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Old 07-19-2011, 04:36 PM
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Re: record/rip/download/save/capture the SiriusXM feeds


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Originally Posted by everything0 View Post
This will help: xmtuner.net

It runs as a local server that does the authentication/pulls the stream URL from Sirius, then redirects you to the direct stream, which is not encrypted. (Note: this program picks up the legacy WMA feeds, which are 128 kbps) -- I'm not sure what the new AAC stream bitrates are.
I've used that and SiriusXMStreamer, too, but as you said they use the legacy feeds. While the music channels are primarily in 128kbps majority of talk channels are in 48kbps, highly compressed and not in stereo, despite the stream being stereo.

I believe the new feeds are AAC-HE 64kbps.
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