Whats the best software for recording real audio streams and converting to mp3?
Keep in mind the quality will get (even) worse when reencoding to mp3 This is true, and particularly noticeable if you’re listening through earphones or earplugs. But since most streaming audio is low quality, anyway, you’re not losing much, or else likely won’t care. However, many of the programs listed here will let you control the MP3 settings, so you can record at a higher resolution than the sound is being transmitted, preserving it, for all practical purposes, as you would have otherwise heard it. Some even let you record to AIFF or AAC, which will make big files which offer near-perfect reproduction of what is being streamed. if you can you should try to get whatever player you use to use a realaudio codec instead. The whole problem with streaming content that these programs solve is that you usually have to be online to hear it, so using a RealAudio codec is not an option if you want to play the files offline, such as on an iPod. Audio Hijack Pro gives you many audio filters wh
