I have looked everywhere but can't find any radio programs that allow pausing and rewinding live MP3 streams on a Windows PC. Is there one anywhere or could someone even write one? All I need is a very simple program or script that can pause and rewind live MP3 radio streams from any URL while streaming.
Simple live pause and rewind radio program for PC?
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, Apr 22 2012 12:03 AM
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jballi
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 10:00 AM
Most people I know wouldn't be caught dead without a DVR that can pause, rewind, and fast forward live broadcasts. You would think that something like this should be readily available for streaming radio stations.
I did a little research. Besides yourself, I found very few people asking the question. OK, I didn't look that hard. Here are a couple of posts I found.
http://forums.winamp...ad.php?t=279731
http://answers.yahoo...04120654AAgVZrf
As you can see, there was no joy for these queries.
There are several free programs that can record live radio broadcasts -- Radio? Sure!, Screamer Radio, and Spider Player, just to name a few -- but I couldn't find any freebie that can pause and rewind live stuff.
I haven't tried it myself, but WM Recorder (~$50 USD) has a feature where you can preview recording streams. In the preview window you can pause, rewind, and fast forward. It's not the same thing as a live pause/rewind/fast forward but it's pretty close. The demo I've seen is for recording video but they claim to be able to record audio streams so I assume the preview window will work on streaming radio stations as well. Like I said, I haven't tried it myself.
Although I haven't figured out how you would do it, you could try to write a solution yourself. The BASS audio library can record audio streams and playback anything. Seamlessly merging the two is the trick.
Them be my thoughts. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Good luck!
I did a little research. Besides yourself, I found very few people asking the question. OK, I didn't look that hard. Here are a couple of posts I found.
http://forums.winamp...ad.php?t=279731
http://answers.yahoo...04120654AAgVZrf
As you can see, there was no joy for these queries.
There are several free programs that can record live radio broadcasts -- Radio? Sure!, Screamer Radio, and Spider Player, just to name a few -- but I couldn't find any freebie that can pause and rewind live stuff.
I haven't tried it myself, but WM Recorder (~$50 USD) has a feature where you can preview recording streams. In the preview window you can pause, rewind, and fast forward. It's not the same thing as a live pause/rewind/fast forward but it's pretty close. The demo I've seen is for recording video but they claim to be able to record audio streams so I assume the preview window will work on streaming radio stations as well. Like I said, I haven't tried it myself.
Although I haven't figured out how you would do it, you could try to write a solution yourself. The BASS audio library can record audio streams and playback anything. Seamlessly merging the two is the trick.
Them be my thoughts. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Good luck!
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 12:22 AM
I have looked further and found that VLC media player can pause and rewind live stuff. The Jump Backward option works with live audio streams.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 01:00 AM
Cool. 8) Thanks for the tip. VLC has hundreds of features that most people don't know about. It makes sense that the program has the ability to rewind a live stream.
I did a little checking. The default buffer appears to be 300 seconds (5 minutes). I imagine you could bump the buffer to 15 to 20 minutes (or more) without any problems.
I did a little checking. The default buffer appears to be 300 seconds (5 minutes). I imagine you could bump the buffer to 15 to 20 minutes (or more) without any problems.
