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Stream and record 12,000 stations with Radio Sure
Services like Last.fm might have a little advantage over regular streaming internet radio when it comes to cool factor, but it never hurts to have one more way to listen to and discover new music.
Radio Sure is a free application for Windows that allows you to turn in to (and record) more than 12,000 streams. It's very similar to Screamer, though I had more success getting stations to play on Radio Sure. Each station is tagged with its country of origin, primary language, and genre for convenient sorting. I'd like to see the genres handled a bit differently - for example, Punk instead of Rock - Punk and to be able to filter the listings. The interface is a little much for me, but it's not quite Fugly Friday material.
Those minor shortcomings aside, Radio Sure keeps things simple and just plain works. You can record any stream to MP3 in bitrates up to 256k and maintain a list of your favorites for fast tuning. Tracks can be auto-split, and the program will even skip recording tracks you've previously saved.
It's available both with an installer and as a portable version, and runs on Windows PCs.
Radio Sure is a free application for Windows that allows you to turn in to (and record) more than 12,000 streams. It's very similar to Screamer, though I had more success getting stations to play on Radio Sure. Each station is tagged with its country of origin, primary language, and genre for convenient sorting. I'd like to see the genres handled a bit differently - for example, Punk instead of Rock - Punk and to be able to filter the listings. The interface is a little much for me, but it's not quite Fugly Friday material.
Those minor shortcomings aside, Radio Sure keeps things simple and just plain works. You can record any stream to MP3 in bitrates up to 256k and maintain a list of your favorites for fast tuning. Tracks can be auto-split, and the program will even skip recording tracks you've previously saved.
It's available both with an installer and as a portable version, and runs on Windows PCs.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsgonintendoApr 4th 2009 10:29AM
Yay, Guns N Roses FTW!
PicuApr 4th 2009 10:42AM
How do you call "portable" something that creates by default a folder inside My Music called "RadioSure Recordings" and add itself to Windows start-up??
No way I'm keeping it, I'll stay with Screamer.
TomApr 4th 2009 11:04AM
Then, how would you record the radio? It has to output the recording somewhere. Even the portable version of screamer outputs it to the My Music folder.
PicuApr 4th 2009 11:16AM
If I decide to record anything in the first place at all, then the folder should be inside the program own folder - Screamer does that. Writing anything to the host computer, specially in the "My Documents" folder is completely the opossite purpose of a portable app.
Do you also like it starting with windows without asking you?
TomApr 4th 2009 3:34PM
well, at least it gives you the option of letting you not start it up with windows, and it lets you change the location of the recording folder.
Besides, screamer's interface for the radio stations is terrible, going through so many menus to get to the station? Terrible... Radioshare at least lets you search and sort stations. Both programs have their pros/cons, I just think radioshare is better than screamer.
Martin-TApr 4th 2009 10:50AM
There is information on skins for the player under the 'News' tab. A different color scheme might make it easier on your eyes.
StevieVongApr 4th 2009 12:02PM
It saves the files in a folder it creates- just like Itunes. And the recordings are kept in mp3 format...it's fantastic! Also you can tell it not to start when opening windows.. have fun!!! Great little program.
AbscissaApr 4th 2009 9:22PM
"The interface is a little much for me, but it's not quite Fugly Friday material."
...yea it is.
msacksApr 5th 2009 1:19PM
I haven't been able to get to the radiosure.com website (been trying since Saturday morning), anyone else having the same problem?
CBIMay 4th 2009 5:15AM
You can download both versions of Radio? Sure! from my websites forum,
www.cyberbeatinternational.com/forum
Kenn.keeperApr 6th 2009 4:01PM
There are better like AIMP and even Nexus radio
daromeApr 12th 2009 7:04PM
Great application. Much more stations available than screamer. Also for me the interface is much more useful than screamer. Recording is also great , not like screamer which barely works. But real thanks goes to downloadsquad who keep bringing us all this great news about different programs which we would never get to if it wasn't for you guys. Thanks a million!!!