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General => Technoweenies => Topic started by: Gabriel on September 12, 2005, 10:49:47 AM
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Ok chummers,
I have a bit of a piracy question for you all. How can I record an audio stream from an internet site to my hard drive as an mp3 file? I ask because I thought with one of those programs Ingo sent me a while back that I could do it and save some really cool radio dramas to my hard drive for futre listening, but alas I have never been able to figure it out. Can any of you pirating cobbers point me in the right direction???
Gabriel
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You can do it with the Windows Sound Recorder.. but it will only let you record 30 seconds at a time. Most audio recording software will let you do it, but it's hard to 'find' the good ones. You just have to configure the recorder to record from the 'Wave' output, since that's where internet audio streams play from. And for best results I'd say you make sure you set all the volumes to like 75% so the sample you're recording won't sound hecka loud.
Edit:
Forgot to mention, most audio recording software I've seen only records into .wav format.. so you'll need software that also converts .wav to .mp3 (or another software that will do it).
Did you know:
Windows Media Player allows you to rip songs from CDs and convert them to MP3's on your hard drive? Microsoft promotes music theft!!! :o
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you can loop the audio out from your soundcard into the mic-in on the same sound card with a simple patch cable from radio-shack. (i'd suggest also going for the splitting 'Y', so your speakers still have sound too)
then, when you get to a point you want to remember, hit 'mic record' with your soundcard, and voalla! convert the file to whatever type you want with soundforge or equilivant.
that's a $5 solution. (and what i've used in the past)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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Umm d00d.. I'd hate to rain in on your parade.. but you can do it without the patch cable.. like I said in my post? :o
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that too. i guess we posted at the same time, because yours wasn't here when i started.
*shrug* mine uses all the default program settings. LOL
what type of sound card you got amigo?
what do you have in the way of software?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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my post = 2 days ago? :o
Ruski = brain relapse?
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Yeah, I just record with whichever program as a .wav file then I burn it onto a CD-RW then put it back on to convert for my IPOD, etc.
I'm definitely not a tech wizard so it should work.
I vote for brain relapse or he's taking that drug that blind/blocks his eyes and ears to anything you say. ;)
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Ingo-B-Gone? I've heard of that one! ;)
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I knew thoes drugs I took would come back to haunt me!
stupid asprin.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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Arrrrr me mateys, it be 'International Speak Like A Pirate Day' today.
Yo ho, crackz and wares, avast!
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Arrr... Be ME Favorite Day Ov De Year! Yaaargh!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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Avast, swabbies! Look ho off the port bow, 'tis the bloody SPANIARDS!
Swing them cannon around, mates!
...Uhhh, I suck at being a pirate. :'(
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Yo ho Yo HO a Pirate's life for me! Yar!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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Well Ingo, your suggestions are not working. :-\ I am trying to use Nero 6 to record streaming sound from the internet, and so far, it will not give me the option of using a .wav as a recording source. All I can get when I try is a .wav out option and that isn't helping at all. ANy ideas???
Gabriel
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I still like my Idea.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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Yeah try Ruski's idea then
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Sounds god to me. Now, I have to remember to get a patch cable....
Gabriel
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you can build one out of a couple of old headsets if you have them and you feel like cutting them up.
but i'd worry about connection quality if you don't do a good job.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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speaking of radio dramas:
www.theafternow.com (http://www.theafternow.com)
It's the shit.
Paladin
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That's some interesting stuff...
have you followed it for long?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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Hey Ruski, how do I access the soundcard so that I can record using that?? All I know how to do is use a 3rd party program. I don't know how to use the hardware and reset it to record anything.
Gabriel, computer dunce
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accessing the hardware dirrectly is not a feat for the faint of heart.
if you are running a windows operating system, you can go look up the hardware address, (typically IRQ7 or IRQ5); and from there you could write a program to 'listen' to that address, and address any data coming through.
mostly, it's not set up for dirrect access. you need a program or interface to do something with the data coming over.
you shouldn't need a 3rd party for software though, there should be something that came with the soundcard. if it's on the motherboard, there should be some propriatary wave-capture software on that CD. if it's a creative labs soundcard, (or equilivant) you should be able to just look on the CD that came with the card, (or go download it again if you've lost it)
if you can look up the 'model number' of your soundcard, I'll be happy to go track down the support software behind it.
that being said, what ar eyou trying to do? You may be better off getting some high-end sound manipulation software. (Soundforge is my personal favorite)
and by get... I mean, go buy legally, in a store. for about a grand.
and, by 'go buy legally' i mean, go steal it online.
and, by 'online' I mean www.thepiratebay.org in sweeden. where such things are actually legal.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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Well, I am trying to record some sound files from streaming audio files. I don't seem to have any software that will actually record streaming files of any sort. I tried the patch cable idea, but without a program to record from "line in" it's just no good. :-\
Gabriel
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okay, so get bit-torrent, go over to 'the pirate bay'
and find the most recent version of soundfordge.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
it's like photoshop... for your ears.
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I may have to look into that.
Gabriel
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I'd highly recomend it.
it's actually a really good site, and a really good program
-RF
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accessing the hardware dirrectly is not a feat for the faint of heart.
if you are running a windows operating system, you can go look up the hardware address, (typically IRQ7 or IRQ5); and from there you could write a program to 'listen' to that address, and address any data coming through.
mostly, it's not set up for dirrect access. you need a program or interface to do something with the data coming over.
you shouldn't need a 3rd party for software though, there should be something that came with the soundcard. if it's on the motherboard, there should be some propriatary wave-capture software on that CD. if it's a creative labs soundcard, (or equilivant) you should be able to just look on the CD that came with the card, (or go download it again if you've lost it)
if you can look up the 'model number' of your soundcard, I'll be happy to go track down the support software behind it.
that being said, what ar eyou trying to do? You may be better off getting some high-end sound manipulation software. (Soundforge is my personal favorite)
and by get... I mean, go buy legally, in a store. for about a grand.
and, by 'go buy legally' i mean, go steal it online.
and, by 'online' I mean www.thepiratebay.org in sweeden. where such things are actually legal.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
Not 'legal' per-say... but not against-the-law. Have you read that e-mail page they have up where they make fun of the people who e-mail them legal threats? Hilarious stuff.
And for bit torrent clients:
I recommend Azureus, java based program that helps you manage your downloads (especially if you download multiple torrents at once). It's much easier on CPU and Memory usage over BitTorrent or BitTornado too.
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If all the world were paper,
And all the sea were ink,
If all the trees were bread and cheese,
What would we have to drink?
Yea. I use Azzy too.
and it IS illegal here in the US... it's just not illegal where it's hosted.
*shrug*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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my self i like ruskies ideas I typically use Nero Soundtrax for all my dubbing needs and stuff It is a program that comes with nero 7 ultra it can record as mp3 or wma or wav
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The patch cable isn't too expencive. you can get one at radio shack for about $1.99
I'd suggest getting a "Y" splitter too. (at annother $1.99) but it's not necessary.
basicly what you do for that, you take your speaker line out. (the one that goes to your speakers, so you can hear the sound, whatever source it may be from) and you plug in the splitter giving you the option to hook up (A) more speakers or (B) the patch cable.
you take the patch cable, and wire that into your microphone in.
so, your line out, is pumping into the microphone line.
then, when you go online and listen to whatever it is you want to hear, and it's pumping through your speakers, go to your accessories, and hit 'record'. it'll record whatever is playing over the speakers (be careful not to play space invaders at the same time, or you may get some interesting 'remix' effects)
it'll record as a .wav file. you can get some online converters to send it as a ring tone to your phone, or like nero, dump it into MP3 for your I-Pod, or burn it onto a CDR, copy that onto casette tape, and go play it in your friend's boom box.
generally, if you can see it on your monitor, listen to it through your speakers, or feel it through your force feedback joystick, you can record, and re-create it at your liesure.
the data is there. you have access to it. you just need to bypass whatever small security feature they've implemented to stop you.
all that crap about steve jobs trying to make it so you can't 'share' songs from your apple i-pod can be bypassed by this very same route.
take the patch cable, plug it from your I-pod to your mic in line. press play and record.
it's like magic!
only free. and you already own the hat, the rabbit, and magic wand.
-RuskiFace the Pirate