[PLUG] Recording Internet radio

Alan alan at clueserver.org
Mon Dec 1 17:19:01 UTC 2003


On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 18:17, barryb at actionnet.net wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 05:10:06PM -0800, Holger Stephan wrote:
> > I'd like to record an Internet radio broadcasting tomorrow night. Are
> > there any good tools out there for that? I am a bit concerned about the
> > file size, it is a 4 1/2 hour opera. It is not so much the hard disk
> > space but will recording software handling such a big file?
> 
> A tool that I have found useful for generic broadcast recording is vsound
> http://www.zorg.org/vsound/
> The hard disk space taken will depend on what sample rate you record at.
> 4 1/2 hours of cd quality will be about 4 1/2 cd's worth of data so
> roughly 2.5GB. Later you could compress it using your favorite codec
> into a much smaller space or burn it on a cd. You could also record
> at a lower sample rate, especially if the broadcast itself is not
> being done at a high bit rate.

Most internet broadcasts do not send at CD quality.  ("Think of the
bandwidth!") 

-- 

"If we can't compete with some guy sneaking a camera into the theater,
or a blurry, encoded, postage stamp-sized file, then please -- just
shoot us."
        — The owner of Landmark Theatres is not concerned about piracy
        in movie theaters.





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