[esquire]

Hello All,

I am looking for a FREE stream recorder than can capture audio at 320kbps. It doesnt have to have any other fancy capabilites. Just that i can press record and stop and name the track myself.

Does one exist?

Thank you in advance, Esquire.

[Stream Recorder]

Usually MP3 radio stream streams are broadcasted at a bitrate of 128 kbps. And of course while capturing/ripping/downloading such streams you will get the files with the bitrate of the broadcast.

If you like to record any audio produced by your sound card, you may use the following freeware direct sound recording programs (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-audio-stream/direct-sound-recording.htm):
MP3DirectCut (http://all-streaming-media.com/edit-audio-video/MP3DirectCut-free-MP3-editor-Cut-copy-paste-change-volume.htm), HardDiskOGG (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-audio-stream/direct-sound-recording.htm), Audacity (http://all-streaming-media.com/edit-audio-video/Audacity-free-sound-editor-Windows-Linux-MacOSX.htm), Freecorder Toolbar. These programs can record sound with any bit-rate you choose even if you wanna go with mostly redundant 320 kbsp.