Reviews of Screamer Radio

1. 
   GadgetPig

   Reviewing 0.4.4 (20100924) Beta (Sep 27, 2010)

   As a basic streaming and recording program it works well, just a couple things:
   
   a.) when you first start the player, make sure to go top menu>recording>begin recording and make sure it is checked OFF.
   For some reason it was already enabled when I downloaded the portable version. YMMV of course.
   
   b.) As was mentioned before, the gui could use updating, maybe add vista/win7 taskbar controls (as windows media player classic already does) or basic skinning support.
   
   c.) Regarding radio presets, there are times when stations fail to load "gives up" (as the radio station may have changed iURL or network ports), so you need to manually edit or add stations occasionally. For example under the "salsa" genre, there are 10 listed, but only one "sky FM" actually works. YMMV of course.
2. 
   aszure

   Reviewing 0.4.4 (20100924) Beta (Sep 26, 2010)

   I have toyed with this program for years. It does what it is advertised to do, plays internet radio streams, and does it quite well. I find that there's a very small memory footprint, and doesn't take up your desktop.
   
   The interface is a bit weak. All the functionality is there, however, I wouldn't mind seeing some degree of skinning and maybe a mini-view when it's playing in the background. It reminds me of a media player from 1998.
   
   One thing I will say is that it gives one of the most thorough listing of radio stations of the other media player programs. I believe the lists are compiled from the shoutcast yp, icecast yp, and then personal submissions from users on their forum. All my favorites are there, and tons more to choose from.
   
   That all being said, it's great. Works excellent. Just could use a face lift.
3. 
   smaragdus

   Reviewing 0.4.4 (20100924) Beta (Sep 26, 2010)

   Good, but I prefer this one - Radio Sure - http://www.radiosure.com/
4. 
   anomoly

   Reviewing 0.4.4 (20100924) Beta (Sep 25, 2010)

   Unfortunately this comes with lots of presets from all over that simply don't work and even if you know the proper url, it is impossible to correct it's internal list.
   If you want a simple gui to record a simple stream, look no further.
   The fact it's presets are such a mess is what turns me off completely.
   It's like looking to buy a car with a convertible top, and getting it home and finding out you bought a lunchtruck.
5. 
   asaenz

   Reviewing 0.4.3 (Jul 13, 2010)

   I use it almost daily and it works well for me.

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