Streamripper

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Streamripper
Basic data

developer Jon Clegg, Gregory Sharp, Noderunner
Current  version 1.64.6
(March 31, 2009)
operating system Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X , Linux , FreeBSD , BeOS , OS / 2
programming language C.
category SHOUTcast , ribs
License GNU General Public License
German speaking No
streamripper.sourceforge.net

StreamRipper is a platform-independent software for storing (scene term: ribs ) of Shoutcast - and Icecast - Internet radio broadcasts . The project is developed open source and published under the GNU General Public License .

overview

functionality

Like a streaming-capable player , Streamripper connects to the server and receives the data stream from it in packets. The formats MP3 and Vorbis are supported . Instead of playing back and then discarding the received material, it is merged and left on the hard drive . The metadata sent with it can be used to identify when a piece of music ends and a new one begins, so that the pieces can be divided into individual files and named accordingly using the tag information sent . Streamripper itself is not able to play the received material, but can forward it locally to a streaming-capable audio player as a "relay server" so that the material can be played back at the same time.

handling

Streamripper itself is operated via the command line, without a graphical user interface , so that the computer's resource consumption is low. Frontends have appeared from other programmers that make handling more convenient. Furthermore, there exists a Winamp - plug-in for versions 2, 3 and 5. Here Stream Ripper is directly integrated into Winamp and operated via a separate surface. There are also some modifications which, for example, have an intrinsic surface, but these are for the most part no longer developed.

controversy

Dispute

In 2001, the Internet radio provider Live365 became aware of the software and warned the developer Jon Clegg to stop his activities. When Clegg ignored this, Live365 stations began deliberately crashing stream ripper clients with a manipulated stream . It was not about the expected music, but an inflated HTML file, which repeatedly contained the line DEFINITION clegg n - large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals [syn horsefly, cleg, horse fly] (dt . "Clegg is a large female mosquito that sucks the blood of animals."). Clegg relented and removed support for Live365 stations.

General legal situation in Germany

The legal situation regarding the offer of the software and its use must be assessed on a case-by-case basis. The Legal Committee of the Bundestag recommended that the use of recording software (such as the Streamripper) be explicitly regulated by law as part of a possible “third basket” of the copyright reform .

At the moment, it must be determined whether the recording is from an Internet radio or video portal broadcasting lawfully or illegally (e.g. due to a lack of GEMA or GVL registration) and whether it is an interactive radio station or not. Recording from a non-interactive pirate channel can be illegal according to Section 96 (2) UrhG. However, criminal or civil law consequences can hardly be assumed because the user usually lacks knowledge of the inadmissibility and thus the intent (in the event of lack of knowledge of the inadmissibility) or negligence (if the user could not have recognized the inadmissibility) .

In June 2014, Stiftung Warentest took the view that when ripping MP3 files from the live stream of the video portal YouTube through a specialized portal, it was basically permissible private copies that consumers could use for themselves on their own devices for as long use the portal to access videos lawfully uploaded to YouTube. These are, for example, videos from the artists' official YouTube channels or from channels where it is obvious that the rights holders agree to their use, such as the channel of the Eurovision Song Contest . On the other hand, re-use of the audio recording - for example by republishing it on a portal - is not permitted because it is not covered by the offense of private copying.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The streamripper Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page . In: Open Hub . (accessed on July 18, 2018).
  2. ↑ Official explanation of the functionality
  3. ↑ Official FAQ
  4. ↑ Resolution recommendation of the Legal Committee v. July 4, 2007. (PDF) p. 5
  5. ↑ Georg von Zimmermann: Recording software for Internet radios . In: MMR , 2007, 553 (p. 556)
  6. ↑ Downloads via Streamripper: Pull legal copies from Youtube . Stiftung Warentest , June 17, 2014 = Internet: Copying allowed . In: test booklet 7/2014, p. 21; Retrieved July 6, 2014