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I did see this question but not much on .NET...

I want to write .NET code to connect to a web server streaming SHOUTcast (Winamp) audio content (if anyone is interested, the URL is http://live.radiotrinitas.ro:8000/) and record it.

But I don't know much how to do it.

Just open the HTTP connection, and stream it off to a file on the disk?

There are some headers that appear to be in the content (or so it seems to me) and I don't know what the format is so how to name the extension of the file (MP3?)

Update1 :

I did try to connect using HttpWebRequest but it throws up saying ProtocolViolation. Then I tried connecting using TcpClient and it doesn't send back anything. I guess it awaits some starting command. I don't know this, apparently proprietary (?), protocol...

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  • The accepted answer (using bass) has a .Net wrapper , did you try it? – Nasreddine Nov 11 '11 at 20:48
  • I've downloaded it but I don't get it how it works/what it does. It simply is a thin wrapper around the unamanged (C++) code. – Andrei Rînea Nov 11 '11 at 20:53
  • [You didn't look hard enough](http://www.un4seen.com/bass.html#apis): There is a link to a .Net wrapper API and a link to the documentation. –  Nov 11 '11 at 21:30
  • I did see the .NET wrapper but the CodeProject solution seemed easier. Although I need to better understand how it works and clean the code.. – Andrei Rînea Nov 11 '11 at 21:39
  • Yeah, no need for BASS for this, the SHOUTcast "protocol" is very simple, and the data is just (usually) MP3. – Brad Nov 12 '11 at 14:36

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Well it seems someone over CodeProject posted something useful and working!

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/audio-video/SHOUTcastRipper.aspx

To run the code snippet you need to set the following configuration :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <system.net>
    <settings>
      <httpWebRequest useUnsafeHeaderParsing="true"/>
    </settings>
  </system.net>
</configuration>
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