On 06/18/2006 04:53 PM, Bill Polhemus wrote: > One of the difficulties with using Fedora (or Linux in general) as a > desktop system is the greater demand on the user's general computer > savvy. Of course, software written for Windows (and even the Mac) > assumes a certain naivete on the part of the end-user, and they package, > advertise and deploy software with that in mind. > > For some time, I have been using this product for Windows > <http://www.applian.com/replay-music/index.php>, which allows me to > record streaming audio as I play it from one of the on-demand music > services. Nice thing about it is, you're still paying for the music, but > you can save and play later without being online. If you are ethical--as > are we all--and don't give away or sell the resulting MP3s, you're still > legal (even while you're not hampered by the ridiculous DRM > schemes--another plus). > > Anyway, I am wondering what, if any, Linux software is available to do > this. I get the impression that mplayer > <http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html> will do it--although the > documentation for that application, like so many others in the Linux > world, is far from explicit in that regard. Again, it looks like if > you're savvy about this stuff--maybe you have to be able to read the > source, I dunno--then you can figure it out. But I'm not, or I don't > have time to get up to speed. I'm looking for something that "just > works" on Fedora Linux. > > Of course, I can always move over to a Windows machine and do this, but > I'm trying earnestly to move 100% over to Linux now, and this is one of > those "must have" functions I'm looking to implement accordingly. > > Any advice would be MOST welcome. > Perhaps vsound (http://www.vsound.org) can help? -- Sjoerd Mullender
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