Travel Technology - Recording internet radio - software

I'm trying to find a (preferably) free piece of software that would allow me to record "live" streamed radio broadcasts off the 'Net... Anybody has done this?

I sometimes miss online shows because of traveling or bad timing, would love to listen to them as a MP3/WMV/WAV/etc.

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This is an excellent option: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

From looking at it, I don't think that Audacity has the capability to launch a URL with a scheduler...

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Ah - only half read this :) As a recording tool it is easily the best option, but you're right - it doesn't do that.

While I have not done it for over a year or so, I used MP3VCR to do this a year or so ago. I would stream a radiostation on the weekends on my machine at work, save it one hour chunks, and listen to it on planes.

It's free, available over at

http://www.mp3vcr.com/

It's a tad clunky for setting up a start time, you have to generate a batch command line for your station, url, time you want to record, etc, and then use a scheduler to start the batch file. But since you mention launching with a scheduler, you seem to be OK with that.

You put in all your settings, it will generate the batch commands for you with a couple mouse clicks.

There are probably easier interfaces out there, but this one will work.

I have been using Audio Hijack Pro. It isnt free but it is easy to use and lots of features such as choosing inputs, timed recording and breaking the recorded files into selected block sizes automatically. It may be Mac only. I only use it on Macs.

I have been using Audio Hijack Pro. It isnt free but it is easy to use and lots of features such as choosing inputs, timed recording and breaking the recorded files into selected block sizes automatically. It may be Mac only. I only use it on Macs.
I'll second the Audio Hijack Pro (http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/) recommendation. I use it not only to record streaming radio but also to take audio from applications (even including iTunes) and run it through some equalizers and dynamic compressors to shape the sound to how I like it. It's very flexible.

The company that produces Audio Hijack Pro, Rogue Amoeba (http://www.rogueamoeba.com/), has a wide range of very useful apps. It's worth taking a look at their product lineup--one is called Radioshift (http://www.rogueamoeba.com/radioshift/) and appears to make recording streaming media easy. (Audio Hijack Pro is very flexible but also somewhat complicated.)