windows Streaming audio :/

[Chameleon]

   I had a topic I had started on this a few months back, but I have searched till my eyes are going to fall out and can't find it.. Since we have some new faces since then I needed to ask a question that for me is still unresolved.. I had a myspace account a while back for some songs I wanted to showcase, and as it turns out, I can't redownload them and don't have a buy option since I never had them for sale.. In many attempts of contacting myspace it seems I am just screwed. I need to get these songs back as they are the only copies I have. I have tried a few programs to capture the music while it streams and while a couple of them worked, they had the usual trappings of streaming audio, with the phaser-ish like effect. I need to know if there is a program free or pay that I can use to capture this audio in the same quality that you can hear it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Also if an admin knows where my other post is and needs to /merge this please do.. Thanks in advance everyone

[SunLight]

I think you have to capture the stream from the network, instead of re-recording it.

 

I don't know which software could do it for that site, but I think one of those which capture youtube videos and other stuff (like 'replay media catcher' for example) could do it.

I don't know if there is a free one, probably there is, but it depends on the streaming format.

 

Or there could be a way to get the address from the page source, or maybe you can even find it in your browser's cache. Maybe even with vlc media player (but you need to know the real address of the stream probably)

[SunLight]

edit: I managed to do something close to your needs, on Linux via rtmpdump + a script that builds the correct command line from the song id, so it's possible (on Windows too probably)

 

Vlc media player says the format is MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a), I guess it's the same in the streaming, but I tried it with a random song

[Chameleon]

So how would I pull this off in windows? Haha I am a simpleton when it comes to this stuff lol

[Heretic121]

I've had a look at MySpace's music player and they've really got it locked down tight. I can't even see any connections for music, which makes me think it's streamed via the flash player. I've had a look through their Javascript, which is what they use to load the flash player, and they've obfuscated all their Javascript making it next to impossible to understand without spending a couple of hours making it human readable, then documenting all the variables and functions.

Long explanation, short; the amount of time and effort put into doing it would be immense, and knowing that it might not even work I'd suggest exhausting all other possible alternatives. However, if you can't find a way to work it out I'll see what I can do for you, if you'd like

[SunLight]

Well, I think you have rtmpdump for Windows as well. For Linux I didn't install it myself, I just found out I had it, maybe as part of mplayer or something else I had installed in the past.

 

The problem is what to put in its command line, I just ripped a part of a bash script I found on the net to do this test.

 

Basically all the info you need to write is in the page of the player itself (if you do 'view source', now I don't know which browser you use, but there is usually a command to see the page source) you just need to know where to look and what to copy in rtmpdump parameters.

 

At the moment I'm at another pc, maybe tomorrow (it's 11pm here) I'll try to download rtmpdump for Windows, I bet you can do it even with vlc media player if you know how. That bash script is for Linux, but the way it gets the info from that page is pretty straightforward, you could copy-paste it yourself with a bit of patience unless you need to do dozens of songs.

 

Maybe I could pm you a working procedure, if you gave me a sample link it would be easier I guess.

[Chameleon]

Yeah Heretic it is very complicated, far beyond my powers lol....SunLight I will pm you the actual link, and btw thanks a ton for all your efforts