cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com - Record CBS radio online (Icecast MP3 audio stream)

[EladCanada]

It seems as though CBS is slowly moving all its radio stations to stream through

http://www.streamtheworld.com

. These are streams that are hidden behind a Flash player and I haven't been able to figure out what the direct URL for the stream is in order to record it.

Has anyone come across these streams yet, and do you know how to find out the URL?

Here's an example:

http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/index.php?CALLSIGN=WFANAM

I couldn't get the URL with URL Snooper so I used Proxomitron. Its log window showed the following:

+++GET 11+++
GET /WFANAM?streamtheworld_user=1&NOBUF=1163151296515&u sername=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD HTTP/1.0
Accept: */*
x-flash-version: 8,0,24,0
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Host: 64.235.213.11
Connection: keep-alive

+++RESP 11+++
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: audio/mpeg
icy-br: 48
ice-audio-info: ice-samplerate=44100;ice-bitrate=48;ice-channels=2
icy-br: 48
icy-description: STW Mount Station
icy-name: WFANAM
icy-pub: 0
Server: STW Media Gateway 1.74a
Content-Length: 200000000
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:35:00 GMT
Connection: Keep-Alive

So we have an Icecast stream with the following URL

http://64.235.213.11/WFANAM?streamtheworld_user=1&NOBUF=1163151296515&username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD

Only use the username and password values that you see in your log window of Proxomitron instead of YOUR_USERNAME and YOUR_PASSWORD above.

Icecast stream can be recorded by many media stream recorders and audio stream rippers.

I was able to record with Replay A/V, NetTransport and HiDownload, for example.

[EladCanada]

This is awesome. Thank you so much!

I've also been introduced, thanks to the you, to the absolutely terrific Replay A/V. I just downloaded it and it's a great little program.

If you want to download Icecast/Shoutcast streams only, you may use a free audio stream ripper like StreamRipper.

Replay A/V is great and easy to use. And it can record almost any audio/video stream. I wish it was as powerful as WM Recorder when recording Windows Media audio/video streams and RealAudio/Video streaming.

[EladCanada]

I like Replay A/V. It does the trick for me and since I do a lot of recording anyway it will probably work out for me.

I have another question though: Is there a way to play these streams in an audio player and not have to go through theirs? None of my players seem to be able to recognize this link.

Originally Posted by EladCanada

I have another question though: Is there a way to play these streams in an audio player and not have to go through theirs? None of my players seem to be able to recognize this link.

I use winamp to play any music. There are some other players that support Shoutcast/Icecast streaming like FreeAmp or XMMS. You may find the list of players at Icecast.org .

[EladCanada]

Originally Posted by Stream Recorder

I use winamp to play any music. There are some other players that support Shoutcast/Icecast streaming like FreeAmp or XMMS. You may find the list of players at Icecast.org .

Winamp doesn't seem to be recognizing that link. I'm getting an HTTP/1.0 800 Bad Request message. I guess I'll have to try one of those other players.

The list of media players can be found at
www.icecast.org/3rdparty.php

Winamp 5 and Winamp 2.95, MPlayer didn't work for me with this stream. VLC got network packets from the server, but no audio signal was coming through my sound card.

Would anyone be able to get the info needed to stream the radio station KROQ on winamp?

The url to the flash player is:

http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/?CALLSIGN=KROQFM

[crazibri]

I just figured out KROQ and CBSPlayer's technology.
They use IceCast hidden in a flash embeded program. Basically it seems Streamtheworld uses opensource software to provide a service. Nice way to make money!

Anyway, I'm playing KROQ on Quicktime on my Mac by using:
icy://64.235.213.12/KROQFM

icy is the protocol for Icecast. If Winamp has a plugin, it should work too.
You should be able to run this on Windows Media player. I tried that and it worked for me.