John Kool
2008-02-26 04:18:16 UTC
I occasionally get notices of a Jazz internet broadcast on another
newsgroup.
And there is a local Omaha polka show that streams/broadcasts at the
time I am in church on Sundays.
And occasionally, a BBC broadcast will be of interest. I am still
kicking myself for loaning out my only cassette of Crispian
Steele-Perkins (historical "natural" trumpet)on an hour long BBC
broadcast in 2005. (They only archive programs for 7 days) The
cassette was never returned.
And in January, Alison Balsom (trumpet) was on Prairie Home Companion.
That recording is available on the Internet as well.
So, I was looking into a program that would let me "time-shift" record
audio from the internet.
And I am a Macintosh user.
I am not talking of "saving as source". If that option were available
all the time, I would use it. But some streaming audio will only stream
and cannot be saved.
Most of the programs I have tried, intercept the audio at the point it
is sent to the amplification system of the computer. So if I forget to
mute alert sounds, like an email arriving, or alarm, they show up on the
recording. (The Crispian Steele-Perkins recording I made to cassette
had some of those on it.)
Over the weekend, I found two programs by the same company that record
from the url stream.
Before I purchase either, I am seeking opinions and alternative solutions.
The company is:
http://www.bitcartel.com/index.html
I have been evaluating the following product:
http://www.bitcartel.com/irecordmusic/index.html
$25.00
Surf, Listen, Record!
iRecordMusic enables you to easily record audio from web pages and
Internet radio streams. If you can use a web browser, you can use
iRecordMusic. Simply use iRecordMusic like a web browser to visit your
favourite web-sites which play music, and with one click you can
record the audio for later playback in iTunes or on your iPod.
You can open up multiple copies and schedule simultaneous recordings
with each. Or even schedule them with iCal. Or record archived
programs by visiting the link and pressing record.
They have another product which does something similar, but from what I
gather does not work with web pages, but only streams like you might
find on Pandora or iTunes Radio streams. (and not immediate recordings
of archived content.)
http://www.bitcartel.com/radiolover/index.html
What else is out there?
Does anyone else on this group have experience with either of these
applications or anything similar?
OK, prior to sending, I found two more applications for Macintosh that
seem to have a better interface.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/
$ 69 and an impressive set of features
http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
$32
Any experience with these?
I realize I will be hard pressed to find Mac users on this list other
than Jim Redelfs.
newsgroup.
And there is a local Omaha polka show that streams/broadcasts at the
time I am in church on Sundays.
And occasionally, a BBC broadcast will be of interest. I am still
kicking myself for loaning out my only cassette of Crispian
Steele-Perkins (historical "natural" trumpet)on an hour long BBC
broadcast in 2005. (They only archive programs for 7 days) The
cassette was never returned.
And in January, Alison Balsom (trumpet) was on Prairie Home Companion.
That recording is available on the Internet as well.
So, I was looking into a program that would let me "time-shift" record
audio from the internet.
And I am a Macintosh user.
I am not talking of "saving as source". If that option were available
all the time, I would use it. But some streaming audio will only stream
and cannot be saved.
Most of the programs I have tried, intercept the audio at the point it
is sent to the amplification system of the computer. So if I forget to
mute alert sounds, like an email arriving, or alarm, they show up on the
recording. (The Crispian Steele-Perkins recording I made to cassette
had some of those on it.)
Over the weekend, I found two programs by the same company that record
from the url stream.
Before I purchase either, I am seeking opinions and alternative solutions.
The company is:
http://www.bitcartel.com/index.html
I have been evaluating the following product:
http://www.bitcartel.com/irecordmusic/index.html
$25.00
Surf, Listen, Record!
iRecordMusic enables you to easily record audio from web pages and
Internet radio streams. If you can use a web browser, you can use
iRecordMusic. Simply use iRecordMusic like a web browser to visit your
favourite web-sites which play music, and with one click you can
record the audio for later playback in iTunes or on your iPod.
You can open up multiple copies and schedule simultaneous recordings
with each. Or even schedule them with iCal. Or record archived
programs by visiting the link and pressing record.
They have another product which does something similar, but from what I
gather does not work with web pages, but only streams like you might
find on Pandora or iTunes Radio streams. (and not immediate recordings
of archived content.)
http://www.bitcartel.com/radiolover/index.html
What else is out there?
Does anyone else on this group have experience with either of these
applications or anything similar?
OK, prior to sending, I found two more applications for Macintosh that
seem to have a better interface.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/
$ 69 and an impressive set of features
http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
$32
Any experience with these?
I realize I will be hard pressed to find Mac users on this list other
than Jim Redelfs.