World music in one place with Screamer radio player

Internet based radio stations are blooming these days. No wonder with expenses and costs for that kind of broadcasting being so low except for internet usage itself. Therefore internet based radio players are getting more and more popular and Screamer Radio is amongst them. But don't be fooled and think that this player is new on the market. He is there for quite some time dating way back to 2003. So why we are writing about it today? Because it is probably the best if not thee best internet based radio player out there. Why do we think so? Read on...


Basic qualities of this wonderful application are very simple interface and very small footprint. But once again, don't be fooled with that. That minimalistic interface enables you full control over content which is streamed over the net. Another big quality of this application comes from very big database of supported radio stations from around the world. Over four thousand of them. Wow! Newest additions can be tracked on Screamer radio directory location. And that is not all. Some stations may broadcast from more than one stream enabling different quality or formats. Not a problem. Screamer enables you simple and fast change between sources. Supported formats go from Shoutcast and Icecast MP3 streaming to Icecast OGG and WMA/ACC streaming.


Now we come to another great quality of this player. All streamed content can be recorded by simple button click. And not just that, this player will record the whole song even if you clicked on record button at the middle of song broadcast. This is possible because Screamer uses buffering system which is held until the song in question is over. Also if radio station in question enables id tags songs will be recorded, properly named using those tags and put into proper folders. You can also choose the format for recording being MP3 or OGG.
Amongs other things we can also mention marking your favorite stations and even using portable version of this program which you can put on your usb device and use it on virtually any computer. Also, this program is low on resources but you should probably have a better internet connection for streamed content although reported internet usage goes from 10 to 20 kb depending on streaming quality. For more demanding and better quality network usage goes up.
On the end, when it comes to internet radio players, one big, musical, and Hot Wink goes to this wonderful and small yet very powerful application. Ah yes. You can get it here and take it for a spin. Don't worry it is FREE. Enjoy!