LAME_ENC.DLL from the web, but make
sure you have the appropriate rights for doing so.
* Command line mode for easy integration or scheduled recordings
* No fluff or stupid skinned interface, just works.
* HarddiskOgg is FREEWARE!
_______________________________________________________
 
Alexander Erlich said:
Hi,

I'd like to record e.g. BBC radio
to MP3, but I only know TotalRecorder as a tool which can do this but it
records up to a minute unless you pay for it ;-)
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wot u want is 'silent bob'. Its brill. I've used it and recommeneded
it for years now. I think the latest version is demoware.

get the older version
http://www.newfreeware.com/audio/918/
It saves the recording as a wav file.

I then use 'mp3 workshop' to convert from wav to mp3 for compression
http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~mp3workshop/

bri
 
Alexander Erlich said:
Hi,

is there a way to do this? It's legal, so I'd like to record e.g. BBC radio
to MP3, but I only know TotalRecorder as a tool which can do this but it
records up to a minute unless you pay for it ;-)
And: is there also a tool which can do this and divide up the stream into
tracks, so that if I listen to radio for an hour I dont have one single file
with the duration of an hour? I would like to have as many files as I divide
the stream into... is this possible?

Thx!

Regards
Alexander Erlich
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You can do far, *far* better than merely recording the BBCs Real
streams. Why not actually download them? The only software that lets
you do this is Streambox VCR which is available here;

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_software/audio_tools/streambox_vcr.cfm

you'll also need the patch here:

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_software/audio_tools/streambox_vcr_smf_update.cfm

You'll need the stream address to download it which the BBC tries to
hide. You can find this by simply enabling you firewall lock as you
are playing back the stream (or even just pull the modem lead out), a
nice box then pops up saying something like "RealPlayer cannot find
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/radio1/oneworld.ra". Then just copy and paste
this address into streambox. You'll only have to do this the once as
the address doesn't change from week to week.

The resulting file is a perfect copy of the original audio file
sitting on their server and you can't do better than that! You can
even keep a schedule of weekly streams for streambox to download
automatically.


Note; THIS SOFTWARE IS ILLEGAL TO USE IN THE USA!
 
is there a way to do this? It's legal, so I'd like to record e.g. BBC radio
to MP3, but I only know TotalRecorder as a tool which can do this but it
records up to a minute unless you pay for it ;-)
And: is there also a tool which can do this and divide up the stream into
tracks, so that if I listen to radio for an hour I dont have one single file
with the duration of an hour? I would like to have as many files as I divide
the stream into... is this possible?
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CDex www.cdex.n3.net can record to MP3 from the Line-in port of your
sound card. Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net can split and
export the single mp3 into separate mp3 files. The only program I know
that will automatically split a recording at intervals is the payware
CDwave Editor www.cdwave.com but you must first convert the mp3 to a
wav file, then use CDex to batch reconvert to MP3s (easier than it
sounds).
 
M.L. said:
CDex www.cdex.n3.net can record to MP3 from the Line-in port of your
sound card. Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net can split and
export the single mp3 into separate mp3 files. The only program I know
that will automatically split a recording at intervals is the payware
CDwave Editor www.cdwave.com but you must first convert the mp3 to a
wav file, then use CDex to batch reconvert to MP3s (easier than it
sounds).
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Wave Repair will detect and split wav files in "Freeware" Mode. I use
and recommend this program to record audio input (vinyl, tapes) and
split tracks.

http://www.delback.co.uk/wavrep/freeware.htm

<quote>
"Freeware" Mode
Wave Repair is shareware. After the initial 30 day trial period, it must
be registered in order to continue using it. However, some of the
facilities continue to work without time limit:

* Direct to hard disk recording with accurate metering and digital
clipping detection
* Track splitting/cue sheet creation in preparation for CDR burns.

If you only want to use Wave Repair for hard disk recording and track
splitting, it can be considered "freeware". There is no need to be
register it in this case. (You will, of course, have to put up with the
"unregistered copy" nag screen when the program starts up).
</quote>

Susan
 
Susan said:
Wave Repair will detect and split wav files in "Freeware" Mode. I use
and recommend this program to record audio input (vinyl, tapes) and
split tracks.

http://www.delback.co.uk/wavrep/freeware.htm

<quote>
"Freeware" Mode
Wave Repair is shareware. After the initial 30 day trial period, it must
be registered in order to continue using it. However, some of the
facilities continue to work without time limit:

* Direct to hard disk recording with accurate metering and digital
clipping detection
* Track splitting/cue sheet creation in preparation for CDR burns.

If you only want to use Wave Repair for hard disk recording and track
splitting, it can be considered "freeware". There is no need to be
register it in this case. (You will, of course, have to put up with the
"unregistered copy" nag screen when the program starts up).
</quote>
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P.S.

<quote>
Note that installation of Wave Repair creates a single EXE file plus its
associated help file and user manual. It does not install any DLLs,
ActiveXs, and so on; nor does it update any system configuration files.
<quote>

v 4.8.5 (latest release)
1,029 KB

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~abcomp/wr485install.exe

or

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clive.backham/wavrep/wr485install.exe
 
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