Recording Timer

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First time poster. I am looking to record on my laptop, IBM 570E, PIII, 10 GIG. I would like to record a radio station that is boradcast over the internet. The program is on from 1:30 - 5:30 am. You guessed it, I'm sleeping. I would be recording this from were I work. They have and OC3 connection to the internet so bandwidth is not an issue. I am looking for a couple of things.

1. A way to record an internet broadcast. I will assume I need to bridge the out of the sound card to the input of the sound card. That is unless one of you great minds know of a differant way.

2. A program that allows me to set a timer to start/stop the recording.

3. What would be the best free or trail softwares I can look into for this type of recording.

I would like to say thanks to everyone in advance for their help.
 
1rst of all... Welcome to the board...
Whaaa, what a tough questions !!! :eek: :D

1. I dunno clear, but some soundcards like Soundblaster kind have record options "What U hear". Otherwise, you can do that way (Line Out to Line in) but avoid monitoring, it will causing feedback.

2. I'm not sure what, but I believe you'll need external apps to trigger it. Maybe you can use script or something to do so... I'm realy not sure how... :o

3. :confused:

Sorry, I don't know much about it, but I'm sure there's a way. I'm also curious about this... :)
 
Found it!!

I guess I shall post my own answer.

I was able to find a software package called Total Recorder ($12 for basic, $35 for pro). I am able to record streaming from the internet right to the hard drive without going in and out of the sound card. I am able to record at 44kHz and some have said they can not tell the differace between what I recorded and a CD of the same song. This software also has a scheduler that will start and stop recording for many differant times without reprograming.

This is all besides the fact that I am able to record anything from the line in on the sound card. For the first time I can listen to any old LP in my truck by just making a CD copy and preserving the LP forever. I had I guy ask me were I got a CD copy of an album and flipped when I told him how I recorded it.

More to come.
 
Re: Found it!!

GMGerry said:
I am able to record at 44kHz and some have said they can not tell the differace between what I recorded and a CD of the same song.
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That depends on the ears to the listener. I can tell the difference by a mp3 and a CD... ;)
 
I am recording in PCM, 44Khz, 16 bit, stereo, no comprision. I do not like the MP3 format takes to much out of the recording. My next test will be with the Ogg Vorbis format.

Any thoughts on Ogg Vorbis?
 
Well, I thought most internet broadcast was compressed anyway, so I'd guess that you won't loose anything.

Mp3 is very good if you use higher bitrates, I never compress under 160 kbps. Ogg Vorbis is supposed to be better will lower bitrates, but with higher bitrates there's no difference.
 
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