Capturing Streaming Audio

[shah456]

Alright so my friend goes to Penn State and they give them Napster up there and I guess you can listen to streaming songs for free. He was wondering if there was anyway to capture a few of these songs.

 

[RagingGuardian]

My Audigy card came with a little nifty program that allow me to record radio programs online so yes recording streaming audio is entirely possible. I don't know of any other program that does it other than creative's though.

 

[bluewall21]

Yes, but I think you need two computers.

 

[shah456]

hmm he is using a laptop so that's out of the question haha

 

[Kenazo]

just try running any recording program. Some will record whatever is playing.

 

[minofifa]

just run a line out fron your soundcard to the line in and use a free recording program like krystal to record it.

 

[bluewall21]

I use harddiskOGG to record my old tapes to CD. The same should work from a line-out to line-in, as minofifa suggested.

 

[shah456]

So your saying plug a wire from the line out on the laptop to the line in on the laptop and use krystal or harddiskogg to record? Can it make a .mp3 file?

 

[MiniDoom]

Depending on how they stream it, sometimes you can find the audio files in the temporary internet folder.

 

[bolido2000]

I use Messer. Works fine and converts straight to mp3

 

[Nickc19]

Tell him to download Total Recorder. It'll record any audio thats coming from your output, including streaming audio like he's needing it for. The freeware version only lets you record 40-seconds at a time so he can either purchase the full version for $11.95, or go the less ethical route if he so chooses. Good program though.

-Nick-

 

[FreakyGuy]

Try Hidownload

 

[shah456]

so how does this stuff work? You just run the program and it will record whatever Napster is streaming at the time.