11/21/2006 Internet

About Radiotracker - Finds the MP3 Music You Want Most

Radiotracker for Microsoft Windows - Leveraging this transparent functionality, Radiotrackers around the world are able to automatically inform each other about which internet radio station is beginning to play which music. Your Radiotracker is automatically notified when the music you want begins to play somewhere. In an instant, Radiotracker Platinum starts recording the titles on your Wish List. The whole process happens automatically and so fast that hardly the wink of an eye goes by before Radiotracker starts delivering your favorite songs directly to your PC-free of charge and recorded in super-high MP3 quality reaching up to 320kBit/s. Add to that automated cut and volume normalization functions, automated ID3 tagging and searches for album cover artwork and lyrics, and you've got a powerful solution that lets you capture hundreds of your favorites songs in just a short time.

How to Find and Download the MP3 Music from the Internet?

1.Download Radiotracker Platinum and install it.

2. Run it by double clicking the "Radiotracker Platinum" icon on your desktop.

3. Select a Music Genre and Start Recording

Radiotracker comes with a built-in list of approximately 13,000 internet radio stations, pre-categorized by music genre. Simply select a genre that suites your personal musical taste or desire. You can learn about customizing the recording process to suit your personal preferences in the sections Autorip and Wishlist.

Select a music genre from the drop-down list and start the ripping process by clicking on the "Start" button.

Radiotracker will begin attempting to create connections with internet radio stations. After a few minutes, the program will have successfully ripped the first music tracks and will have saved them in the defined target folder.

The "MP3 Folder" button opens the folder where new music tracks are saved.

4. Status Display

The status display area at the bottom of the user interface provides you with a current overview of recording progress. Information about the number of radio stations you have currently recorded and the number of successfully saved music titles is displayed as well as the number of songs which are in the process of finishing.

To every song that you rip, Radiotracker searches the internet for the suitable ID3-Tag, with information about the artist, album, genre, release, as well as the album cover and the song text. This process is called finishing and can take up some time. The songs will be displayed in the Player after all information was found. If you stop the ripping process while some songs are still beeing finished, those songs will not be saved on your PC. To speed up the process of finishing you can deactivate the normalization feature.

The ticker text in the status display area provides you with context-sensitive hints about operating the software. Should you at any time be unsure of what to do next, simply take a moment to read this informative text.

5. Listening While Recording

Click on the "Live" button while Radiotracker is recording.

You can also listen to radio stations while Radiotracker is recording. Radiotracker lets you switch between the next and previous stations, and to control the volume.

The Live Receiver function, which can be activated or deactivated at any time, has no influence on the recording process.