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Title: Radio Recordings
Post by: GillE on October 21, 2007, 12:07

Sometimes I record direct from a digital radio to my computer.  Often, but not always, the playback sounds tinny and distorted.  Is this some form of digital rights management software?  It's really frustrating because the programmes are often broadcast when it's not convenient for me to listen to them and I'd really like to be able to transfer them to an MP3 player so that I can listen to them at my leisure.

Can anyone suggest how I might do this?

Gill

Title: Re: Radio Recordings
Post by: Simon on October 21, 2007, 12:27

I had a similar problem recently, Gill, and I found a little thing called Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/), which did the job nicely.  It allows you to convert the recorded media into an MP3 file.  :)

Edit:  Just re-read your post - I used this for recording direct from the BBC radio player, but it might still do what you want it to.

Title: Re: Radio Recordings
Post by: GillE on October 21, 2007, 12:42

Thanks for the suggestion, Simon, but I'm already using Audacity to record.

Gill

Title: Re: Radio Recordings
Post by: Simon on October 21, 2007, 13:19

I'm just wondering if you're recording at a low bitrate, Gill?  Other than that, sorry, I'm out of ideas, but I'm sure someone will have other suggestions.

Title: Re: Radio Recordings
Post by: Reno on November 01, 2007, 05:38

Are you talking about that satellite radio?

There's this piece of software I found for recording cassette taps to mp3 called polderbiS Sound Recorder. It isn't freeware but it has a trial and will record from any specified port and mute all other sound devices for the duration of the recording. If you have a double male cable you can just run a cable and record away.