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 .