One of the easiest ways to increase a music collection is to record Internet radio streams. Just like recording conventional radio, recording Internet radio is legal in many countries. Putting legalities aside, it is also one of the fastest and most comfortable option.
But it has its drawbacks as well. Since it is only possible to select radio stations for recording, it is possible to end up with duplicate songs and songs that the recording user does not like.
We have reviewed many programs in the past that can be used to record Internet radio, from Streamripper over Streamrecorder to Radiosure, but none were that comfortable to use as streamWriter.
It takes less than a minute to record the first Internet radio station with streamWriter, thanks to its intuitive interface, and the fact that it is offered as a portable version and installer.
A radio station browser on the right offers filtering and search options to find suitable radio stations. The stations can be filtered by genre or quality (kbps), and searched for by name.
Users who have a favorite radio station can add the stream url to the application, to record that radio station as well.
A single click on any radio station in the station browser adds it to the list of stations that are recorded by streamWriter. All Internet radio stations added this way are displayed with their name, the current song title, the data received, the amount of songs recorded, the recording speed and the state.
recorded internet radio song listing
Recordings can be stopped and resumed at anytime. It is furthermore possible to listen to the stream or recorded songs and save the information in playlists.
Users who download the latest stable version of the radio recorder won’t see all features that the developer has implemented in the last month. One of the most interesting additions, besides from some layout changes, is the ability to cut mp3 right in the application. This can be handy to remove ads and other contents from the recorded songs.
The latest version of the program is offered as a download on the same page as the stable versions. I did not notice any stability or performance issues in that version.
StreamWriter is a comfortable easy to learn program to record multiple Internet radio streams at once. The program is Open Source and offered as a portable version and setup. It is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Windows operating system, and available for download at the developer website.
Update: The developer has released StreamWriter 3, a new and improved version. You can read about StreamWriter 3.0 here.
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Very interesting, since I’m trying to get the HDI streams of http://1club.fm channels. They lowered their bandwidth recently (used RadioSure since then) and now you have to use IE with the jetcast player to listen in high quality. I understand it, but there is no comfortable way to record the stream anymore. Unfortunately not with streamwriter too. IMHO there must be (at least) a way to connect to the local stream of IE/jetcast Player. Tried already to connect to the IP:Ports used by IE, but…
But, since the programmer is a german guy, I will give him a call. Let’s see what is possible.
Thomas