This documents how to get you up, running and using StreamRipper.  



Well, it's pretty straightforward...Select a genre from the Genre

dropdown and then hit the "Refresh List" button.  This will then go

out to Shoutcast (yp.shoutcast.com) and pull the streams and put them

into the Listbox.  Select a broadcast by double-clicking.  This will

put the IP address and Port in the appropriate boxes on the screen.



You can also manually enter an IP and Port if you want to.



To start ripping hit "Rip Away" (duh) and StreamRipper32 will try to

connect to the broadcast and start ripping the stream.



There are a few instances where this technique still does not work...

Send me the broadcast IP and port and I can try to resolve them as they

popup. Otherwise, try another station.  Note that for only broadcasts that

support title streaming will you be able to rip to filenames based off

the stream title..Otherwise it will rip to a filename based off the 

Stream Name (i.e. the Broadcast name).  Broadcasts that *appear* to

support title streaming will appear with a "***" prepended to the name. 

This is not a guarantee, just a best guess...It still may not support

title streaming even though there is a "***" in front of it...



If you check the "Append stream name to output dir" option, then

StreamRipper32 will create a directory for you based off the Stream Name.

This is especially nice and a bonus feature.. :)



You will not be able to select another broadcast or start another ripping

session while one is currently going on....Don't even try.



Hitting the "OK" button closes the program.



Make sure you put something in the "Output Directory" "C:\music" is good,

but not supplying this is going to eventually frustrate the hell out of you.

(where *is* my music going?)



INSTALLATION:

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Nothing to do! Just create a dir to hold it and copy the exe there.





ABOUT StreamRipper32:

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StreamRipper32 is essentially a windows-based front end around the

streamripper library created by Jon Clegg (www.bigfreakinserver.com).

I had to modify it slightly to work best with Win32, but the core logic is

preserved.  He did an awesome job figureing out the logic behind this, and

deserves all the credit he can get...

