Recording live streaming radio???

ChrisC wrote:
> I want to record the live stream from this radio station http://
> www.lbc.co.uk does anyone know if this is possible? I really appreciate
> your help. Bearing in mind I'm using Ubuntu Linux 8.04.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> " If you can empty your mind of all thoughts your heart will embrace the
> tranquility of peace. Watch the workings of all of creation, but
> contemplate their return to the source. "
>
> Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
>
> ChrisC
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/

ChrisC wrote:

> I want to record the live stream from this radio station http://
> www.lbc.co.uk does anyone know if this is possible? I really appreciate
> your help. Bearing in mind I'm using Ubuntu Linux 8.04.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> " If you can empty your mind of all thoughts your heart will embrace the
> tranquility of peace. Watch the workings of all of creation, but
> contemplate their return to the source. "
>
> Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
>
> ChrisC


The simplest way is to have Audacity monitor your output and just hit the
record button. Then save in the format you want.


Deb

ChrisC wrote:
> I want to record the live stream from this radio station http://
> www.lbc.co.uk does anyone know if this is possible? I really appreciate
> your help. Bearing in mind I'm using Ubuntu Linux 8.04.

If you use mplayer, you can tell it to save the data to a dumpfile, otherwise
you can just use a recording tool and tell it to use the pcm as the source.
Both works regardless of distribution.


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> ChrisC wrote:
>> I want to record the live stream from this radio station http://
>> www.lbc.co.uk does anyone know if this is possible? I really appreciate
>> your help. Bearing in mind I'm using Ubuntu Linux 8.04.
>>
> http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/

Seconded.

You can run in from within a "screen" console, detach from it, and reattach
(even remotely) whenever you want to check it out.

http://www.zorg.org/linux/screen.php (old, though)

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ChrisC wrote:
> I want to record the live stream from this radio station http://
> www.lbc.co.uk does anyone know if this is possible? I really appreciate
> your help. Bearing in mind I'm using Ubuntu Linux 8.04.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> " If you can empty your mind of all thoughts your heart will embrace the
> tranquility of peace. Watch the workings of all of creation, but
> contemplate their return to the source. "
>
> Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
>
> ChrisC

Audacity through stereo mix.

HTH

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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:29:36 +0000, ChrisC typed this message:

> I want to record the live stream from this radio station http://
> www.lbc.co.uk does anyone know if this is possible? I really appreciate
> your help. Bearing in mind I'm using Ubuntu Linux 8.04.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> " If you can empty your mind of all thoughts your heart will embrace the
> tranquility of peace. Watch the workings of all of creation, but
> contemplate their return to the source. "
>
> Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
>
> ChrisC

If you want to run a cli then you could use something like this mplayer
and lame shell.
#!/bin/sh
#
#
FIFO=/tmp/converter-fifo.`date +%s`
LAME_OPTS="-b 128"
OUTPUT="/home/chrisc/radio/lbcradio_`date +%y%b%d_%H%M`.mp3"

URL="http://www.lbc.co.uk"

mkfifo $FIFO
mplayer -really-quiet -vo null -vc dummy -ao pcm -aofile -channels 2
$FIFO -playlist $URL < /dev/null &
lame $LAME_OPTS $FIFO $OUTPUT
rm $FIFO
# end

If you're using gui Kaffeine has a "Save Stream (R)" function on the
"File" toolbar.