I'm not real savvy with computers and just need help with this one annoying issue.

My best friend doesn't own/use computers and has never had one. As a favor to my friend, I tried recording their favorite radio show
for them since the DJ stopped offering downloads of the show for some reason lately (we listen to the show together on my computer or MP3 player when we get together). I don't know a lot about computers but
found this program ("Freecorder") that lets you record any sound playing on your browser so I tried it. It's simple and easy to use
but there are issues with it. When I first used it, it recorded the whole radio show to a single MP3 file and it sounded exactly like
it did when the show was playing (when the show was airing live at that time) in the browser. All I had to do was click "record"
button and the file was saved to a folder once I click "stop" to stop recording.

The second two times I used the program it started saving pieces of the show automatically at random intervals so that I might end up with like 7 files or more for the 2-hour show and some pieces would be like 4 seconds and some for randoms time like 2mins,43seconds or 35mins and some seconds. I didn't alter anything with the program and did not understand why this change occurred. Additionally it saved simultaneously in two different formats and one sounded awful sound quality. Each different format would save into random intervals but not at the same time which I also found confusing. I don't need these issues. I just want SOMETHING simple that saves the file in one format that sounds just like it did while the show was playing in my browser. The worst problem with this program is that sometimes it crashes and "stops responding" just when you click "stop" to stop recording and save the file. As a result I lost half the show now! >:/

I need some simple, preferrably free, program to work like freecorder but without the issues freecorder came up with.

I downloaded and tried "sxrecorder" program which is supposedly free. It was awful. Easy to use but it recorded atrocious sound quality that was nothing like it sounded when the show is playing in the browser so I uninstalled it.

Next I tried "i-Sound for Windows 7" which is not freeware but I'd buy it if it worked right and I liked it. However when I tried it I found it was simple to use but recorded bad quality sound for some reason. I don't understand why Freecorder recorded exactly like it sounded in the browser but these other programs do not.

Can anyone help me with this? I need recommendation of a good browser recorder that is very simple to use (hopefully free or reasonably price)
Thanks!

My computer is Dell laptop with Windows 7
browser of choice is Google chrome and Mozilla Firefox (latest versions)

















You might try Audacity for this.  For info, see http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html

I've used Audacity to convert cassette tapes to digital format but I haven't used it to record streaming media from the Internet.  So, I can't vouch for how well it will work for that purpose.  I can say it works well for me when converting cassette tapes to digital format. "but I haven't used it to record streaming media from the Internet. " I HAVE used it for exactly that purpose and it woks without issues.I am not a frequent user of it because i don't do that function that often. It needs to be said that AFTER the stream has been downloaded there is a need to "save" it or it will not be retained.truenorth Quote from: soybean on May 15, 2012, 07:49:06 AM

You might try Audacity for this.  For info, see http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html

I've used Audacity to convert cassette tapes to digital format but I haven't used it to record streaming media from the Internet.  So, I can't vouch for how well it will work for that purpose.  I can say it works well for me when converting cassette tapes to digital format.

To address the immediacy of your need i would suggest that you do the streaming audio recording via Audacity. That way you will at least have the program on your computer HDD.It occurs to me that the issue may be more of the playback quality than the "recording' quality.Many factors can cause playback sound quality issues.At least if you have the file you can do things with it.truenorth
P.S. Just occurred to me after you get the file transfer it to a flash drive and try listening to it on another computer to determine if it sounds as it should.