JT ,keep cool ,week end is coming..
TotalRecorder has nothing to do with ripping LPs or tapes.
It is only that TotalRecorder install a driver.
If you use it often ,better to set it default . To get automatic rip level - for stream- as well.
Now ,concerning ripping stream TotalRecorder and Zinf -ex FreeAmp- have AN HUDGE PLUS :
They set the level volume automatic.
Zinf works with ShoutCast and MP3.com.
You get the mp3 rip to your hardrive by just playing the stream. Buffering not a problem ,you do not get them in the mp3.
TotalRecorder can record any stream in the same way - well look like it is not working with Rhapsody.
Concerning ripping lps. There is many posts from me saying that ,if yours LPs in mint condition ,you just need ONLY MJ/MC recorder.
You rip it easy , semi auto volume set , seach for LPS infos and enter the time of the songs for get a file for each.
I may be wrong ,but ,as i said few times here ,i do fell that the best sound you get is with MJ/MC - againts MM ,DBpowerAmp and few others
I had a lot of problems with TotalRecorder on ME.
I do not have it now on my 2000 install.
If MJ/MC one day with the same automatic level ripping for radios ,i would never install it again-TT i mean-
A fonction like Zinf would be enought= you get a rip to the format of the rip -128 kps for MP3.com-.
You cannot set to another format