How to Record Streaming Music on Your Computer
Streaming music, which can come from an Internet radio station or an artist's website, isn't downloaded to your computer in order to be played. Your computer connects to a server to play the music, but the music is never on your hard drive. Because of this, you cannot save songs, unlike MP3 files. But you can record streaming music on your computer.
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Instructions
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Download and install software on your computer that is capable of recording streaming music from the Internet. There are various programs that will cost you, but two free examples are MP3 My MP3 Recorder and Audacity (see Resources).
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Open the streaming-music recording software you've chosen to download. In the program's Settings menu, specify what type of files you'd like the recorded streams saved as, and the directory where they will be placed.
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Begin to play the streaming music you want to record. Most of the time, this will involve navigating to a specific website or opening a specific Internet-enabled program on your computer.
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Press the "Record" button in your streaming-music recording software. This will begin to record all sounds on your computer, including the streaming music. When finished, press the "Stop" button, and the file will be saved based on your specifications.
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Adjust the settings of the files you are recording as you go along. Using the Settings menu of the program you are using for recording, adjust settings like volume and audio levels to make sure you are recording high-quality audio.
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Tips & Warnings
Some computer manufacturers have disabled the ability to record streaming music on your computer's sound card. If the steps above do not work, your sound card won't record streaming music.
Recording streaming music on your computer isn't legal in some cases, depending on copyright restrictions for music on Internet radio stations or satellite radio feeds.
