Tutorial for Total Recorder With Rhapsody

With Total Recorder you can grab your favorite music from your Rhapsody stream.

Total Recorder is designed to work with all kinds of formats, and it can also play and record an Internet stream. One online music service that is compatible with Total Recorder is Rhapsody. With Rhapsody, you can listen to all your favorite music in streaming audio, but it contains no native solution for saving that music for playback on an mp3 player or burning to CD. With Total Recorder, you can record an audio stream as you are listening to it.

Things You'll Need

• Total Recorder
• Rhapsody account

Instructions

1. Click the desktop icon for Total Recorder to launch it. Alternatively, click "Start," then "All Programs," and select Total Recorder from the programs list.

2. Click "File," and select "Open URL." Enter the URL of the Rhapsody stream you wish to play in the box next to "URL."

3. Click the "Play" button to play the stream.

4. Click the "Record" button if you wish to record the stream to your computer for later playback.

5. Press "Stop" to stop recording, and press "Stop" again to stop playback.

Tips & Warnings

• Fast-forward and rewind functions will be disabled as long as you are recording, but you may begin playback from the beginning of the stream while recording if you wish.

References

• High Criteria: Total Recorder Manual (PDF)