CJB wrote:
Rolo - thank you for that suggestion. However when I do that I find
that Audacity isn't picking up any audio at all. It needs to capture
the input/output from the sound card not the mic. Turning the mic off
means that nothing is captured at all. I'm begining to think that there
is something wrong with the sound card. Cheers - Chris B.

Could be right. Not *all* sound cards allow the 'wave' or 'Stereo Mix'
output of the card to be used for recording imput *on the same card*.

You can check this (in XP) by opening the mixer controls, doing options-
properties, and checking which 'volume controls you can show', when you
toggle the radio buttons to 'adjust volume' for recording.

For this dell dimension 3100 I'm using (onboard SigmaTel Audio), I have
the same problem.

Available playback controls are ...

-- Volume Control
-- Wave
-- SW Synth
-- CD Player
-- Input Monitor
-- Mono Mix

& available recording controls are ...

-- Line In
-- Microphone

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For another computer based on a Gigabyte GA-8IK1100 rev2.x (onboard
Realtek AC97 Audio)

Available playback controls are ...

-- Volume Control
-- Wave
-- SW Synth
-- Front / Subwoofer / Centre / Rear
-- SPDIF
-- Line In
-- CD Player
-- Microphone
-- Phone Line
-- PC Speaker

& available recording controls are ...

-- Mono Mix
-- Stereo Mix =============
-- SPDIF
-- Line In
-- CD Player
-- Microphone
-- Phone Line

Better luck here .... :-)

Have a google, and check sourceforge. There are plenty of applications
for recording audio from streaming broadcasts _without_ having to do it
via the soundcard.

--
Adrian C