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Maybe, weblogs are not meant to ask questions. Maybe all we are supposed to do is tell y’all how we think about it. All right with me.

MP3 and the Internet

I’ve been looking for ways to strip MP3s legally from the internet. I’ve tried StreamripperX, which is great software. Unfortunately it rips streams of a certain format only, Shoutcast streams. StreamripperX comes with a tuner of shoutcast broadcasting stations, and it works great. StreamripperX downloads the streams and cuts them into relevant pieces, which are neatly named after the song that is in it. Of course, the broadcasting stations are the ones responsible for sending a sign to StreamripperX where to cut, and here is the drawback to this system: some do it correctly most of the time, but not always, some never do it the ways we want it: they include their own shouting.
Last caveat: these shoutcast stations seem to have acquired the rights to send only a few tunes, as a consequence of which, after you have ripped one of them streams for a day, say, you shall have all the tunes on offer. And these shall not be exactly the hot shot tunes that you were after in the first place.
My advice to Shoutcast: grow up or start asking money, but stop playing tricks like these.