[linux-audio-user] recording of live audio streaming

[S. Massy]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Daniel James <daniel at mondodesigno.com> wrote:

> > I've tried whats suggested here to no avail:
> >
> > tim at debian:/tmp$ streamripper
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio1.shtml -r Connecting...
> >
> > error -54 [SR_ERROR_NOT_SHOUTCAST_STREAM]
> > bye..
> >
> > Are these types of streams accessible?  I don't know where to
> > start, even to identify what sort of stream it is!
> 
> The BBC trialled Ogg Vorbis/Icecast streaming but last thing I heard 
> was that they weren't making it a permanent service yet. That means 
> at the moment you've got to use RealPlayer, which I think 
> intentionally disables streaming to hard disc in a feeble attempt at 
> DRM. I guess you could intercept the audio on its way to the 
> soundcard somehow. 
That's what vsound does:
http://www.xenoclast.org/vsound/
(NOTE: This URL was obtained with a quick google search and I do not
guarantee its reliability.)

It's been a long time since I used vsound but it used to work pretty
well back then.

Hope this helps,
S.M.