How to record SHOUTcast radio stations

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SHOUTcast is a huge and fast-growing Internet radio directory and free-of-charge audio streaming server solution. Both hobbyists and professionals from any part of the world are enabled to create their own online radio station for free. That is why the number of SHOUTcast users grows rapidly since its launch. Now over 30.000 online radio stations are hosted - tremendous free music source you can stay tuned with. Well, it would be nice to record some new hits or any great song you always forget the name of. The few simple requirements here should be: no audio quality loss, correct song tagging and automatic exclusion of any commercials and DJ speech (record music only). RadioGet online radio recorder suits these requirements and becomes the editor's choice.

RadioGet can record thousands of free Internet radio stations of SHOUTcast standard, when streaming audio comes in MP3 format. While recording, the software accurately recognizes music downloads by available metadata and separates them into MP3 files. RadioGet installs its own imbedded database with approximately 25.000 online radio stations. They all are arranged by music genre/sub-genre that makes navigation much easier. For more accurate results, RadioGet user can browse the database using Search feature by station title or music genre.

In case your favorite stations are missing, you can always add them manually. On SHOUTcast radio stations can be heard either online via SHOUTcast player or with installed digital media players e.g. Winamp, Windows Media Player, iTunes etc. To play the station, save its playlist PLS file to your computer. After that you may record it. Launch RadioGet, click "Add Station" button and point on desired playlist file on your computer. If the radio station's playlist file has some other extension (M3U, ASX), there's still a way to create PLS file manually and record online radio station with RadioGet. Open any PLS file in text editor and replace the desired stream address and port. The required URL address and port you may copy from M3U/ASX file properties. Save the new file with PLS extension and add to RadioGet library.

RadioGet online radio recorder can download songs from several Internet stations simultaneously. But don't forget to control your computer performance in case it's not very fast. Recorded MP3 files will be sorted according to the artist name in application output folder. You can also use RadioGet as easy to use radio player and start/stop online radio recording by demand.

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Michelle Campbell is a software developer, observer and writer primarily on computer, Internet and multimedia topics. Visit our Top Converter Reviews website for the full article RadioGet: online radio recorder, other media software reviews, comparisons and charts.

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