# Streamripper

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{{Short description|Audio recording software}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Streamripper
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| caption = StreamRipper running as [Winamp](/source/Winamp)-Plugin
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| programming language = [C](/source/C_(programming_language))
| operating_system = [Cross-platform](/source/Cross-platform)
| genre = Capture/Recording
| license = [GNU GPL](/source/GNU_GPL)
| website = [https://streamripper.sourceforge.net/ streamripper.sf.net]
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'''Streamripper''' is a stand-alone client, or [Winamp](/source/Winamp) plugin, that records [Internet radio](/source/Internet_radio) streams in the [MP3](/source/MP3) or [Vorbis](/source/Vorbis) formats, programmed by Jon Clegg and maintained by Gregory Sharp.

Streamripper was started in early 2000 as a way to separate tracks via [SHOUTcast](/source/SHOUTcast)'s title-streaming feature. This has now been expanded into a much more generic feature, where part of the program only tries to "hint" at where one track starts and another ends, thus allowing an [MP3](/source/MP3) decoding engine to scan for a silent mark, which is used to find an exact track separation.

Streamripper is now part of the [FreeBSD](/source/FreeBSD) standard distribution, mentioned in the Linux MP3 HOWTO, and can be compiled on many platforms, including Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, BeOS and OS/2. This is consistent with the fact that [portability](/source/Software_portability) was a constant consideration during development.

Unlike [Peer-to-peer file sharing](/source/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing) networks which require the user to know in advance what they wish to download, Streamripper records entire batches of audio files in the sequence of play.

Streamripper can also host a local [relay server](/source/relay_server) on a user specified port so that a user can listen to the stream while the recording is in progress.

==External links==
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*[https://streamripper.sourceforge.net/ StreamRipper Homepage]

Category:Audio recording software
Category:Free audio software
Category:Free software programmed in C
Category:Internet radio software
Category:Software using the GNU General Public License

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