<s>
Streamripper	B-Language
is	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
client	O
,	O
or	O
Winamp	B-Application
plugin	O
,	O
that	O
records	O
Internet	O
radio	O
streams	O
in	O
the	O
MP3	B-Application
or	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
formats	O
,	O
programmed	O
by	O
Jon	O
Clegg	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Gregory	O
Sharp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Streamripper	B-Language
was	O
started	O
in	O
early	O
2000	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
separate	O
tracks	O
via	O
SHOUTcast	B-Application
's	O
title-streaming	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
now	O
been	O
expanded	O
into	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
generic	O
feature	O
,	O
where	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
only	O
tries	O
to	O
"	O
hint	O
"	O
at	O
where	O
one	O
track	O
starts	O
and	O
another	O
ends	O
,	O
thus	O
allowing	O
an	O
MP3	B-Application
decoding	O
engine	O
to	O
scan	O
for	O
a	O
silent	O
mark	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
find	O
an	O
exact	O
track	O
separation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Streamripper	B-Language
is	O
now	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
standard	O
distribution	O
,	O
mentioned	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	O
MP3	B-Application
HOWTO	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
compiled	O
on	O
many	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Linux	O
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
BeOS	O
and	O
OS/2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
consistent	O
with	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
portability	B-Architecture
was	O
a	O
constant	O
consideration	O
during	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Peer-to-peer	O
file	O
sharing	O
networks	O
which	O
require	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
know	O
in	O
advance	O
what	O
they	O
wish	O
to	O
download	O
,	O
Streamripper	B-Language
records	O
entire	O
batches	O
of	O
audio	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
sequence	O
of	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Streamripper	B-Language
can	O
also	O
host	O
a	O
local	O
relay	O
server	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
specified	O
port	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
listen	O
to	O
the	O
stream	O
while	O
the	O
recording	O
is	O
in	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
