WireTap 1.0.0 - New free utility from Ambrosia

murbot · July 8, 2003 9:18PM

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WireTap 1.0.0

WireTap is a free product for MacOS X 10.2 or later that allows you to record any audio playing on your Mac, saving it to a file for later listening or processing. This allows you to record news from Internet radio stations such as the BBC News, sound snippets from your favorite DVD movie, record the audio from a game, or even iChatAV conversations.

WireTap works using a simple tape recorder-like interface. Simply click the record button, and any audio playing through your Mac will be recorded to disk. WireTap can record any sound that is playing regardless of the source, so RealPlayer, iTunes, DVD Player, Windows Media Player, etc. are all supported.

Check it out here.

Anyone still running the old version of iTunes with sharing?

aquatic · July 8, 2003 10:19PM

Indeed. I'm still waiting for a iTunes 4.0.1 patch which allows sharing and downloading. This is cool though, especially for freeware. Hey moki thanks! It's like Audio HiJack, for free.

chef ramen noodle · July 8, 2003 10:45PM

speaking of ambrosia.......WHERE IS APIERON FOR OSX??

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anybody know how this compares to Audio Hijack?

ghost_user_name · July 8, 2003 11:15PM

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Originally posted by chef ramen noodle

anybody know how this compares to Audio Hijack?

It's different. Better and worse, depending on how you use it. It's better in that you can launch and record at any time and don't have to "hook" the apps in. It's worse in that it records EVERYTHING the sound system makes and isn't limited to a specific app.

moki · July 9, 2003 1:21AM

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Originally posted by Aquatic

Indeed. I'm still waiting for a iTunes 4.0.1 patch which allows sharing and downloading. This is cool though, especially for freeware. Hey moki thanks! It's like Audio HiJack, for free.

Sure, I'm glad you're enjoying it.

moki · July 9, 2003 1:21AM

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Originally posted by chef ramen noodle

speaking of ambrosia.......WHERE IS APIERON FOR OSX??

It's on my computer actually; pretty close to being done too, we're just weighing whether we want to redo the rather dated looking graphics or not...

moki · July 9, 2003 1:22AM

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Originally posted by Brad

It's different. Better and worse, depending on how you use it. It's better in that you can launch and record at any time and don't have to "hook" the apps in. It's worse in that it records EVERYTHING the sound system makes and isn't limited to a specific app.

Yep, that's about right. There's also the "free" thing too.

unremarkable · July 9, 2003 6:05AM

Wiretap is great for free! Congratulations Ambrosia.

You know, oddly, I was saying two days ago to a friend, as we were moaning about the state of Mac Gaming (I don't like the new fangled "Quake Engine" blah blah 3D gear, I'm old school), how I really wished that the old Ambrosia games were available for OS X. I so loved Apeiron and Swoop and Barrack!

unremarkable · July 9, 2003 6:08AM

And, you know, it's killing me that I can't play Ferazel's Wand!

der kopf · July 9, 2003 6:09AM

Hmm. Not too shabby, I'm inclined to thank you, Moki.

anders · July 9, 2003 6:31AM

Yeah great app moki (and great to be able to communicate with the "highest up" of a software maker about their products

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One question: With all thoise codexes why isn´t there MP3 recording on it? License reasons? Resources?

unremarkable · July 9, 2003 7:02AM

The answer is available in the help: licensing.

1337_5l4xx0r · July 9, 2003 7:50AM

While we're indulging in off-topic fantasies, I'd like to see an OpenGL port of Avara for OSX. That game rules in a peculiar Tron-like way.

ast3r3x · July 9, 2003 11:18AM

ur the man moki...i was hoping for an easy way to get audio from dvd's

i'm off to download it to try and see how good the quality you can get

ghost_user_name · July 9, 2003 11:33AM

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Originally posted by ast3r3x

i'm off to download it to try and see how good the quality you can get

Quality? It's 100% quality if you choose a lossless file format. What the system plays is exactly what WireTap records.

moki · July 9, 2003 11:39AM

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Originally posted by unremarkable

And, you know, it's killing me that I can't play Ferazel's Wand!

All of our games that aren't OS X native work okay under Classic...

moki · July 9, 2003 11:41AM

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Originally posted by ast3r3x

ur the man moki...i was hoping for an easy way to get audio from dvd's

i'm off to download it to try and see how good the quality you can get

You should get excellent quality with it.

ast3r3x · July 9, 2003 11:47AM

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Originally posted by moki

You should get excellent quality with it.

i do...what a wonderful program!

moki · July 9, 2003 4:49PM

I made a mistake when packaging up WireTap 1.0.0, which renders the "Timed Recording" AppleScript for WireTap useless. Fixing it is easy, though.

1) click on the Timed recording AppleScript in the Finder

2) choose "Get Info..." from the File menu

3) click on the disclosure triangle for "Name & Extension"

4) change the extension on the file from ".applescript" to ".scpt"

5) there is no step 5

It should work fine after doing that. Sorry about that one...

david m · July 10, 2003 10:40AM

Nifty!

And now that it's been out for 15 seconds the whining begins...

I understand the problems with MP3 and AAC ($$) but wonder if Ogg Vorbis and FLAC might be added at a future date?

What ever the answer, you've given us a "Grab" for sound. Thank you!

moki · July 10, 2003 12:45PM

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Originally posted by David M

I understand the problems with MP3 and AAC ($$) but wonder if Ogg Vorbis and FLAC might be added at a future date?

Probably not; perhaps in a "pro" version if we decide to to it, though.

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Originally posted by David M

What ever the answer, you've given us a "Grab" for sound. Thank you!

Well, or the Snapz Pro X "lite" of sound

WireTap 1.0.0 - New free utility from Ambrosia

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