"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
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"Richard Crowley" wrote ...

My favorite is "Total Recorder" from www.highcriteria.com
Records directly to MP3, you can set the "timer" to record
while you are away, and costs 11.95USD You can't hardly
beat that with a stick.

If you want to "do it all" in the PC you can get cards that have FM radios
on them.

"Arny Krueger" wrote ...
Thanks for pointing out the MP3 recording feature!

It has other great features. I bought it to "capture" streaming
sources that cannot be saved to a file. It has a feature where
it installs a fake "driver" that grabs the bitstream going to your
real sound device and records it to a file. I understand that some
modern sound card drivers/hardware(?) allow you to do this, but
I never seem to have one of those.

This is the classic Total Recorder feature that I paid for and love.

I bought TR to test audio compression programs that don't have standard
features for decoding to a file. I've found that its good for lots of
things. Capturing the sound from Real Audio streams is a common application,
I understand.


I have no connection with High Criteria except as satisfied,
paying customer.

ditto.