If your broadcast is audio only, I believe Audicity (
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) has the ability to record from either the
computer's input (line in or microphone) or output (speakers).  It does a
fine job, but might take some digging to find out how to configure it.  Here
is a link to their instructions on how to record streaming audio
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=streaming.  Audicity
is a free download.

Ron Jobe


On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Don Penlington <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Brenda wrote:
>
>> I listen to a broadcast at a website on my pc but it does not give an opt=
>> ion to download.=20=20=20
>> Is there a way to download to my pc?>>
>>
>
>
> Depending which browser you use, there may be a way to do this without
> specialised software.
>
> First, empty the browser cache. (in IE, go to tools/Internet options/
> Temporary Internet Files and click the button "empty temp internet files".
>
> Then run the broadcast.
>
> Before you exit the program or the browser, open Internet Options again,
> and this time click the button "View files". Or find the Temporary Internet
> Files folder on your C-drive manually and open it.
>
> With luck, you may be able to spot the sound file you want to keep. It may
> have an extension .wav or some other audio extension. It will be a
> relatively large file.
>
> You can't play or open it directly from the browser cache.  But you can
> copy it to another folder, where it should run in the normal way.
>
> You can do this with most audio or video files in the browser cache, by
> simply copying them to another location.
>
> You can also use this method to save Youtube video clips, though it's
> easier to use specialised free software for this (Google for Youtube
> Downloader).
>
> The reason for emptying the folder first is that otherwise it will be full
> of many other items from all your browsing sessions, which makes it very
> difficult to find the exact file you want.
>
> Some websites protect their content by removing it from the cache upon
> exiting the site, or even by preventing the data entering the cache at all,
> in which case you're out of luck unless you record the sound live as it
> streams in. You may be able to do this by using Sound Recorder (built into
> XP) and saving the result. But it's likely to be a very large file.
> Third-party sound recorders may do a better job but I don't know, I've never
> used one.
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
>
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