Recording audio from the web

Running a Toshiba Satellite (nice speakers) under Vista Home Premium SP2.

There is a series of audio interviews on the web that I want to record on my
HD.

Currently, I'm having acceptable results simply playing through the speakers
and picking it up through the microphone using Sound Recorder. It's not
exactly high fidelity, but I'm dealing with speech, not music. The only
problem is that it's vulnerable to any noise in the area, and four to six
grandkids can produce that effortlessly.

I asked Geek Squad if I could just jumper the earphones output to the mic
input, thereby blocking out external noise. She said it wouldn't work
because ... yadda yadda .. powered mic ... yadda yadda ... a lot of extra
noise. She confused me further with talk about software that will do this.
I tried a free trial of one, but it looked as though it was still depending
about the output from speakers and said nothing about gagging grandkids.

Is there a way to play audio from a website and record it on my HD without
depending on immediate airspace?

BudV wrote:
> Running a Toshiba Satellite (nice speakers) under Vista Home Premium
> SP2.
> There is a series of audio interviews on the web that I want to
> record on my HD.
>
> Currently, I'm having acceptable results simply playing through the
> speakers and picking it up through the microphone using Sound
> Recorder. It's not exactly high fidelity, but I'm dealing with
> speech, not music. The only problem is that it's vulnerable to any
> noise in the area, and four to six grandkids can produce that
> effortlessly.
> I asked Geek Squad if I could just jumper the earphones output to the
> mic input, thereby blocking out external noise. She said it wouldn't
> work because ... yadda yadda .. powered mic ... yadda yadda ... a lot
> of extra noise. She confused me further with talk about software
> that will do this. I tried a free trial of one, but it looked as
> though it was still depending about the output from speakers and said
> nothing about gagging grandkids.
> Is there a way to play audio from a website and record it on my HD
> without depending on immediate airspace?
=======================
Try using the freeware Audacity:

Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

PC Recording of AM and FM Radio
http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jak..._fm_radio.html

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Have you tried right clickin on it and clicking save as and see if it
lets you save the file to ur pc. Post a link to an example of what your
talkin about and I will see if I can get it on my pc.


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krazyl

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I apologize for not making my situation perfectly clear for you. I'm not
talking about downloading or saving a file -- that would be trivial. Take
the following link and you should get almost an hour of conversation.
THAT'S what I want to capture.

http://tappingworldsummit.com/event/...gr/redroom.php


"krazyl" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Have you tried right clickin on it and clicking save as and see if it
> lets you save the file to ur pc. Post a link to an example of what your
> talkin about and I will see if I can get it on my pc.
>
>
> --
> krazyl
>
> [image: http://www.signaturebar.com/uploads/images/64193.gif]

I tried Audacity, and it did record what I was playing, albeit too quietly.
I suspect that may have been my fault through improper parameters.

It also did something very strange. About every ten seconds during
playback, I heard, loud and clear, a woman's voice saying something like
"A.V.S. near, dear Jenna." I suspect that what was really being said was
some kind of diagnostic that would make much more sense to somebody familiar
with the ins and outs of audio recording. I'm dying of curiosity on that
one.

Unfortunately, it also was sensitive to my voice (and presumably also to the
screams of my grandkids) so it doesn't meet that requirement, unless I was
supposed to shut off the speakers with a plug or something.

I hope you have some answers to the above mysteries.

"John Inzer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> BudV wrote:
>> Running a Toshiba Satellite (nice speakers) under Vista Home Premium
>> SP2.
>> There is a series of audio interviews on the web that I want to
>> record on my HD.
>>
>> Currently, I'm having acceptable results simply playing through the
>> speakers and picking it up through the microphone using Sound
>> Recorder. It's not exactly high fidelity, but I'm dealing with
>> speech, not music. The only problem is that it's vulnerable to any
>> noise in the area, and four to six grandkids can produce that
>> effortlessly.
>> I asked Geek Squad if I could just jumper the earphones output to the
>> mic input, thereby blocking out external noise. She said it wouldn't
>> work because ... yadda yadda .. powered mic ... yadda yadda ... a lot
>> of extra noise. She confused me further with talk about software
>> that will do this. I tried a free trial of one, but it looked as
>> though it was still depending about the output from speakers and said
>> nothing about gagging grandkids.
>> Is there a way to play audio from a website and record it on my HD
>> without depending on immediate airspace?
> =======================
> Try using the freeware Audacity:
>
> Audacity
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
>
> PC Recording of AM and FM Radio
> http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jak..._fm_radio.html
>
> --
>
> J. Inzer MS-MVP
> Digital Media Experience
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>

HAH! One mystery solved, more or less. Of course it sounded like A.V.S.
....something. The desktop logo reads "AVS4YOU Software" !!! I suspect that
little disturbance would go away if I registered (and paid for?) the
package. In any event, unless I can solve the other two problems, I'm back
to square one.


"BudV" <> wrote in message
news:1D663973-E04C-4FEE-81AB-...
>I tried Audacity, and it did record what I was playing, albeit too quietly.
>I suspect that may have been my fault through improper parameters.
>
> It also did something very strange. About every ten seconds during
> playback, I heard, loud and clear, a woman's voice saying something like
> "A.V.S. near, dear Jenna." I suspect that what was really being said was
> some kind of diagnostic that would make much more sense to somebody
> familiar with the ins and outs of audio recording. I'm dying of curiosity
> on that one.
>
> Unfortunately, it also was sensitive to my voice (and presumably also to
> the screams of my grandkids) so it doesn't meet that requirement, unless I
> was supposed to shut off the speakers with a plug or something.
>
> I hope you have some answers to the above mysteries.
>
> "John Inzer" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> BudV wrote:
>>> Running a Toshiba Satellite (nice speakers) under Vista Home Premium
>>> SP2.
>>> There is a series of audio interviews on the web that I want to
>>> record on my HD.
>>>
>>> Currently, I'm having acceptable results simply playing through the
>>> speakers and picking it up through the microphone using Sound
>>> Recorder. It's not exactly high fidelity, but I'm dealing with
>>> speech, not music. The only problem is that it's vulnerable to any
>>> noise in the area, and four to six grandkids can produce that
>>> effortlessly.
>>> I asked Geek Squad if I could just jumper the earphones output to the
>>> mic input, thereby blocking out external noise. She said it wouldn't
>>> work because ... yadda yadda .. powered mic ... yadda yadda ... a lot
>>> of extra noise. She confused me further with talk about software
>>> that will do this. I tried a free trial of one, but it looked as
>>> though it was still depending about the output from speakers and said
>>> nothing about gagging grandkids.
>>> Is there a way to play audio from a website and record it on my HD
>>> without depending on immediate airspace?
>> =======================
>> Try using the freeware Audacity:
>>
>> Audacity
>> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> PC Recording of AM and FM Radio
>> http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jak..._fm_radio.html
>>
>> --
>>
>> J. Inzer MS-MVP
>> Digital Media Experience
>>
>> Notice
>> This is not tech support
>> I am a volunteer
>>
>> Solutions that work for
>> me may not work for you
>>
>> Proceed at your own risk
>>
>

"BudV" <> wrote in message news:#...
> I apologize for not making my situation perfectly clear for you. I'm not
> talking about downloading or saving a file -- that would be trivial. Take
> the following link and you should get almost an hour of conversation.
> THAT'S what I want to capture.
>
> http://tappingworldsummit.com/event/...gr/redroom.php
>
>


I visited the link you gave and was able to save the audio with this program:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/video_cache_view.html

Although it's primarily for capturing web videos it also saves sound files.
(You can save the audio file to disk via the program.)
It's a useful program if you have got integrated on-board audio and no sound card.

BudV wrote:
> HAH! One mystery solved, more or less. Of course it sounded like
> A.V.S. ...something. The desktop logo reads "AVS4YOU Software" !!! I
> suspect that little disturbance would go away if I registered (and
> paid for?) the package. In any event, unless I can solve the other
> two problems, I'm back to square one.
======================================
Apparently you downloaded AVS Audio Editor...
(which is not Audacity and is not freeware).

I would still suggest that you give Audacity a try.

When you are directed to the SourceForge
page for downloading...do not click the
'Download Now' button (that's how you got the
AVS software). All you have to do is left click
the blue letters that say "Direct Link".

Sorry for the confusion...downloading software
can be tricky sometimes.

--

J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

"BudV" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Running a Toshiba Satellite (nice speakers) under Vista Home Premium SP2.
>
> There is a series of audio interviews on the web that I want to record on
> my
> HD.
>
> Currently, I'm having acceptable results simply playing through the
> speakers
> and picking it up through the microphone using Sound Recorder. It's not
> exactly high fidelity, but I'm dealing with speech, not music. The only
> problem is that it's vulnerable to any noise in the area, and four to six
> grandkids can produce that effortlessly.
>
> I asked Geek Squad if I could just jumper the earphones output to the mic
> input, thereby blocking out external noise. She said it wouldn't work
> because ... yadda yadda .. powered mic ... yadda yadda ... a lot of extra
> noise. She confused me further with talk about software that will do
> this. I tried a free trial of one, but it looked as though it was still
> depending about the output from speakers and said nothing about gagging
> grandkids.
>
> Is there a way to play audio from a website and record it on my HD without
> depending on immediate airspace?
>

Hello,
I use "Total Recorder" the Pro version, a paid for software application.
It will pick up any sound from any source coming into the computer, before
the
sound reaches the sound card.
take care.
beamish.

"John Inzer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> BudV wrote:
>> HAH! One mystery solved, more or less. Of course it sounded like
>> A.V.S. ...something. The desktop logo reads "AVS4YOU Software" !!! I
>> suspect that little disturbance would go away if I registered (and
>> paid for?) the package. In any event, unless I can solve the other
>> two problems, I'm back to square one.
> ======================================
> Apparently you downloaded AVS Audio Editor...
> (which is not Audacity and is not freeware).
>
> I would still suggest that you give Audacity a try.
>
> When you are directed to the SourceForge
> page for downloading...do not click the
> 'Download Now' button (that's how you got the
> AVS software). All you have to do is left click
> the blue letters that say "Direct Link".
>
> Sorry for the confusion...downloading software
> can be tricky sometimes.
>
> --
>
> J. Inzer MS-MVP
> Digital Media Experience
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>