I use to record Hitz.FM Club Hitz every Saturday at 10pm so I can listen to them again whenever I want to. No, I did not use the traditional method of recording it to tapes from a radio player. Things are much more advanced now. I record streaming radio using my computer and I am going to show you how I do it.
There are tons of sharewares that is able to easily record streaming audio but why pay when you can do it for free? Of course there are cracks and keygenerators for those shareware but I am not going to encourage piracy. The free and manual way of recording streaming audio requires 2 freewares and a few steps. Trust me, it’s not that hard.
I will show you an example on how I record Hitz.FM streaming radio.
You need to download and install 2 softwares.
1. URLSnooper
– URL Snooper provides easy solution to finding the URLs for all streams by by watching network traffic and identifying potential urls, especially streaming media urls.
2. Flashget (Or any other download manager)
– One of world’s most popular download manager.
Steps to capture and record streaming audio:
1. Run URLSnooper.
2. Open Hitz.fm website on Internet Explorer
3. Click on the top right where it says “What’s Playing Now“.
A new window will appear asking you to login. You can register for a free epass account and login.
4. Once the player is loaded, check URL Snooper. It will show you a few URLs.
There are 2 types of streaming audio that you can capture and record. Windows Media MMS Stream or RTSP.
5. Right click on either one protocol, and select “Copy Selected URL(s) to Clipboard“.
6. Now run FlashGet and press F4. You will get a “Add new download” window. By default, it should automatically paste the URL to FlashGet. Just make sure you set the Threads From main site as “1” and hit the OK button.
7. FlashGet will now download the streaming radio. Pause the download whenever you want to stop recording.
Important Note: If you selected RTSP protocol to record, you won’t get any file extension. Simple add .asf file extension at the end of the filename and play with your favorite audio player to listen to the recorded streaming radio. If you select Windows Media mms stream, FlashGet will automatically assign .asf file extension. So you don’t need to modify the extension and you can directly play on your favorite audio player.
Since Hitz.fm streaming radio is powered by Digital Visual Radio(DVR), you can also record 16 live music channels using the method above. How cool is that?
HITZ – English
MIX – English
LIGHT & EASY – English
CLASSIC ROCK – English
GOLDEN OLDIES – English
NOSTALGIA – English
JAZZ GREATS – English
OPUS – English
MY – Chinese
MELODY – Chinese
ERA – Bahasa Malaysia
SINAR FM – Bahasa Malaysia
XFRESH FM – Bahasa Malaysia
INDIA BEAT – Hindi
OSAI – Tamil
MUSIQ’A – Arabic
I am sure this method works with many other online streaming radio stations as well. Hope you’ve learn something new today.
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