Free | How to Record Streaming Audio on Windows/Mac/iPhone

If you love music streaming on the internet, you may want to record it for future playback whenever you want, even offline. With a competent and easy-to-use streaming audio recorder, you can record hundreds of songs on the internet and build up your collection of favorite digital music.

This post shows the detailed steps to record streaming audio on Mac, Windows PC, and mobile devices, including iPhone and Android phones. Follow the tutorial to capture what you need now.

How to Capture Streaming Audio on Windows 11/10/8/7 

There are many streaming audio recorders for Windows users on the market, but those two great streaming music recorders are what you cannot miss.

1. EaseUS RecExperts for Windows

This is an excellent Windows screen recorder that meets nearly all your recording needs. Apart from that, it is also a lightweight and user-friendly audio recording software that can record desktop audio, microphone, or both. This software will capture anything streamed on your Windows PC, and the quality of the output audio is high-class. 

This audio recorder allows choosing an audio output format, so you can select the suitable format that meets your demands. For instance, it can be an MP3 recorder as the MP3 format is universal and compatible with most communication software, so you can share it easily. And FLAC is appropriate for obtaining audio of high fidelity.

Main Features:

• Capture streaming audio in high quality
• Choose several output formats, including AAC, MP3, WAV, etc.
• Support schedule recording to start recording at a specific time
• Split the recordings automatically depending on your settings

You can capture streaming music easily with this rich-featured sound recording tool! To get it done, free download this powerful audio recorder first.

How to Record Streaming Audio on Windows 10:

Step 1. Launch EaseUS RecExperts and choose "Audio" (looks like a speaker) from the left side of the interface. Select the sound source by clicking on the speaker sign (the system sound) or the mic sign (the microphone). Or, you can record them both at the same time.

Step 2. Hit "REC" button to start recording audio. To finish it, you just click on the red square icon to stop the recording.

Step 3. After that, the recording list window will pop up automatically. You can listen to or edit the recording with built-in tools.

2. VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player is a versatile program, which allows you to play media files and convert file formats. Apart from that, it has another amazing feature - recording audio and screen. It's an open source screen recorder. 

To capture streaming music, you can get the work done with VLC Media Player by following the tutorials. 

How to Record a Streaming Audio with VLC Media Player:

Step 1. Launch VLC and click Media > Open Network Stream... to open the online streaming audio that you are going to record. In the following dialog box, paste the streaming music URL.

Step 2. Click the arrow beside "Play" to bring up the streaming option. Select the Stream and Next options.

Step 3. In the following window, choose File followed by Add. Then, you can choose a location to save your recorded streaming audio file by clicking Browse.

Step 4. After that, in the Stream Output window, uncheck the check box of Active Transcoding and click Next. Once done, click on the Stream button to begin capturing streaming music. 

How to Record Streaming Audio on Mac 

If you want to record audio resources from Mac, a few simple clicks are enough. This part introduces the best free streaming audio recorder on Mac and offers you the guides to use this software.

1. EaseUS RecExperts for Mac^[Hot]

EaseUS RecExperts for Mac is a lightweight Mac screen recorder. Its elegant interface makes it easy for everyone to use this wonderful audio recording software, even if you have never tried to capture anything on Mac.

For Mac users, this audio recording software allows choosing the audio sources freely. That means you can record the system sound and microphone audio separately or simultaneously. If you need to record streaming sound playing on Mac, you capture internal sound without an extension.

Stunning Features:

• A powerful internal audio recorder on Mac
• Capture app and microphone sound only
• Record screen with webcam/audio in a simple clicks
• Support various audio formats, like MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC, etc.
• Offer a Task Scheduler to capture video and audio automatically

Now, download this streaming audio recorder (available on Mac/Windows), and it's useful in various scenes!

Steps to Record Streaming Audio Macintosh:

Step 1. Install and launch EaseUS RecExperts. Click on the "Audio" option on the main screen.

Step 2. Click the Sound icon from the bottom left corner of the interface. Here you can enable the "System sound" option to record your Mac's audio. 

Step 3. To apply more options on Audio, click "Settings" from the main interface. Here you can set the output format, bitrate, sampling rate, etc. 

Step 4. Once done, the audio file is saved on its "Recordings". The recent audio file is listed first.

2. QuickTime Player

To capture streaming audio on Mac, you can use Apple's QuickTime Player, which is available on every MacBook. Yes, it's not merely a video player, it can record a video through the FaceTime camera, record the screen, and most notably, record external audio. 

How to Capture Streaming Audio on Macbook:

Step 1. Launch QuickTime Player (hit "Command "+ "Space" and then type QuickTime to find the app) on Mac. 

Step 2. Click the "File" button and select "New Audio Recording".

Step 3. There is a drop-down menu behind the red "REC" button, and you can select devices to record audio.

Step 4. Back to the webpage and play the song you like. Tap the "REC" button to start recording. Don't forget to click the stop button when you're done recording the audio.

Tips: For capturing internal audio, you need an extension like Soundflower. 

As a default application, QuickTime Player only meets your needs on a basic level. If you want more advanced functions, such as changing the target format of recordings, other streaming audio recorders are available. 

3. Audacity

Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Mac users. This streaming audio recorder can record live audio through a microphone or mixer or digitize recordings from other media. What's more, it offers some editing tools, so you can easily edit your recorded file by trimming, cutting, etc., after recording.

If you want to know how to record internal audio on Mac without Soundflower, you can use Audacity as the alternative. Now, you will see how does Audacity records streaming audio on Mac in detail.

How to Record Streaming Audio with Audacity on Mac:

Step 1. Prepare a headphone wire with a 3.5 mm plug on each end, and connect the headphone output port to the line input port.

Step 2. Open System Preference. Select Sound > Output > Line out. Click the Input button to set the Line Input.

Step 3. Launch Audacity to select Built-in Input as the recording device. Then click on the Transport menu to make sure Software Playthrough is not checked.

Step 4. Once done, you can create a new track and record the streaming music flexibly on your Mac computer.

How to Record Streaming Audio on iPhone/Android 

You might encounter a situation when you like to record audio or much on your iPhone or Android devices. To do the job, there are several streaming audio recorders out there for both iPhone and Android.

There's no need for you to go through the hassle of determining which one is ideal for you. Instead, you can look at the below part to capture streaming audio on iPhone or Android. 

1. Voice Memo [iPhone]

Well, iPhone users can take advantage of their in-built Voice Memo app to capture streaming audio on their devices. It's free and easy to use. The app even lets you edit the recording. And if you want advanced features, then you can get the recorder app from the App Store.

The following is the tutorial on recording audio on iPhone using this app. Have a try!

How to Rip Streaming Audio on iPhone:

Step 1. Open the Voice Memo app. Perform your voice to capture. 

Step 2. Just click the red button to start recording. Click it again to stop it. 

Step 3. You can click the three-dot icon for editing. 

2. Smart Recorder [Android]

Smart Recorder is a free decent streaming audio recorder for Android. It has been specially designed for a long-time and high-quality recording with a simple and clean user interface.

Additional features include changing the audio quality and specifying the folder where you like to save your recorded audio. Moreover, it even allows you to turn off or skip silent features that would eradicate the silent parts. Indeed, it is effortless to use. 

How to Capture Streaming Audio Android:

Step 1. Get the app on your phone and open it. 

Step 2. Just click the "Red" button, and it will begin recording. 

Step 3. When you're done, stop recording. Plus, you can pause it also and then resume it when ready. 

How to Record Streaming Audio Online 

To record streaming or online audio online for free, you can count on Online Voice Recorder. It is a simple and easy online tool that you can use right in your browser.

It allows you to record online audio using a microphone and save the recording file as an MP3 file. Plus, the tool even allows you to crop your recording file to the section you need.

How to Rip Streaming Audio Online:

Step 1. Go to Online Voice Recorder. 

Step 2. Just tap the "Red" button to record the online background audio. 

Step 3. When you're sure that's what you need, you can stop the recording and hit "Save". 

Conclusion

You can see that recording streaming audio or music is not troublesome when you get the right tools. Whether on Windows, Mac, Android or iPhone, you can record streaming audio with ease. Indeed, tools like EaseUS RecExperts have made a job much easier and quicker and, on top of all, offer much more than just recording streaming audio. Now, it's your chance to download this recording software without registration! 

FAQs About Recording Streaming Audio

Some related issues gathered from the public are listed here. 

1. How do I record a streaming audio?

Follow steps to record audio on Mac/Windows. Choose EaseUS RecExperts as audio recording software. 

1. Download EaseUS RecExperts and choose the "Audio" option.

2. Turn on the two buttons to choose a suitable audio source. Then play the streaming music you want to record and click "REC" to begin the recording.

3. Once done, the recorded file can be saved to your PC.

2. Which is the best streaming audio recorder? 

The 5 best streaming audio recorders are:

• EaseUS RecExperts
• Audacity
• VLC Media Player
• QuickTime Player
• OBS Studio

3. How to record audio from computer on Mac？

There are many ways to record streaming music on Mac. For the detailed tutorials, you can move to Part 2 to get more information.

4. Can Audacity record streaming audio?

Yes, it can. Audacity comes with audio recording capability. You can get the details from the guide above.