Downloading streaming audio

November 24, 2005 6:45 PM

How can I down load music, specifically streaming audio, from the Internet? Are there are programs that can capture the audio and save it directly to your computer in a common format, that is, anything that I can later burn into a CD?
posted by schoenbc to Computers & Internet (14 answers total)

StreamRipperX is my recommendation for the Mac. There are tons of rippers for Windows, many that integrate nicely into Winamp.
posted by travis vocino at 6:49 PM on November 24, 2005

I suppose I should go ahead and link the Win32 builds of StreamRipper (Just remembered they exist, sorry). Good integration with Winamp so ripping Shoutcast streams is very efficient.
posted by travis vocino at 6:52 PM on November 24, 2005

I use ReplayMusic.
posted by duck at 6:53 PM on November 24, 2005

I've used AudioHijack on the Mac, and been happy with the results.
posted by alms at 6:58 PM on November 24, 2005

Another vote for Audio Hijack
posted by Robot Johnny at 7:17 PM on November 24, 2005

Total Recorder
posted by blue_beetle at 7:27 PM on November 24, 2005

I use Total Recorder too.
posted by forallmankind at 7:49 PM on November 24, 2005

I use StepVoice Recorder.
posted by wannalol at 8:01 PM on November 24, 2005

If you're feeling geeky, mplayer (for any platform imaginable) can do amazing things with just about any stream you throw at it. (I've got it set up, with a Python script, to record the internet streams of some of my favourite radio shows automatically.)
posted by Jimbob at 8:03 PM on November 24, 2005

This is a groundhog day question.
posted by meehawl at 9:08 PM on November 24, 2005

Streaming software download.
posted by meehawl at 9:09 PM on November 24, 2005

I've been using Nettransport quite successfully as part of a chain of tools to convert This American Life's streamed real audio to something my mp3 player can handle. They say something about a 90 day trial, but I haven't seen anything of it.
posted by The Bishop of Turkey at 9:58 PM on November 24, 2005

A similar question was asked on May 16, 2005, regarding an easier and more efficient way of rcording Real Audio and other streaming audio sources
posted by WestCoaster at 5:46 AM on November 25, 2005

Total Recorder is what I use as well.

The automatic scheduling function is invaluable.
posted by First Post at 8:29 AM on November 25, 2005