Comment BlogMatrix Sparks records Real and WMP formats (Score 2, Interesting) 153
I've been working on BlogMatrix Sparks! for the last few months and it's definitely what this person is looking for:
- it's open source
- can record most -- every one I've seen -- streaming radio formats (including Windows Media and Real Player)
- it runs as a native (GUI) app on Windows and Mac and (in the works) as a Python app on Linux
- it converts recorded programs into MP3s
- MP3s are optionally treated as Podcasts and stored in iTunes or Windows Media Player
- there's a searchable directory of thousands of radio stations. This is really important as many radio stations try to hide their recording URIs
- radio can be recorded now, once only at a particular time or on a repeating basis (i.e. weekly)
- programming information is encoded into URI fragments to allow programming to be shared amongst multiple users
- here's some (old) screenshots
Credit where credit is due: this is an integration project on top of MPlayer and Lame. Ongoing project news is in our blog.
- David Janes
