Recording streaming radio issue.

[dafoe]

I have several sources to record a station I want to listen to (WEEI). I use Apowersoft Audio Recorder, it works great. The problem is, after a short period of time, the station stops playing and I get a message telling me to "click the button to continue playing". The entire point of recording is because I am not at the PC to listen. Is there a way around this super annoying problem? A plugin that will auto click the button, maybe? There was a streaming source I found a while ago that didn't do this but I can't find it now. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[jagabo]

Try recording the actual stream:
http://54.82.116.182/entercom-weeifmaac-64?session-id=f9e987b79dd5061bb57b8364dd631ac2&type=.flv

Youtube-dl works with that stream:

youtube-dl -c -o output.adts -f best http://54.82.116.182/entercom-weeifmaac-64?session-id=f9e987b79dd5061bb57b8364dd631ac2&type=.flv

Since the stream never ends you need to stop the download manually and remove the ".part" extension.

[jimdagys]

youtube-dl -c -o output.adts -f best http://54.82.116.182/entercom-weeifmaac-64?session-id=f9e987b79dd5061bb57b8364dd631ac2&type=.flv

Use youtube-dl with above link.
Type
Ctrl c
to stop the recording and then rename file as shown in second screenshot.
Audio file plays with vlc or other media player.
It's best to avoid playing radio stations from their website. It is better to find direct stream link and play/record from that.

[jagabo]

I don't know how often the web player interrupts the stream but I recorded about 90 minutes with the above youtube-dl command with no interruptions. I terminated it at that point otherwise it probably would have continued indefinitely.

By the way, for unattended recording you can use Windows' Task Scheduler. It allows you set a start time and duration so the recording can start and stop automatically. I used to record a few radio shows this way. One hint: Task Scheduler requires a login account with a password.

[jimdagys]

Jagabo:
How did you find link (http://54.82.116.182/entercom-weeifmaac-64...)?

[jagabo]

I think it was URLSnooper. It found an m3u link which I downloaded and viewed with a text editor.

[jimdagys]

Another way to record the radio station is with free Castripper. This doesn't use command line (youtube-dl).
Link to software:
https://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/CastRipper.exe
Just paste in either of these urls into the Castripper (see screenshot). Follow steps 1,2,3 in red.

http://107.22.108.201/entercom-weeifmmp3-64

http://54.82.116.182/entercom-weeifmaac-64