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Streamripper

• Streamripper is a standalone command-line utility to record online audio streams (primarily from Shoutcast). Install:

sudo apt-get install streamripper

• Read the instructions from the command line:

man streamripper

• Find out the URL (e.g. http://208.85.242.52:8028) of the streaming broadcast you wish to record (either from Shoutcast or through Amarok, for example). Make sure your firewall is open for the relevant port (in the example port 8028).

• Start Streamripper, saving the files to your chosen directory (e.g. /home/user/recordedmusic):

streamripper URL -d /home/user/recordedmusic

or, in the example:

streamripper http://208.85.242.52:8028 -d /home/user/recordedmusic

• The most common problem with captures is the break point between songs. It may be necessary to adjust the breakpoint.

• Each of my songs contain about 2 seconds (2000 milliseconds) of the previous song. How can I fix this?

streamripper URL -d /home/user/recordedmusic --xs_offset=2000

• Each of my songs contain about 2 seconds (2000 milliseconds) of the next song. How can I fix this?

streamripper URL -d /home/user/recordedmusic --xs_offset=-2000

• Each of my songs contain between 5 and 10 seconds of the previous song, but it depends on the song. How can I include all of this zone within both songs, and edit them later?

streamripper URL -d /home/user/recordedmusic --xs_offset=7500 --xs_padding=2500:2500

• Use Audacity to edit the ripped audio file.

Troubleshooting

• Make sure to read all the instructions:

man streamripper.

• If a song occurs twice in a stream, the default behaviour is to write both songs, numbering the duplicates (the -o version option). If you wish to instead only keep the largest copy of a song (assuming the smaller copies are truncated in some way by the break point algorithm), then use the -o larger option. This will overwrite the original copy of the song only if the new copy is larger. Example:

 streamripper http://208.85.242.52:8028 -o larger -d /home/user/recordedmusic --xs_offset=2000 --xs_padding=3000:3000

• Streampripper identifies itself as "Streamripper/1.x" in the http request. If you wish some privacy and to specify a different user agent, use the -u useragent option. For example:

  streamripper URL -d /home/user/recordedmusic -u SimplePlayer/1.x -o larger --xs_offset=2000 --xs_padding=3000:3000