Near as I can tell that only works for MP3 streams, as do all the other stream rippers I've seen for the Mac. p

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http://www.rogueamoeba.com/

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You can use simplesound to record audio. Begin streaming your audio file. Launch simplesound. Go to FILE, NEW SOUND. Begin recording. Use itoons to convert the file to an MP3. Make sure the compression is at good, not great, or else you will have a huge MP3 file. I use this method to record archived radio programs all the time. I don't think there's a time limit on how long of a file you can record. I've recorded up to 4 hours of streaming audio.

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Uhhhhhhh.... That's a HORRIBLE method, because you're relying on 1) the built-in mic and 2) the built-in speakers. Recordings made like that will have horrible hiss in them from the background noise in the room. If you have to do it like that, stick a patch cable from your sound output to your sound input and it will suck less. p

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pickle- Why are you so negative? From the previous postings, I don't see that you have a better solution. One good suggestion was to go to http://www.rogueamoeba.com/ and download Audio Hijack, but that's only good if you're running OS 10 & up. I'm not even sure that that would work because I didn't download it. Sounds good though.....timers and everything. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your patching suggestion. I did as you said, and it DOES suck less. But I have to tell ya that it wasn't that bad in the 1st place. I had NO hissing going on, but I did have plenty of background noise (dogs barking, children whining, tv noise, etc.) I am recording radio talk shows - not music. I'm after content, not quality. Thanks Again, This has been an on and off hurdle for me to overcome for the past 6 months. If you find anything better, I'ld love to hear about it! Sharon

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Most people won't find that an acceptable solution without using a patch cable. I know from experience that it has *never* been viable in any setup I've used, and even with a patch cable, you still have the following disadvantages, most of which are overcome by stream-ripping software: - loss of artist information - loss of track information - loss of album information - loss of any other misc. info that might have been in the ID3 tags (for an MP3 stream) or elsewhere - you have to start and stop things manually, which means the track breaks aren't always where they should be - depending on what you use for recording, you may not be able to select the format, and recording in uncompressed AIFF leads to full hard disks quite quickly Yes, it works, in a pinch, and it's generally much more acceptable for talk (I'd *never* use it for music, and neither you nor the OP ever specified which was being used in your first posts), but it still has plenty of drawbacks. It isn't something I'd use at all unless I had no other choice. p

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