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Originally Posted by Pennywhistler
YOU said "Recording media streams on Mac OS is a real headache. One is lucky if he/she can record in real time."
And THAT is just bosh. WireTap records in real time with one click, and WireTap Pro that you pay for has a timer-record feature.
I made it quite clear that I was NOT referring to "software for OS X that will download an archived stream as a file", so you don't have to tell me what the original question was.
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Stream recording has a very ambiguos meaning. It is used in whatever way the software vendor likes it to be used.
In my statement by stream recording on Mac OS I obviously meant stream capturing/ripping/downloading on Mac OS.
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Originally Posted by Pennywhistler
My point is that the timer-record function is the next best thing. And you don't have to deal with those crappy limited-function rippers. That ShoutCast thing ONLY records mp3 files, so good luck recording BBC radio plays or NPR programs or anything else. WireTap records everything.
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Direct sound recording has many disadvantages which many experienced users know well. Here are some of them:
- You get bigger files or lower quality.
- You can end up with system sounds or any other sounds in your recordings
- You can't do many things on your computer that involve sound card usage, when something is recorded.
- You can't record multiple streams at the same time (unless you have multiple sound cards)
- You can't split and tag recorded songs (unless you use Replay Music for Windows that can record anything from your sound card automaticaly splitting and tagging songs)
So obviously it is better to capture/rip/download streams in most cases. And you can use many applications for that, but most of them work on Windows only.
The main
advantage of direct sound recording is that you can record any sound produced by your sound card.
p.s. Both types of programs can have or have no scheduling feature.