Recording radio from Internet

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Terry Bennett

Sorry if this is a really dim question ...

I often make use of the BBC's 'Listen Again' service available via their
website. This enables me to listen to particular interviews from programmes
during the day which I was not able to hear 'live'.

I have often wondered if there is a way in which I can save these as files
direct on my PC. The only way in which I can record them at present is to
route the audio signal through my analogue Cassette Recorder - this seems
very primitive!

Any suggestions?
 
I might be wrong but I thought the beeb prevented you from saving the file
directly.
PS Its wise not to use your real email addy as it will be harvested for spam
 
Terry Bennett said:
Sorry if this is a really dim question ...

I often make use of the BBC's 'Listen Again' service available via their
website. This enables me to listen to particular interviews from
programmes
during the day which I was not able to hear 'live'.

I have often wondered if there is a way in which I can save these as files
direct on my PC. The only way in which I can record them at present is to
route the audio signal through my analogue Cassette Recorder - this seems
very primitive!

Any suggestions?
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There are a number of utilities that can record these Windows streams, such
as WMRecorder and IIRC Total Recorder.

http://www.wmrecorder.com/

http://www.highcriteria.com/productfr_trPRO.htm


HTH
-pk
 
Google for Audacity... It's a freebee and will record streaming audio and
convert it to an mp3 file..
 
Terry said:
Sorry if this is a really dim question ...

I often make use of the BBC's 'Listen Again' service available via
their website. This enables me to listen to particular interviews
from programmes during the day which I was not able to hear 'live'.

I have often wondered if there is a way in which I can save these as
files direct on my PC. The only way in which I can record them at
present is to route the audio signal through my analogue Cassette
Recorder - this seems very primitive!

Any suggestions?
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Not a dim question at all. :-)

I use StreamBox VCR to download files like these. Very easy to do.

Example:

I went to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml

I scrolled down to "Freudian Slips."

I right-clicked on the Listen link and chose Copy Shortcut.

The I fired up StreamBox, clicked on the New File icon, and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/rams/freudianslips5.ram
automatically appeared in the location address bar. I clicked on OK, and
less than a minute later, I had downloaded the entire 4.8 MB .ra file.

I'm pretty sure you can download the StreamBox VCR suite from
http://www.etplanet.com/download/details.php?file=215

Then, after installing, you can choose specific apps, depending on the
protocol. For Real Audio files, I usually have success with 31smf+turbo.

HTH.
 
Please quote in the same order we all read English: Conversational order.
http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting
why?
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The site I provided answers your question. Long story short: Effective
spam measures never require legitimate (ie, not-spam/virus) emailers to do
any extra work to send you an email, the level of difficulty should only be
increased for spam and virus senders. This *does* require the cooperation
of your email service provider, so it's best to shop around when it comes
to email service (and you really get what you pay for here unless you go
get a Linux box and a domain name and apply your own knowledge to get it
done yourself, but at that point you're trading money for sweat equity on
the cost).
 
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