folks!! i have a strange error in my centos boxes. all the 4 pcs p2, p3 , p4 , amd 64 gives the same error with vsound. i read in digit u can capture the streaming audio with some windows tool. so i searched and found vsound is the ideal tool for same work in tux. i downloaded it and installed it. no matter what syntax i use the media stops to record after some time. i tried these options $ vsound -f station.wav realplay radiostn.pls $ vsound -f station.wav -r 44100 realplay radiostn.pls no matter what syntax i use the vsound just crashes... i mean it stops recorning from that radio station. esound keeps on running, sox keeps on runing. frankly speaking there is no error at all. then why is the vsound not able to run the recording?? i asked the same qstn in centos forum and centos in freenode!! none of them agreed!! beside vsound is a banned utility by RIAA!! so there is no official support for vsound. but its an excellent tool for grabbing the audio from any streaming media... help!! yes, tho the tool is illegal, but the media which u extract uysing it is legal and u can distribute it. u dont break any copy right law. cheers!!