Wondershare Streaming Audio Recorder is a Windows application for recording sound playing on a computer and saving it as MP3 or M4A files. It can capture internet radio, music streams and the audio accompanying online video. Its recording library combines track separation, song identification and tools for turning a section of a recording into a ringtone.
How Streaming Audio Recorder captures playback
Recording begins by enabling the Record control and playing the source audio. Wondershare Streaming Audio Recorder detects the sound through a virtual sound card and captures it as it plays. A browser stream or a sequence of songs therefore supplies the audio; the program does not need a downloadable music file from the source.
The saved format can be MP3 or AAC audio in an M4A file. Encoding settings include a choice of bitrates, and the recording folder can be changed. Recording follows the source’s playback time.
Track separation
Wondershare Streaming Audio Recorder can continue recording across a playlist and divide the result into separate tracks. Its Control settings include a splitting-duration adjustment and an option to discard very short recordings.
The Remove Ads tool also works with clip length. It offers categories such as tracks shorter than 20 or 40 seconds and removes recordings in the selected category. This is a way to clear short interruptions from the library, although a short music clip can fall within the same duration limit.
Song information
Recorded tracks can receive identifying information automatically, including a title, artist, album, genre and cover image. Automatic identification is enabled by default and can be switched off. Batch identification applies the process to multiple files, helping turn a collection of recordings into named songs.
The tag editor provides a manual alternative. A user selects a recording’s edit control and changes its information fields; leaving the edited field saves the change. Wondershare Streaming Audio Recorder therefore lets the recording’s descriptive information be corrected without capturing the audio again.
Recording library
The library includes views for all recordings and newly recorded tracks. Users can create named playlists and add selected recordings through the track menu. The same menu provides access to a recording’s containing folder, so the saved audio remains available outside the library.
An Add to iTunes command sends selected recordings to that music library. Wondershare Streaming Audio Recorder also includes an audio CD burning function for selected recorded music.
Ringtone trimming
The ringtone tool starts with a track in the recording library. Opening its bell control displays the audio visually and lets the user select an excerpt. Moving the selection changes where it begins, while dragging its ends changes the duration.
The selected passage can be previewed before saving. Output format and save location are chosen for the resulting ringtone, allowing a short segment to be saved separately from the full recording.
