Ed Skinner wrote:
> 
>      Is there a way to automagically record a streaming MP3 source?
> Specifically, I'd like to record a regular program such as Prarie Home
> Companion that is broadcast (and streamed, I presume) by KJZZ on Sundays from
> 10:00AM to Noon, and Car Talk (Saturdays at 11:00AM for one hour).
>      I know how to set up a cron entry but I don't know what program to use
> to open a connection such as http://rio.sc.llnw.net:7020/ for reading, write
> the output to a file (as mp3 data), and then either terminate after a
> specified interval, or die gracefully (and leave the file intact) after a
> "kill" from another, companion program written for this purpose (and
> undoubtedly named, "the grim reaper").
>      Any suggestions on what program to use to read the stream and write it
> to a file?
> 
> --
> Ed Skinner, ed@flat5.net, http://www.flat5.net/


mplayer.

Example invocation:
$ mplayer http://di.fm/mp3/trance128k.pls -cache 128 -dumpaudio


mplayer has a shiton of options so you can record a certain length and
make it stop automatically.

George