Very kind of you to share all this wisdom
Stream Recorder. I'll fully understand if you don't have time to react to comments below
Perhaps there is a "sound ripping for beginners" web place I shud visit before haunting these boards!
So if I follow, it would help to
a) get a better sound card (something I was considering)
b) uninstall (???) Alive -> replace with Audacity
However I now need to search the web to grasp the meaning of
i. "lossless codecs" and put it in context.
ii. the technical nuance between "capture" and "record"
iii. "they can't record any audio stream like Direct sound recording software does. But they don't re-compress streams giving you the best quality."
'fraid I'm not very clear on meaning of this.
Also, is the suggestion that it isn't possible to record/capture quality classical music from radio streaming?
Wonder if 'listen again' radio streaming is the same technically as live?
iv. "However 'coz audio streams are usually broadcast at a low bit-rate there is no sense to capture classical music."
Again do I take it you saying that effectively there is no way at present to record/capture live or replay audio/radio web streaming?
v. Is it technically feasible for a total tech newbie to uninstall Alive and replace it with Audacity?
For background, the writer here is a 56-yr-old EU political affairs journalist, somewhat housebound by rheumatoid arthritis. Though a surfer and e-publisher of 14 years standing, technical ability is as limited as the physical mobility!!!
Have you renounced recording classical music from live web radio stream? If not what mechanisms do you use or recommend?
Thank you most sincerely for starting me off with this intelligence and for any further remarks.