On Linux, it's easy to use mplayer to rip your favorite MP3 stream. By ripping, I mean saving an audio stream to a file on your computer for later. I often save online streams and load them onto my favorite portable music player for a workout. To save a video/audio stream with mplayer, you'll need the -dumpstream and -dumpfile options. Note, there are other ways to save a stream with mplayer, but this is by far the most convenient method I've found.
Here's an example of ripping SomaFM's Groove Salad MP3 stream (a nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves):
BTW, this method also works for saving RealVideo streams (RSTP).
Here's an example of ripping SomaFM's Groove Salad MP3 stream (a nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves):
mplayer -cache 100 -dumpstream \
http://scfire-chi0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1018 \
-dumpfile soma_fm.mp3
BTW, this method also works for saving RealVideo streams (RSTP).
mplayer -cache 100 -dumpstream \
rtsp://rxn08.example.com/video/video1.rm \
-dumpfile video.rm
From the mplayer man-page:
-dumpstream (MPlayer only)
Dumps the raw stream to ./stream.dump. Useful when ripping from DVD or network. If you give more than one of -dumpaudio, -dumpvideo, -dumpstream on the command line only the last one will work.
-dumpfile <filename> (MPlayer only)
Specify which file MPlayer should dump to. Should be used together with -dumpaudio / -dumpvideo / -dumpstream.
-cache <kBytes>
This option specifies how much memory (in kBytes) to use when precaching a file or URL. Especially useful on slow media.
-dumpstream (MPlayer only)
Dumps the raw stream to ./stream.dump. Useful when ripping from DVD or network. If you give more than one of -dumpaudio, -dumpvideo, -dumpstream on the command line only the last one will work.
-dumpfile <filename> (MPlayer only)
Specify which file MPlayer should dump to. Should be used together with -dumpaudio / -dumpvideo / -dumpstream.
-cache <kBytes>
This option specifies how much memory (in kBytes) to use when precaching a file or URL. Especially useful on slow media.
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