StreamRipStar

Formerly known as Stripper, StreamRipStar represents a graphical interface for the Streamripper command-line utility. It gives you the possibility to capture multiple streams from a browser at the same time in order to put together a collection that can be further imported into playlists.

As long as you have Java installed on your computer, you don't need to set up anything else. This means that you can save the .jar file anywhere on the HDD and just click it to launch StreamRipStar. It's also possible to save it to a removable storage unit to directly run it on any PC with minimum effort. Unlike most installers, it doesn't modify Windows registry settings.

As far as the interface is concerned, StreamRipStar adopts a large window with a well-structured layout, where you can start a monitor to automatically capture audio streams from the web browser. These are listed with their name, current title and genre.

It creates an icon in the systray area at startup for quick access and gets minimized there on close, so it doesn't interrupt your regular PC activity while it silently records streams in the background.

StreamRipStar features its own stream browser and allows you to schedule recordings at a given date and time, edit the properties of scheduled jobs anytime, and add comments.

It's possible to export streams to file and import them later, play streams within an integrated audio player, hide the systray icon, change the UI look, modify the default paths to the MP3 player, Streamripper command-line tool, file and web browsers, and so on.

We haven't come across any stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that the app didn't freeze, crash or prompt error dialogs. It had a good response time and minimal impact on computer performance, using low CPU and RAM.

StreamRipStar comes loaded with handy and advanced options to help you capture audio streams from web browsers and save them offline, geared toward all user levels.