Comments on: RipShout: rip Shoutcast internet radio stations to your hard drive with RipShout http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/ Freeware reviews and downloads, featuring the coolest, best free software Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:04:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-125772 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:49:58 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-125772 I think it's great to save hits from radio stations, I really didn't know we can do that until I found a good soft, Radiotracker, and now I have 'tons' of music only from internet radio stations. I think it’s great to save hits from radio stations, I really didn’t know we can do that until I found a good soft, Radiotracker, and now I have ‘tons’ of music only from internet radio stations.

]]> By: Adam http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-107771 Adam Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:03:43 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-107771 Author here. Thanks for the feedback, I'll keep it in mind for the next version but as the OP guessed, I'm trying to keep Ripshout pretty simple. I apologize for not liking streamripper or screameradio. Its ok if you do, everyone has different requrements. I just wanted something small and intuitive that rips one stream cleanly with a small footprint. I'm a little suprised someone complained about the .Net requirement, I thought everyone had it installed anyway. Thanks for the writeup. =o) Author here. Thanks for the feedback, I’ll keep it in mind for the next version but as the OP guessed, I’m trying to keep Ripshout pretty simple.

I apologize for not liking streamripper or screameradio. Its ok if you do, everyone has different requrements.

I just wanted something small and intuitive that rips one stream cleanly with a small footprint. I’m a little suprised someone complained about the .Net requirement, I thought everyone had it installed anyway.

Thanks for the writeup. =o)

]]> By: Greg http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-106046 Greg Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:58:32 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-106046 Great, it's a wonderfull application :D Sorry my english, becasuse Im hungarian boy :) Great, it’s a wonderfull application :D Sorry my english, becasuse Im hungarian boy :)

]]> By: Milla http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-95490 Milla Thu, 29 May 2008 13:29:02 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-95490 I'm using Radiotracker for ripping radio stations and also for downloading musics from there. I think that it is a good tool cause it can rip many radios. Besides that it has some features which are very useful. I’m using Radiotracker for ripping radio stations and also for downloading musics from there. I think that it is a good tool cause it can rip many radios. Besides that it has some features which are very useful.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-90795 Anonymous Sun, 18 May 2008 12:43:53 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-90795 Using Streamripper. Maybe I'll use this one to rip an additional stream at the same time. Thanks! @ Ola Thanks for that link where I also found the DSP effect stacker for Winamp! Just what I needed. Using Streamripper. Maybe I’ll use this one to rip an additional stream at the same time. Thanks!
@ Ola
Thanks for that link where I also found the DSP effect stacker for Winamp! Just what I needed.

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]]> By: fritz freiheit.com » Friday link dump http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-81920 fritz freiheit.com » Friday link dump Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:06:40 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-81920 [...] RipShout: rip Shoutcast internet radio stations to your hard drive with RipShout Review & Downlo... [...] [...] RipShout: rip Shoutcast internet radio stations to your hard drive with RipShout Review & Downlo… [...]

]]> By: Samer http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-81590 Samer Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:03:48 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-81590 I agree with you guys that Screamer Radio is a better option. Streamripper looks good too (I think the last time I encountered this one it did not have a frontend and I decided to pass it voer). Despite having reviewed Screamer Radio, I forgot that it provided the option to save streams locally (its been more than a year since that review). On the other hand, it is possible that some users might appreciate RipShout's bare-bones simplicity. I agree with you guys that Screamer Radio is a better option. Streamripper looks good too (I think the last time I encountered this one it did not have a frontend and I decided to pass it voer).

Despite having reviewed Screamer Radio, I forgot that it provided the option to save streams locally (its been more than a year since that review).

On the other hand, it is possible that some users might appreciate RipShout’s bare-bones simplicity.

]]> By: Joe http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-81495 Joe Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:11:00 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-81495 I've seen that problem, but only a few times. I thought it was related to my use of an alternative shell on my laptop. I don't think it's related to auto-updating, especially since it hasn't been developed for quite some time now (sadly). It's got to be a bug in the GUI coding. I haven't been using it so much lately because I started using SqueezeCenter and SoftSqueeze to stream and control my desktop's music library to my laptop while I'm at work. I’ve seen that problem, but only a few times. I thought it was related to my use of an alternative shell on my laptop.

I don’t think it’s related to auto-updating, especially since it hasn’t been developed for quite some time now (sadly). It’s got to be a bug in the GUI coding. I haven’t been using it so much lately because I started using SqueezeCenter and SoftSqueeze to stream and control my desktop’s music library to my laptop while I’m at work.

]]> By: jespard http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-81256 jespard Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:12:02 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-81256 I got inspired to listen to Screamer Radio it is a personal favorite but I noticed it auto-updates with what seems to be a broken version. The menu is missing some top level items such as Preset and Recording. Anybody else experience this. I got inspired to listen to Screamer Radio it is a personal favorite but I noticed it auto-updates with what seems to be a broken version. The menu is missing some top level items such as Preset and Recording. Anybody else experience this.

]]> By: Midas http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-81124 Midas Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:30:07 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-81124 Without having tried RipShout, I imediatly wanted to post my impression that Screamer Radio would be a much better choice for this purpose, but Joe beat me to it with a rather thoughtful account of the reasons supporting such opinion. Do check Screamer Radio out. Thanks to both Samer & Joe. Without having tried RipShout, I imediatly wanted to post my impression that Screamer Radio would be a much better choice for this purpose, but Joe beat me to it with a rather thoughtful account of the reasons supporting such opinion. Do check Screamer Radio out. Thanks to both Samer & Joe.

]]> By: Ola http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-80958 Ola Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:44:38 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-80958 Give me a reason why this is better than StreamRipper. I've used it for years. It tags and bags it in folders. It also keeps a 10-30sek buffer in case the line is jumpy. http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/about.php This is an old post but the sound is still a blizz: http://bloggotype.blogspot.com/2005/08/perfect-sound.html In case you are interested to record multiple streams, check out Station ripper which can Records some 600 streams at one time. I'm not sure if it still gets the album cover as well (it used to). And yes, it smaller and takes less CPU, free, portable and...and yes you can read about the rest on their homepage. Give me a reason why this is better than StreamRipper. I’ve used it for years. It tags and bags it in folders.
It also keeps a 10-30sek buffer in case the line is jumpy.
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/about.php
This is an old post but the sound is still a blizz: http://bloggotype.blogspot.com/2005/08/perfect-sound.html
In case you are interested to record multiple streams, check out Station ripper which can Records some 600 streams at one time. I’m not sure if it still gets the album cover as well (it used to). And yes, it smaller and takes less CPU, free, portable and…and yes you can read about the rest on their homepage.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-80927 Christopher Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:24:33 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-80927 The installer reports that it needs .NET 3.5 - not 3.0. The installer reports that it needs .NET 3.5 – not 3.0.

]]> By: Joe http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-internet-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/comment-page-1/#comment-80902 Joe Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:17:43 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/04/22/ripshout-rip-shoutcast-radio-stations-to-your-hard-drive-with-ripshout/#comment-80902 So this seems much simpler than Screamer Radio (your review: http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/01/20/screamer-radio/ ) However, too much simplicity might not be a good thing. Screamer solves several of the problems you listed: 1 It doesn't require .NET 2 It doesn't require the Shoutcast protocol 3 It handles mp3, ogg, and wma streams 4 You can save only the songs you choose as you listen 5 Since it's mainly a player, you shouldn't have any problems hearing it Plus, it includes a database of stations, allows you to build a list of favorites, it doesn't require installation, and is a good internet radio player with a small footprint - especially compared to bloatware like Winamp and WMP. There wasn't much about recording in your earlier review. Screamer allows you to set a buffer size (in KB) of the stream, which remains in RAM as you listen. If you set it high enough for your chosen encoding bitrate, it will be able to save the portion of the file in the buffer as well as the rest of the track. For example, at 128 kbps, if you have the buffer set to 4800 KB, pressing record as late as 5 minutes into the song will still result in the entire track being saved. You can tell it to stop after the current track or continue to record the stream. It can sort recordings into .\station\artist subfolders and has a couple of other options for folder and track naming. Like all technology, there is a trade-off between flexibility and ease-of-use. RipShout certainly looks dead-simple. So this seems much simpler than Screamer Radio (your review: http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/01/20/screamer-radio/ )
However, too much simplicity might not be a good thing. Screamer solves several of the problems you listed:
1 It doesn’t require .NET
2 It doesn’t require the Shoutcast protocol
3 It handles mp3, ogg, and wma streams
4 You can save only the songs you choose as you listen
5 Since it’s mainly a player, you shouldn’t have any problems hearing it

Plus, it includes a database of stations, allows you to build a list of favorites, it doesn’t require installation, and is a good internet radio player with a small footprint – especially compared to bloatware like Winamp and WMP.

There wasn’t much about recording in your earlier review. Screamer allows you to set a buffer size (in KB) of the stream, which remains in RAM as you listen. If you set it high enough for your chosen encoding bitrate, it will be able to save the portion of the file in the buffer as well as the rest of the track. For example, at 128 kbps, if you have the buffer set to 4800 KB, pressing record as late as 5 minutes into the song will still result in the entire track being saved.

You can tell it to stop after the current track or continue to record the stream. It can sort recordings into .\station\artist subfolders and has a couple of other options for folder and track naming.

Like all technology, there is a trade-off between flexibility and ease-of-use. RipShout certainly looks dead-simple.

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