How to capture, save, record or download streaming audio for free

Posted on September 11, 2007 at 9:10 am

Make sure to read other posts from the Audio Tutorials series!

How to capture, save, record or download streaming audio for free
How to extract audio from AVI, WMV, MPEG, FLV, MOV video files for free
How to rip an audio cd and convert WMA files to MP3 for free
How to recover the volume or sound icon to your Windows taskbar
How to record cassette tapes to PC/Computer

Ever wonder how you could possibly record or rip a song that’s being streamed across the Internet onto your computer for free? Trying to download streaming audio directly to your computer can be quite difficult because different sites have different security measures put in place, so one program might work for one site, but not another.

However, one surefire way of recording streaming audio from any web site is to simply capture it via the sound card on your computer. Basically, there are programs that can record whatever is being played by your computer’s speakers, so if you can hear it, it can be recorded. Of course, you’ll have to listen to the entire song since the recording is live, but it’s definitely much easier than trying to download the file from the web site directly.

There are two programs that I use to capture and save streaming audio: one installs as a toolbar into Internet Explorer or FireFox and the other one is a standalone program.

If you don’t mind having another toolbar installed in your browser window, FreeCorder is a very convenient program to use if you’re going to be recording music that’s mostly played via the web, such as Internet radio, etc. Also, it has many other features that make it quite useful, such as the ability to extract audio from videos and record from your PC’s microphone or line-in port. It also supports Windows Vista and has absolutely no spyware or adware, so you don’t have to worry about pop-ups, etc. You can save the recordings out as MP3 or as WAV files.

Once you have it installed, click on the Settings button to configure the source for the sounds or music.

By default, the “Record From Freecorder Audio Driver” is selected and this will record anything that is being played through your speakers. If you have a Windows input device, such as a microphone, you can select the second or third option. However, remember to de-select the other options and only have one checkbox checked at a time, otherwise it creates a separate file for each source.

You can also change the output format to WAV, prompt for a filename or automatically timestamp it, and choose the location for the destination files. Now start playing some music on your computer and press the red Record button. A little box will pop up and you should see the green line moving up and down. The nice thing about this program is that you can have your laptop sound on Mute or have your speakers turned off and it will still record whatever is being played.

Click Stop when you’re finished and then click Play to view your recordings. And that’s it! A pretty easy and cool way to record any sound or music off the Internet or from your computer.

If you don’t like the idea of cluttering up your browser toolbar, you can use a standalone program called MP3MyMP3 Recorder, which is also free. Like FreeCorder, this program also records whatever is being played by your computer’s speakers. However, unlike FreeCorder, this program requires that your sound NOT be muted. So if you want to record anything, it has to be playing and you have to be able to hear it yourself.

Also, by default, MP3MyMP3 tries to record from your microphone and not your sound card, so click on the Source button and choose Stereo Mix as the sound source. The recording quality for both of the products was very good and sounded just like the originals from what I could tell. Personally, I like FreeCorder better, but MP3MyMP3 is also a fine alternative.

Any questions or problems, please post a comment!

Also, make sure to check out my article on how to record cassette tapes to your PC/Computer in a few simple steps.

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Comments

126 Responses to “How to capture, save, record or download streaming audio for free”

Stumble Exchange said on : September 17th, 2007 at 8:24 am

Its best to have as few steps as possible when you want to save streaming media. Its funny that this same problem has been around for over 10 years!

Anil said on : October 13th, 2007 at 12:38 am

I downloaded the software and it shows on the toolbar of my internet explorer, but when I press the record button a small pop window opens which says Record but I cannot see any activity going on inside the box, I mean the waves and when u stop and listen nothing is recorded

akishore said on : October 13th, 2007 at 1:09 am

Hi Anil,

You may need to play around with the Freecorder settings as shown above. There are three checkboxes that you can choose, so select each one separately and then try to record again. Also, can you hear the sound through your speakers? Let me know if this solves your problem. Thanks.

Dave Parson said on : October 16th, 2007 at 11:42 pm

This is part of what I wanted. Now, I wonder – ‘if I down load what I want, will I be able to cut out the pieces I want, or just shorten the whole down to the part I want. That’s #1. And #2 is, is there a way of attaching that sound or sounds to a particular photo, document, HTML, or whatever? – so that when you open it it sounds – possibly repeating? Do you have any ideas on all this??

Richard Fdisk said on : October 19th, 2007 at 7:22 pm

.mp3, .swf, .rm/.ra, and wma/wmv’s files can almost always be found in your “Temporary Internet Files” you just have to get there and copy it out before it’s done playing, because in some cases it gets deleted from there when it’s done playing.

the only trick is getting a streamed .rm/.ra onto your machine which is a bit involved

Cheers
◄RfD►

George said on : October 19th, 2007 at 8:34 pm

Mp3MyMp3… The only source option that works for me is ‘What U hear’. I don’t believe it is recording from the sound card…too much static. Any ideas?

Also, I considered uninstalling and downloading the toolbar version. How do I unistall Mp3MYMp3? My OS is XP and I don’t see the program listed in those that can be removed?

Thanks

jocko said on : October 20th, 2007 at 5:01 am

The feature i need is the ability to set the software to record a late night radio show while i am asleep. Does this software have that feature or can you recommend a solution which will allow me to set the computer to begin recording at a set time & then stop?

akishore said on : October 20th, 2007 at 7:57 am

Dave – FreeCorder does not have any editing capabilities. The only thing it does is remove any blank sound from the beginning or end of a recording. As for attaching it to a document, you can really only insert sound into a HTML document. You cannot attach sounds to photos.

George – You can uninstall MP3MyMP3 by going into the C:\Program Files\MP3MyMP3 folder and clicking on uninstall. It also didn’t show up for me in the Add/Remove Control Panel.

Jocko – The software does not have the ability to schedule recordings, though that would be nice. The only way I can think of doing it is to use some kind of mouse and keyboard recording software that you can then set to repeat before the show starts. Check out vista-software.com.

Aseem

Richard FDisk said on : October 21st, 2007 at 2:51 pm

record late @ night “unattended”

“Task Scheduler” maybe?

I haven’t played around with the XP “Task Scheduler”
but the old w98 one would schedule just about anything you wanted, but if the XP one still works the same or almost the same, that might be an option.

Cheers
◄RfD►

PCM said on : November 21st, 2007 at 3:58 pm

Jocko,

Look for the free audio recording program called Audiograbber v.1.83. It will record from your audio card’s stereo mix buss (if you have one) via its “Line In Sampling” feature. It has a time scheduler as well, rips from CDs, saves as MP3 or .wav and has lots of other great features. It works great.

Pat

Mel said on : November 30th, 2007 at 10:10 am

My sound card (SB X-Fi xtreme Audio) apparently does not have a “stereo mix” or “what u hear” function. I thought every sound card has this but apparently not.

I want to record internet radio streams using any of the software recoders available online but they don’t work without the “stereo Mix” sound source.

Anyone know if it possible to record internet radio streams without this functionality?

Is there any software that supplies this Feature?

Navid said on : December 4th, 2007 at 5:20 am

Hi, Thanks I used MP3myMP3 that’s really Cool software, and of course your help is great.

frank said on : December 11th, 2007 at 8:31 pm

mp3mymp3 is great except for the fact that i cannot make the recording volume go above “0″. i grab and slide the recording volume “knob” and, when i release it, it just slides back to “0″… help please!! thank you very much

Noidxbx said on : December 30th, 2007 at 2:19 pm

WavePad works better if you have XP or earlyer

tgrosch said on : January 10th, 2008 at 2:10 pm

Help, I downloaded the freerecorder, and have been trying to record, it says it’s recording and you can see the pop-up but after about 20 minutes a window pops up and says it is windows is shutting it down?

Is there a time limit to how long you can record, or am I doing somthing wrong?

Thanks for your help

tgrosch said on : January 10th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

Hello again – I got it to finally record a longer time period but when I play it back it has a clicking in the background? Any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks

akishore said on : January 10th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

Hi tgrosch, your problem with the clicking in the background might be because you have sounds enabled for Internet Explorer. You have to go to Control Panel, Sounds and turn off the default sounds for Windows.

vijaya bhaskar said on : January 29th, 2008 at 1:18 am

This is most usefull to me to recording purpose

Randy said on : February 12th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

Downloaded mp3Mymp3… there is no “Stereo Mix” option anywhere in the program. It looks like the window is displaying funny.

Either way, it would NOT record the stream I was listening to.

I’ll try Freecoder next (didn’t want a toolbar, though!).

Andrew said on : March 9th, 2008 at 9:30 am

hey, I recently tried freecorder and in IE7, IE constantly said it has encountered a problem and closed itself D: and FF3 didn’t even let me install it due to no secure stuff or something ;~; I just tried mp3 my mp3 recorder, but the quality isn’t really that good D: can you help me? D:

bobbie said on : March 9th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

When I record using freecorder, I ran into two problems.
1. It doesn’t record the whole song. Actually, just about 35-40 seconds on average.
2. When I choose to record in MP3 format, does it convert the streaming file format to MP3 or does it depend upon the source format? Some of my recordings were in MPEG format.
Cheers,
Bobbie

joshB said on : March 20th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

the main problem im having is that i can’t record outside music with my line in port or my microphone port. i have tried all three different settings but non of them seem to work. there is also no tutorial for recording ouside music.

akishore said on : March 20th, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Josh, what do you mean by outside music? Freecorder is only good for recording any sounds being played on your computer, i.e. streaming audio, etc. It is not to be used for recording sound from an external device, i.e. if you’re trying to connect a CD player to the line-in jack.

If you want to record sound onto your computer from an external device, then you need to use a program like Audacity.

Alek Davis said on : April 2nd, 2008 at 6:54 pm

Great info. I was just looking for a way to download some old NPR podcasts, and this is exactly what I needed.

dozzy said on : April 15th, 2008 at 11:04 am

1st,i tried to install the freecoder in ie8 nd ff but it couldnt get installed…..wat should i do.it has something to do with security.2ndly i successfully installed the mp3mymp3 only to discover that the stereo mix is an unknown location in my computer..i tried uninstalling using both the control panel and C:\Program Files\MP3MyMP3 folder but culdnt find the uninstall option.how do i uninstall it..ps someone should tell me of a software that can capture, save, record or download streaming audio for free with good quality and convienent.
thanks

akishore said on : April 15th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

Hi Dozzy,

The problem may be with IE8 since that is still a beta version. I would suggest trying FreeCorder on IE7 or Firefox 2 since it works in both of those. Also, to uninstall MP3MyMP3, you have to go into C:\Program Files\MP3MyMP3 and there is a file called Uninstall.

Let me know if you get it working.

JohnW said on : April 15th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

I’ve been using StationRipper ( http://www.stationripper.com ) for a while now, to record internet radio.

Works well.

=JW=

ed said on : April 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am

I’ve the same problem as dozzy. There is no uninstall file…

Dani said on : April 25th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

this is going to be very kool because my friend and made up a song

Dani said on : April 25th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

once you make a song you wil be ale to burn it on to a cd

Richard Fdisk said on : April 27th, 2008 at 7:51 pm

Hi Aseem;

I found another web stream recording program it’s called
“SoundTap” and you get it here

http://www.nch.com.au/soundtap/index.html

it’s part of a whole suite of programs but can be downloaded individually.

MARKP1 said on : May 29th, 2008 at 7:13 am

Hi,

Someone wrote above about using it to record songs from Songza and other places. Is this legal, and is there anyway you can get caught doing this?

Gaz said on : June 16th, 2008 at 10:04 am

Hi, I downloaded the my3mymp3 and installed it, but when i try to run it a pop up shows up and say ” setParamsNo sound driver is available for use” and i press ok then another pop up shows saying “getDiviceList; Cannot access divices” I cannot record anything… What is this problam im having?

EnormoBrain said on : June 25th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

mp3Mymp3 appears to be uninstallable. Since the suggestion above to go into program files was made, the proprietor of this garbage software must have removed the uninstall program completely. Of course, I was smart, I installed it through Add/Remove programs. Even without a modern windows installer, this should have provided me with the ability to eliminate it from my system. As if by magic however, mp3Mymp3 does not show up in the list. This is EXTREMELY suspicious. Download and install this chunk of crap that doesn’t work anyways at your own risk.

lolfters said on : July 4th, 2008 at 7:34 am

i’ve been looking for an external source audio recorder to record audio for a long time and the freecorder toolbar for firefox is by FAR the best and simplest program that i’ve downloaded for that specific purpose, and i’ve already tried at least 20+ different programs, and countless hours figuring out how to use each of those useless programs.

don’t even bother downloading the ‘mp3mymp3′ program, it doesn’t do anything at all.

Richard FDisk said on : July 4th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

I just went to the mp3Mymp3 page and there’s no indication of which windows version it’s for

but my guess is that it was written pre-vista which means that it will fight with or just not work at all for anyone using vista, the complete replacement of the audio stack and the way audio is passed to & from the sound card is what causes the grief.

hoda said on : July 9th, 2008 at 8:35 am

I added the music and it will play to the end of the last slide without restarting which is great. I increased the file size in options as well.

I then save as powerpoint show so that it cannot be altered when opened. However when I email it to other people, the music will not play at all.

Country At Heart said on : July 9th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

“Dave Parson said on : October 16th, 2007 at 11:42 pm

This is part of what I wanted. Now, I wonder – ‘if I down load what I want, will I be able to cut out the pieces I want, or just shorten the whole down to the part I want.”

I FOUND AN EASY WAY TO RECORD JUST THE PARTS OF ANY SONG THAT YOU WANT! WHEN THE SONG GETS SENT TO YOUR “MY RECORDINGS FILE” RENAME IT, THEN RIGHT CLICK AND CLICK “PLAY” WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER WILL OPEN, IF YOU STILL HAVE INTERNET EXPLORER OPEN CLICK ON THE FREECORDER RECORD BUTTON WHERE YOU WANT TO RECORD AND THE STOP BUTTON WHERE YOU WANT TO STOP, THAT FILE WILL THEN BE SENT TO “MY RECORDINGS FILE” RENAME IT AND USE IT AS YOU WILL. (HINT BEFORE YOU HIT THE RECORD BUTTON ANTICIPATE A LITTLE A HEAD, TAKES A SPLIT SECOND FOR FREECORDER TO START RECORDING)

Swong said on : July 17th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

The Mp3MyMp3 doesn’t have stereo mix or wave mix as the source option, only microphone or line-in. Can’t record anything with it. Did I miss something?

Swong said on : July 17th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

One more question, did they get rid of the uninstall file for MP3 My MP3? It’s not in the program folder either. Can I just delete the whole folder and it’ll be clean? Thank you so much.

Matt said on : July 21st, 2008 at 11:18 pm

I have the best free method that doesn’t require many steps and is the most convient, quick and easy method I discovered myself. I use it to download free music (no not limewire, etc…) however the process is too long to type (short to execute though it just seems complicated) If you want to know how to do it contact me at Oetam10@gmail.com. I might not get back immediately however but I will respond.

Mike said on : July 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm

I used Freecorder with FF2 and it worked great. I have never been able to get it to work in IE7 no matter what settings I use.

Now that FF3 has come along, Freecorder no longer will install in FF3.

I really wish the nice people at FC would work on those problems as I see most people commenting on here are having the same issues.

John J said on : July 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

Hi,

Help! My Freecorder is acting up. It was working ok,
recently when I press record button while Firefox is streaming an audio, the “not recording” turns to
“recording” but the sound bar doesn’t move, so no
recording. I tested my sounds and it works fine. The
odd thing is recording works fine with the Freecorder
radio player on the toolbar. How can I fix it?
Thanks! J.J

fully said on : August 15th, 2008 at 4:59 am

Hi..
I just installwd freecorder, but it doesnt worked at all (three) setting. WHat should I do??? btw I am using Vista business.

I also installed mp3mymp3, it also didnot working. The source always say : Master Volume and there is no other option.

Help me plizzzz….

Fully

pidio said on : August 21st, 2008 at 8:07 am

hi there.. i downloaded FreeCorder to record a very hard-to-find mp3 song (only available thru streaming). Though I was skeptical at first, but now I’m glad i downloaded Freecorder! The sound quality is very, very good! Keep up the good work, Computer Guy!

Sleek said on : August 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 pm

Hey i downloaded freecorder and it records fine when my music is actually playing out of the speakers but it records the noises my laptop makes too which is really annoying. How do i get it to record straight from my sound card or record while my music is on mute?

Richard Fdisk said on : August 24th, 2008 at 10:44 am

if you don’t want it recording your “other” noises aka system sounds then you have to turn off system sounds in control panel select the “No Sounds” setting.

cheers

jodesta said on : August 25th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

Both freecorder and my mp3 work fabulous. Freecorder stopped working for me earlier today so I did the mymp3 and it worked fine. Freecorder is my reccomendation though. Hope I can figure out why it stopped working too.

Geoff said on : August 30th, 2008 at 3:55 am

I have just installed Freerecorder, I am using Firefox 3.0.1 and Vista Home premium.

I have the same problem as the posting number 2. I have tried the different settings, but still can not record.

Geoff said on : August 31st, 2008 at 5:01 am

I installed MP3MyMP3 and it does not work. I tried to uninstall as per instructions at posting 8. There is no reference to it in Add/Remove, there is no uninstall file in the program’s folder. How do I remove this program from my computer?

Geoff said on : September 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 am

The problem with not being able to record is that I am unable to select “stereo mix”. After searching the net, it appears that the “stereo mix” is not available with Vista. I am unable to find a fix for this.

veronica said on : September 25th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

I got freecorder and i used for some songs but very often when i record the sound gets cut constantly. Why is this? Please help. Thank you.

Helen said on : October 8th, 2008 at 10:41 am

I’ve been trying to figure out how to record an embedded audio for months. I just found this suggestion. I downloaded freecorder and it did exactly what I wanted. My system: XP-sp3, firefox 3.0.3, and my sound card didn’t allow other apps to record what was heard through my speakers.

Baseball Mom said on : November 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm

Hey guys-
I’m just an “old” mom trying to use the internet to figure out to record just parts of songs on to a CD from my IPOD. My little guy plays baseball, and I want some music clips to get the boys fired up – but obviously can’t play the whole songs. Is this possible? And is if extremely difficult? I’m pretty good working on a computer, but this would be a whole new adventure for me. Thanks in advance for your advice!

raybe said on : November 2nd, 2008 at 8:18 pm

Tried several different setups for freecorder toolbar in Firefox 3. and nothing. I am running XP media center sp2. I do have ‘no scripts’ running in Firefox. I have a program that reads or announces all windows actions and that voice is recorded if announcing the time or any other message. The only thing not being recorded is the streaming audio provided by freecorder toolbar. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
raybe

Crossphase said on : November 15th, 2008 at 10:40 am

I believe creative soundcards have the Whatuhear option. The software that came with my card has a WAV recorder. However I use a shareware program called Goldwave. You can record an entire album as one file, then use the program to divide it into separate songs. Then you save each song in a different format such as mp3, wma, and quite a few others. You can set the bitrate (quality) of the recording. Plus you can play and edit the files with a ton of funky sound effects. Play it backwards, slow, fast, etc. I laugh like an idiot playing with this stuff. It does take time and practice, but a buck a song adds up awfully fast. I did this more before subscription service came out, but if I want a cd for some esoteric reason, I can easily get one of equal quality as a store bought version. $20 for a cd!?! C’mon!!

lynn said on : November 15th, 2008 at 11:33 am

does freecoder work for recording songs on youtube ?
i tried to record it, but theres no activity in the box, just a straightline and nothing is recorded.

ed said on : November 19th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

i downloaded the freecoder and i can not playback sounds.
it appears the sounds are being recorded but when play it in media player i get no sounds.

ANY ANSWERS?

Mulder said on : November 21st, 2008 at 4:20 pm

MP3MyMP3 is not Vista compatible. Worked fine on a PC I had running XP, but volume and recording levels are all screwed up if run on Vista. Damn that OS!!

Tina said on : November 23rd, 2008 at 4:46 am

Freecoder-The recording box shows no lines. So no recording. What should I do?

jalaj said on : November 27th, 2008 at 10:04 am

hi.
i downloaded mp3mymp3.but the volume at which it is recording is very low.i can hardly hear it.and i m unable to move the bar at the side to make it reach the red mark.what to do?plz help me out of this…………..

Jonah said on : December 4th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

Yesterday I recorded about two hours of beautiful classical music. The Freecorder visual pop up appeared and worked properly. After I stopped the recording and clicked on play, it was the recording I made. Today,the pop up recording feature is flatlined, nothing, nada, gar nichts. What happened?! What do I need do to return the recording to its working sate? Thanks

Benmessa said on : December 30th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

I have the same problem with freecorder like some of you. It seems it refuses to work with windows vista. I also use freecorder on a pc (working with xp) and it works perfectly. On my laptop (which has vista) it does not work.

Of course I could try mp3mymp3 but it seems like a waste of time after I read some feedback on that program. If somebody knows another an audio streaming recorder that works in vista I’d be glad to hear it.

Thanks

Ankit(liv2ride) said on : January 1st, 2009 at 4:56 pm

This thing f***** rocks man…
Thanks very much. i was tryin 2 get a song but could not download it.Now i got it.

krish said on : January 4th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

Thank you so much…i just downloaded a song from s m a s h i t s. Its Chaand chal tu zara dheeme…i couldnt find it anywhere in downloadable format….thanks for ur info…i just downloaded it with freecorder

Abracadabra said on : January 15th, 2009 at 1:35 am

The freeware version only records at maximum quality of
96 Kbit/s, but if that’s suficient for you,

“FREE Hi-Q Recorder Version 1.92″ from Roemer software

(www.roemersoftware.com/free-sound-recorder.html)

is an EXCELLENT!!! product!!!! (For recording via line-in — as from the earphone jack of a radio or cassette recorder; or of material being streamed to your computer.

It’s NOT dependent upon the volume level of your computer speakers.(*) But it does of course catch any warning sounds, beeps, or clicks which your computer makes while you’re recording, so you may want to DISABLE most of those sounds in WIN XP control panel PRIOR to recording! *Also: DO NOT TOUCH or try to adjust the (speaker)volume control slide-bar (located on the startup-bar in the lower right- hand corner of your screen) whilst you’re recording – the !!!BEEP!! it makes everytime you move that volume-control slider – and THAT particular beep CANNOT be disabled from control panel! INSTEAD:

>Go to Start -> Run
>
>Type in:
>”cmd” [without speech marks]
>
>At the DOS prompt, type
>”net stop beep”
>
>If you should ever want it back, do the same except type
>”net start beep”

NB! This effect lasts until you re-boot the computer.)

Anyhow, FREEHI-Q Recorder is extremely straight-forward and easy to use!! And it gives you more control, allowing you to set and monitor the recording volume — (which some other similar freeware sound-card programs I’ve tried do not have any settings for!)

Supposedly, you can also set FREE HI-Q Recorder for TIMED recordings (I’ve never had any need to do so however, so I’ve never bothered to figure out those settings…)

Jogin said on : January 19th, 2009 at 1:08 am

Freecorder> I have noticed that if your recording software fails to record you need to right-click on the streaming audio player and reset the plug-in for the “Applian Audio Recorder Plugin” (it should have a check mark by it). Or if your stream is playing through WMP then you have to go through Tools> Plug-ins and make sure the above named plugin is checked.

misi said on : January 28th, 2009 at 8:07 am

thanks very much.a perfect solution

Greg said on : February 15th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

I downloaded MP3MyMP3 Recorder and when I open the “Source” panel my choices are limited to External Mic, Internal Mic, Audio CD, and Line In. Conspicuously enough, these just also happen to be only choices which appear in my Sounds and Audio Devices Properties panel under “Recording Control”. Have you any recommendations or am I just stuck with a bum sound driver or sound card? I have a Gateway Laptop w/ Windows XP.

Thanks!
gld

bruce said on : March 10th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

New version of MP3 My MP3 3.0 recorder released at http://www.mp3mymp3.com. works with Vista

HJ said on : March 12th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

to avoid having flatline recording, make sure you press Record first, before tuning in to the station.

john said on : March 23rd, 2009 at 5:53 pm

are any of these methods illegal???

tara said on : March 29th, 2009 at 1:09 am

this is just irritating, freecorder does not record using windows vista at all..
how can you get it to work???

Matt said on : March 30th, 2009 at 10:03 am

Listen man I just wanna say thanks for this article cuz I looked at about 20 different pages and downloaded 5 different programs already trying to get ONE SONG! This is the only thing that worked (I used the toolbar in IE). Perfect quality. Thanks a lot man, seriously.

Sandra said on : April 11th, 2009 at 11:32 am

I downloaded Freecorder and it works great (have Windows XP). Have made about 20 cd’s and all them play on my players, even recorded old cassettes to cd’s. Love to watch the little recorder popup showing “recording”. Used pause to get cd’s without any break between songs, thereby creating back-to-back music. Great item. Tried all those others and too much trouble. Freecorder is the easiest yet. Thanks for a great system.

HeathenAngel said on : April 18th, 2009 at 5:36 am

I downloaded and used frecorder… it is a spyware. Ask.com uses it to glean information from your computer, and it will often hold up the loading of pages in order to bring up whatever it is you are trying to open, in search form, on THEIR search engine, despite what default search engine you have. I do not enjoy being “slammed” in that manner, and so I have chosen to uninstall freecorder and find something else.

Joann Wilson said on : May 6th, 2009 at 10:30 am

After reading all the coments about the freecorder I am not sure as to what to thing about downloading it in to my vista computer. Has this now been up dated as to work in the vista program now?

Punk Rock said on : May 11th, 2009 at 10:47 pm

CAUTION mp3 my mp3 is bundled with software that monitors and sells everything you do with your computer as well as your internet usage.

April Mitchell said on : June 4th, 2009 at 7:42 pm

Thanks for the tip. I will give FreeCorder a try.

ackerberg said on : June 10th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

I would like to get a copy of the original FreeCorder before it was taken over by Ask.com. Could someone please send me the most recent copy of this program as an email attachment. My address is pde80(at)hotmail.com.

Many thanks.

Bob

smc8509 said on : June 10th, 2009 at 7:19 pm

Does anyone know if a comparable programme exists for saving streaming audio on a Mac? I believe the two mentioned above are both software for PC…

Much appreciated!

Srini said on : June 17th, 2009 at 10:23 am

I used mp3mymp3 to record streaming, but i cant set Stereo Mix as the sound source, i have only Line in, External mic, internal mic, what i do now

karatechamp said on : June 19th, 2009 at 8:48 am

Where have you been all my lfe???!?!?!? This is absolutly the best. Thank you for this information. The ask and record toolbar is amazing. I make my own playlist at playlist.com, stream the music, and then used in conjuction with freecorder…..HOLY CRAP! of course I only record non-copywrited music, because otherwise it would be wrong.

Doug Dunlap said on : August 3rd, 2009 at 8:27 pm

Do either of these recorders have the ability to set a start time, like programming a DVR? I would like to be able to record something that is on when I am not home. Thanks.

DOMINIC said on : August 20th, 2009 at 10:26 pm

Free one not the best one. Try this powerful Video capture software.

111download.com/product/riptiger-full.html

RipTiger is the easiest and the most powerful program to capture web video and TV, also capable of converting the video and optionally transferring it to your iPod.

RipTiger will only download and convert videos that are accessible free of charge and in no way protected from being publicly viewed. This restriction, inter alia, applies to password and DRM protected videos, of which neither can be downloaded with RipTiger in pursuance of relevant provisions of the copyright law.

Mister Mr said on : August 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 am

Heathen Angel said it is Spyware and installs ASK search engine. But you can install the version that does not make ASK default. I’ve got XP and the absolute latest Firefox and it worked nicely to get a Myspace song I’ve been after for ages. Thanks, Freecoder.

Naima Samuel said on : September 10th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Hi, thanks a million for writing about sound capture software. I’d been searching for one for Vistas and had almost lost hope when I found your article. I’ve installed the toolbar and it’s perfect! I just wanted to know if I can get the toolbar in Mozilla/Firefox as well cos right now it only works in internet explorer. Thanks and God bless you abundantly! From Naima, South Korea

somebody really grateful said on : September 24th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

WOW!!! i was looking for a program like this for a long time! thank you so much!!!

Radiohead said on : October 9th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

This is small and handy, there is also portable version of it so you can run it from usb..
Screamer Radio: http://www.screamer-radio.com/screenshots/

Ben said on : October 16th, 2009 at 12:36 pm

hi i am using wondershare to try to record some streaming audio off this site from a band i like but it’s not working and i really want the music. so could you help me out by maybe getting it for me then saving it in a zip file and uploading it to a website like mediafire? If you are willing to help, please email me.

Linette97 said on : October 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm

AWESOME!! Hubby (He is a DJ) was asking me how can he download streaming audio like we do for youtube vids.. I googled & found this!! I downloaded MP3MyMP3 & it worked like a charm!!

We thank you!!!

Dave Rotherham said on : October 29th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

I read a recommendation for freecorder in a magazine, tried downloading both the Ask and plain versions, and neither worked, just took me to a software publishers home page. And I couldn’t get rid of them properly either. I have lost them from my program listing, but the toolbars keep reappearing, so there is something Kaspersky-proof still lurking. AVOID!!!!

user said on : November 19th, 2009 at 3:22 pm

I downloaded the FreeCorder app and installed the files. I opened my Firefox 3.5 browser to see that the tool bar does not exist. It know that it is installed since I see it in my program files. I looked at View, then Toolbars to see if it is there, but I do not see it.

Martin said on : November 25th, 2009 at 3:57 am

This works like a treat for streaming audio – just recorded an interview for the Caribbean, from Barbados!

rahul said on : December 1st, 2009 at 9:40 pm

you can also record using windows moviemaker.

click record audio button. select ’stereo mix’ on the box , start recording. you will get stereo sound in .wma extension.

Luis Gomes said on : December 3rd, 2009 at 6:29 am

The MP3 player worked best, dummy proof. Great simple and effective advice, thank you!
L

capex99 said on : December 3rd, 2009 at 7:51 am

I have tried several streaming audio recorders with mixed results. Here is what works best for me on both Vista and XP.

Use a combination audio recording and editing program such as free Audigy audio software that both records and edits. Use a male to male 3.5 mm cable from the earphone output to the microphone input. Optionally, use an airline type dual input Y adapter plug on the microphone input side, one side of the adapter for the input cable, another for the earphones to monitor the sound in real time.

Only caution is to not over drive the volumn. Best to record at a lower level as shown in the Audigy visual meter and then adjust to deired volumne after recorded. You can slice and dice, add effects,etc to your hearts content in Audigy.

If you have trouble on a desktop to the same desktop, try it with a laptop cabled to a PC desktop one the source and the other the recorder. Good luck.

shoaib said on : December 11th, 2009 at 1:27 am

This is for all the nooobs out their telling that freecorder does not show up-you need to make a right click on FIREFOXS top panel and select customize n then drag n drop the freecoder toolbar any where you like it to be.

Kreed said on : December 13th, 2009 at 10:21 am

Has anyone tried using Freecoder on Windows 7 yet? After reading all the comments here I think that if you are running XP both programs discussed here will work fine. So I think I am going to play it safe and use my desktop w/XP, and save myself the trouble of trying to use either program on my laptops which one has Vista and the other Windows 7. Thank you all, your comments have been very helpful.

Emily said on : December 15th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

Are there any alternative recording programs like these that work for apple computers?

jonny~5 said on : December 17th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

Hello All!

I used to use Audacity back in the XP days to record streaming video…. but ever since going to Vista, it never worked for me.

I have tried MANY different audio recording programs since (both of the options mentioned above too) and always run into the same problem….

When I playback what I recorded…. I always hear whatever noise is in the room – ie: my own voice, my wife talking to me, my dog barking.

I always attempt to change the settings via “Input Devices” and I only ever have one option, “Microphone Array (SigmaTel High Def… yada yada)”

Any suggestions to record just the audio streaming through my speakers???

Thanks a ton!

Alex Peppard said on : December 21st, 2009 at 9:56 pm

Hey thank you soo much. I’ve been looking for freeware like this for ages, and your instructions were exactly what I needed. Just felt the need to show some gratitude for saving me a lot of trouble!

Shubham said on : December 25th, 2009 at 7:23 am

Hey, a very nice trick..Really appreciated..! Thanks for the share..!

Nivas said on : December 28th, 2009 at 2:00 am

Hi, I used mp3mymp3 to record streaming audio. Fantastic, it works well in xp..Thank you.

bill said on : December 29th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

There is no “source” button in MP3myMP3 and therefore I was not able to click on it, and I so I was unable to choose “stereo mix” and was unable to record anything.

bumrush1 said on : December 31st, 2009 at 2:47 am

I downloaded freecorder and its great. i’m able to download and record to my mp3 player. Is there anyway to get caught doing this and if so would I have any legal recourse?

Teri Hanright said on : December 31st, 2009 at 11:19 am

It’s clear to me, after reading all the posts, that recording streaming audio is something that the “powers to be”. would rather have us not doing. As of dec. 2009, I cannot find a new laptop that has “stereo mix”. The recording industry has pressured the manufacturers into removing that feature. Mind you, every pre-2006 computer has stereo mix as a standard audio feature.

Thier are two programs that I have heard of that can record streaming audio. One is called “virtual cable” , and the other is “soundtap” either one might work for you. I don’t receive any royalties from these program makers. I am just sick and tired of the recording industry as a whole. Once again they are meddling with what the people want to do with technology. That group of old buzzards called the “RIAA” is obsolete.

Their only purpose is to try to protect the billions of dollars that they make by selling old music over and over again. Since they failed to stop filesharing, they figure they will stop people from recording radio on the internet, and other internet source material.

If we all ask for this feature before buying a PC or laptop, the computer manufacturers will listen. If you buy a computer blindly, and then expect you will figure it out, nothing will change. Don’t assume most external sound cards can record “what you hear” or have stereo mix, because they don’t. I have been researching the purchase of a new laptop, and I am disgusted with machines that only have 1 mono microphone input.

Please ask before you buy! Check out demo models to see if “stereo mix” exists as a recording device. The new generation of laptops out there are all crippled! The new Dell studio models may be the exception. They announced publicly that they were restoring “stereo mix” functionality due to customer pressure. But even so, ask the sales agent before purchasing.

Ben Dover said on : January 2nd, 2010 at 1:30 pm

I’m not a big fan of MYMP3, I think you should stick with FreeCorder. MYMP3 seems like spyware possibly.

michael said on : January 6th, 2010 at 7:29 am

HI
I am trying to download and save audio from Quick time. I don’t have the PRO version.

I have downloaded the toolbar. I can hear the recording but it is not being recorded by Freecoder. Freecoder never says that it is recording – says waiting for audio.

Kindly let me know what to do.

thanks

dave said on : January 8th, 2010 at 5:56 pm

I agree with post 78,92, and 108.. when I started to download MyMp3 I noticed some things did not seem right. wrote them down and deleted the program.. spyware yes! were my feelings, you know the saying nothing is for free !
found these items while downloading and they did not remove themselfs when I removed mymp3. had to search for them… Relevant Knowledge Software, TMRG inc., Com store inc.. could be more? was not sure what was what and don’t like this kinda of crap… I would rather pay a few bucks and and have clean software..

deke said on : January 9th, 2010 at 2:42 pm

Its not 100% compatible with Windows Vista because required “Stereo Mix” input. Here is a special sound recorder for Windows 7/Vista:

abyssmedia.com/isound7/

Andrew said on : January 12th, 2010 at 4:44 pm

FreeCorder 4 is unable to record Midi files played from the Internet!

bill said on : January 12th, 2010 at 7:19 pm

Yes MP3MYMP3 contains spyware! That relevant knowledge thing. Spent a couple of hours cleaning it all up.

Keb said on : January 18th, 2010 at 1:55 pm

Here is how you turn on “stereo Mix” or “what u hear” in Vista and win 7

http://www.singsnap.com/snap/forum/topic/aa373f

Gene said on : January 18th, 2010 at 5:20 pm

Why does the CD I made with FreeCorder play on my computer but not on another player? Am I converting to the wrong files?

Thanks,
Gene

Vivi said on : January 19th, 2010 at 4:11 am

I have windows 7 Starter on my netbook. I installed the software properly, did not change any settings and pressed the “record audio” when I play a song on a website. The “wave” are appearing, but when I press “stop recording”, Freerecorder does not answer anymore and I have to go through Task Manager to stop it.

Did that happened to somebody else already?

Henri said on : January 19th, 2010 at 4:12 am

Hey guys!

I was wondering if there is a version of Freerecorder that can be instored on Google Chrome. I haven’t found any other forum anywhere else…

Henri.

Jace said on : January 23rd, 2010 at 12:40 am

This is a great program for recording streaming audio. I tried FreeCorder, not the other program everyone says has spyware. FreeCorder worked great though! Thanks!

Bill said on : January 29th, 2010 at 7:32 am

I don’t know what ’streaming’ means. That said, is it possible to record on a CD, my SONGZA playlist? I have windows xp, but I’m not really knowledgeable re abbreviations or computer-speak. Thanx. Bill

Pat said on : January 31st, 2010 at 11:57 pm

Downloaded freecorder 4 and really find it works beautifully in Firefox 5.0. My only issue is that some of the mp3s download into over 100+ files (bits). When I play, the bit stops at the end and will not go to the next bit. How do I combine these bits into a cohesive listening mp3. These Mp3s are interviews that I really want to listen to again and again.

Thanks for your help.

Aaron said on : February 5th, 2010 at 10:30 pm

Is recording a song off youtube legal?

Hussein said on : February 6th, 2010 at 2:17 pm

stationripper stopped working, so i guess I had to find an alternative to record streaming audio, hope freecorder does work,,,,,,,,,,,

Lvv426 said on : February 6th, 2010 at 10:57 pm

I have downloaded The software but cannot find the way to run it while I am listening to a audio on my laptop.Just for my understanding I wanted to confirm that this particular software can copy the audio running in the laptop.I hope I have understood it well.Please guide me as to how Am i suppose to run the software and the procedure to be followed when I play the audio clip.

Also I would like to know if there is any software which can helpme save audio and video files played in a licensed software.

Please help…its really urgent…Any suggestions and comments is awaited…

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