The Bottom Line
Pros
- Easy installation, intuitive program.
- Simple enough for beginners, full of enough goodies to keep advanced users happy.
- Huge database of Internet radio and available podcasts
- Listen in real time, record, or schedule recordings of streams and podcasts
- Free trial available, Windows compatible
Cons
- Automatic MP3 trimming can't erase DJ talk, etc. You get MP3 files "as is"
Description
- Record, schedule recordings, listen to Internet radio and podcasts
- Burn CDs, DVDs, create ringtones, generate "wishlists" based on genre
- Internet radio database of 56,000 stations; podcast directory of 35,000
- Many options but operates easily and quickly on default settings
- Easy enough for a beginner, robust enough for advanced users
- built-in database of help
Guide Review - Radiotracker 8 Harnesses Internet Radio and Podcasts For Listening, Recording
Radiotracker 8 is both a recorder and player so you can do everything you need within this one application. You can even use it to convert several popular audio and video file types. Radiotracker also burns CDs and DVDs, creates ringtones, automatically generates "wishlists" based on genre (then optionally searches and records), automatically records multiple stations, and organizes your media collection.
The Radiotracker database includes over 56,000 Internet radio stations, streams, and audio sources you can pick from. The database displays the station name, country, format (MP3, WMA, etc.) bitrate, and more.
You can listen to or record specific stations or let Radiotracker create a playlist of recordings based on genre. The program will even trim deejay chatter and other extraneous elements from the fronts and backs of songs.
Radiotracker 8 will let you search for and download or subscribe to podcasts, both audio and video. The database includes over 35,000 podcasts which searched either by audio, video, or both. Your search is further delineated by genres. Click on a directory entry and most everything you want to know about the podcast is displayed. Right click to subscribe and the program does the rest of the work.
audials Radiotracker 8 has a decent built-in database of help, though the application is so intuitive, you may only need it occasionally. The more advanced users, there are a host of options that can be tweaked to make the program's experience even more personal.
In the end, Radiotracker 8 is probably more program than most people will need, but certainly enough program to get anything you want done when it comes to recording or listening to Internet radio and podcasts.
It's been one of the best solutions for Internet audio for years.
