Record music from streaming jukebox services Napster, MusicMatch, Yahoo Launch Cast, Rhapsody, iTunes etc.
Hints for using Replay Music with third party services like Napster, MusicMatch, Yahoo Launch, Rhapsody, etc.
Replay Music is a great way to record from streaming jukebox services. It will split tracks accurately, and will recognize most songs.
In testing, Replay Music worked well with these music services:
Important: To make track splitting in Replay Music work properly, ensure your player program (Rhapsody, Napster) is NOT using Direct Sound.
In Rhapsody, make sure you have it configured like this:
- Click Options, User Settings from the menu.
- Click Sound Output.
- Select Wave Out.
This will ensure the smart track splitting works for Rhapsody.
MusicMatch needs to be reconfigured to use the Default Sound Card Driver when recording as follows:
- Open MusicMatch
- Click Options, Settings.
- Click the Player tab.
- Under Output Control, make sure Default is
selected.
- Click OK.
Yahoo Launch Cast
Napster
AccuRadio
Other Windows Media based services
If you have trouble recording, you may need
to adjust the audio output in Windows Media Player as follows:
- Open Windows Media Player.
- Select Tools, Options from the menu. (If you don't see a menu, right click on the top of the window.)
- Click the Devices tab.
- Click Speakers, then click the Properties button.
- Make sure the Sound Playback option is set to Default DirectSound Device.
QuickTime and iTunes
QuickTime and iTunes often default to using Direct Sound, which leads to sound distortion during both recording and playback when Replay Music is active. To correct this problem, you need to tell QuickTime to use the default playback device instead.
For QuickTime Version 7:
- Make sure Replay AV, Replay Music and iTunes are closed.
- Open QuickTime via Start, Programs, QuickTime, QuickTime Player.
- Select Edit, Preferences, QuickTime Preferences.
- Go to the tab marked Audio.
- Verify that Safe mode (waveOut only) is selected.
- Click the Select Audio Playback and Recording Devices button to open your windows audio control panel. Set both devices
to match the name of your sound card. Click OK.
- Click OK in the Quick Time settings, then close QuickTime.
For QuickTime Version 6:
- Make sure QuickTime and iTunes are closed.
- Open QuickTime via Start, Programs, QuickTime, QuickTime Player.
- Select Edit, Preferences, QuickTime Preferences.
- In the dialog that appears, select Sound Out from the list at the top.
- Pick waveOut: Replay Music driver playback.
- Close the settings window and you're done.
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