Topic: how do I capture a audio webcast?

[Gordon]

I may try and do this for the WNCW pre jam on friday.  even though I live in asheville the signal isn't that goood at my house so I may try and grab it from the web as well.  I have no clue how to do this.  what do I need??  I can probablly get any software that I would need.  I have wave lab 4.0, soundforge 6.0 and adobe audtion 1.5.  I doubt these are what I need but again I have no clue.

[neognosis]

Just use whatever software you have for transferring shows to CDR, but set it to record the wave from your pc instead of from the line-in.  Make sure you don't do anything else while you're recording though, first time I tried it I worked on some stuff while the show was going and it picked up all the little mouse clicks and other computer noises.

[Gordon]

Just use whatever software you have for transferring shows to CDR, but set it to record the wave from your pc instead of from the line-in.

not sure how to do that. 

[neognosis]

Should be under the volume controls or you can probably do it through the software you use to record.  I don't know what software you're using, but it shouldn't be hard to find if you just see what options you have under the different menus.

Look for something that gives you options like wave, line-in, mic, cd-audio, etc....

[kskreider]

Streambox! VCR

that way you get the stream itself onto your hard drive and not the choppy live bandwith-dependent broadcast

[Roamer]

Or WM Recorder (www.wmrecorder.com) depending on the type of your stream ...

[dklein]

or total recorder to capture anything audio.  It inserts a driver that pretends to be the sound card and captures the decompressed digital stream.  No copy protection is effective and it also doesn't matter if your actual stream is chippy choppy.
www.totalrecorder.com

[Gordon]

or total recorder to capture anything audio.  It inserts a driver that pretends to be the sound card and captures the decompressed digital stream.  No copy protection is effective and it also doesn't matter if your actual stream is chippy.
www.totalrecorder.com

+t  that sounds good!!

[Gordon]

so I got it workin.  the radio stream is 8 bit 20kh.  should I record at that or 16/44??  I know 16/44 is better but does it fuck it up since the original is 8/20?  I tested both and both still sound a little fucked up.  the buzz thing in the back ground but not too bad.

[dklein]

I usually capture it in whatever the native format is and convert it later if necessary.  An 8 bit stream won't sound too good.  Make sure you're on their boradband streaming link and not the dialup one.

[Gordon]

that's what I was thinking as well.  I can convert it in wavelab.  yea it doesn't sound great but not that bad.  again it's for a back up and in case no one else gets a good fm tonight.

[Gordon]

these are the choices from the site

Listen Live to 88.7 WNCW     

   Launch Windows Stream
    [Windows Media]
      
   Launch MP3 Stream (.pls)
    [iTunes, QuickTime, Real Audio, WinAmp]
      
   Launch MP3 Stream (.m3u)
    [Windows Media, Real Audio]

I was doing the windows media one.  doing it now and it says 20kbs.  clicking on properties it says Windows Media Audio 9
20 kbps, 22 kHz, mono 1-pass CBR.  so I guess it's 20 bit not 8.

[dklein]

well take whichever sounds best.  Total recorder will tell you what format the decompressed stream is.  That one above isn't a 20 bit stream - it's a 20 kilbit per second stream, which is really low!