Making recordings of radio programmes

Milarky

Can you get software to archive to your PC etc. any 'listen again' recordings of programmes from BBC? By extension, can any other online services that you can play with a suitable multimedia player also be saved direct to disc and listened to offline rather than online always? How does the abiltiy to save to disc depend on the file formats? [in the case of the BBC, their programmes are only available one edition at a time in general. Thus if you want to develop a general archive of a program is this either possible technically, or permitted legally?]

[It is, of course, possible to record the 'live' audio directly, since the signal going to your speakers could just as well be plugged into the 'mic' on a cassette recorder, but that is not exactly what I am asking about]

Thanks

crossleydd42

Try Total Recorder for about £6 from http://www.highcriteria.com/
It works a treat. I think it records as a 'wav file but you can download Dbpower AMP Music converter to convert to mpeg or other format.

intel

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Free

black-saturn

intel wrote:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Free

I've tried this. It does record the programme but it also records every other background noise in your house at the same time. Is there any way of cutting these out?

intel

black-saturn wrote:

I've tried this. It does record the programme but it also records every other background noise in your house at the same time. Is there any way of cutting these out?

It does have a noise removal feature.. try the audacity forums
http://audacityteam.org/forum/forum.php?req=main&id=17

gigif30

i have used this and it shouldnt pick up any other noise than that of which you record in the settings you should only use stereo and that will record the audio that you want to record through your pc

cymro1170

Think this is illegal and breaks copyright rules.

reported

black-saturn

cymro1170 wrote:

Think this is illegal and breaks copyright rules.

reported

What a load of rubbish. Youve been able to record radio programmes for years with cassette players. I dont believe you if you say youve never done it.

gustav

cymro1170 wrote:

Think this is illegal and breaks copyright rules.

reported

Get a life!

mulldoonuk

Milarky,you will need two bits of software...Streambox VCR v3.1..from afterdawn.com & Net Transport from xi-soft.com (30 day trial about £14 to buy) these two bits of software enable me to D/L ANY bbc listen again program in a few minutes... eg.. i can D/L a two or three hour show in approx five to ten minutes for future listening at any time, either on my pc or i convert the real audio (the beeb use) to mp3 format and listen to on my mp3 player!

buglawton

mulldoonuk wrote:

Milarky,you will need two bits of software...Streambox VCR v3.1..from afterdawn.com & Net Transport from xi-soft.com

I had a look at Streambox's website and was confused - do I really need Streambox to get those BBC Radio Listen Again programs downloaded onto MP3 format? Or can I manage with just Net Transport? It'd be nice if mulldoonuk could give us the recipe for how to use his scheme - I'm looking for a simple procedure if possible of getting Listen Agains onto my mp3 player quickly.