Recording audio

ilovemybrick

Im trying to rip the audio off streaming videos. neither garage band nor audacity will not work as it seems to only want to record through the mic as opposed to through the soundcard. (ie it picks up the sound of my speakers and thats not good enough).
am i not doing it right or is there a better program?

Creamy Goodness

should be able to set audacity to record in the mode "what u hear" this will record basically what you hear in as clear quality that it comes through your speakers.

ilovemybrick

Cremo wrote:

should be able to set audacity to record in the mode "what u hear" this will record basically what you hear in as clear quality that it comes through your speakers.

yeh thats exactly what i want.it just is not co-operating

eddyc

Is it streaming flash files like youtube, dailymotion etc..?

ilovemybrick

yup. whats my best bet?

eddyc

Get the VideoDownloader extension for Firefox and the Perian extension for Quicktime.

Use firefox's VideoDownloader extension to get the video from the internet, then open it in Quicktime and export to audio.

http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php - VideoDownloader

http://perian.org/ - Perian

you may need Quicktime pro

pa

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/

It's an excellent program, and will do exactly what you need.

ilovemybrick

pa wrote:

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/

It's an excellent program, and will do exactly what you need.

thats the exact thing. cheers. much appreciated.

StephenC_IRL

ilovemybrick wrote:

Im trying to rip the audio off streaming videos. neither garage band nor audacity will not work as it seems to only want to record through the mic as opposed to through the soundcard. (ie it picks up the sound of my speakers and thats not good enough).
am i not doing it right or is there a better program?

audio hijacker or quictime pro and export audio

440Hz

Wiretap Pro... or basic free one! By far my favourite choice for this task!