How do I record music from a website?

[lazyturbo]

I'm trying to obtain music that is playing on a website. It is from a Flash (.swf) file, so I can't go "View Source" in Internet Explorer and find the link.

Is there a program that allows me to record music that is playing from my browser?...or a program that can let me view the source code for the Flash file?

[andkiich]

camstudio

[MOVIEGEEK]

Yeah Camstudio is good for video but most soundcards will work with www.cdwave.com or Audacity .Go to Volume Control(or Mixer) and in Recording select "Stereo Mixer" or "What you Hear".

[lazyturbo]

When I used Audacity to record the stream, the stream was lagging for split seconds 3 or 4 times while I was playing it in Internet Explorer and recording with Audacity.

The song plays back fine when I'm not recording at all, so it must be my computer power, although I don't see the red light blinking like mad when its recording.

I have 128mb P3 650. I think that should be plenty for simply recording audio. Is there a setting I should change that would make the audio not lag when recording?

[northcat_8]

Correct me if I'm wrong....but doesn't a sound file playing on a website actually end up in your temporary internet files?

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

I know it does with normal website sound in wav files, not sure about flash files though.

[indolikaa]

I use SoundForge.

I just select 'Wave/DirectSound' or 'What U Hear' on my mixing console and SoundForge grabs it. This is an analog capture method but it works fine.

[lazyturbo]

Thanks Moviegeek, CD Wave worked perfectly.

[northcat_8]

The sound file for flash sites is also stored in your temporary internet files...you can just copy and paste it....no need to "capture" it.

[lazyturbo]

hmm...tho i wouldnt know wut i would be called in the Temporary files. I also was only able to save it as .swf....so I dont know how to extract sound from that.

Anyways, its all done now...

[marshalljames]

Total recorder is the best I've found at recording of the net.With my dial-up I get buffered a lot.Not a problem for Total Recorder as it stops recording and begins when the sound plays again.It will record any sound it hears.

[northcat_8]

Temporary Internet files are the files stored on your computer from each website you visit.

The command line for it is usually:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

where "Administrator" is replaced with the name of your profile when you log into Windows XP.

The SWF file is not a complete video file. It is actually 2 files. Images and sound. They are stored on your pc seperately.