I have a Dell Studio XPS computer and I like to record live streaming audio from the internet. After many hours of working on my computer's settings in my Roxio 10 program, I could not get streaming audio to record. No matter what I did, it would not work. What was more annoying was that I even upgraded my Roxio program to make sure that I could do this on my new computer (as I had been able to do on a previous version of Roxio on my previous Dell computer.)
After a Google search, I found that this feature has been DISABLED by DELL. I am really ticked off that Dell decided to do this without telling me they had disabled a feature of software that I paid for that has been disabled by Dell. After some additional research and trying some things that did not work on the Dell site, I found the solution for me and maybe it will help you.
You need to go to Radio Shack and buy 2 things. 1 (one) three foot 3.5 stereo 2 sided male audio cable and 1(one) 3.5 stereo Y-Cable (42-2570) I already had the 2 male end stereo cable that I use to plug my ipod into my car's audio system.
Plug one side of the 2 sided male audio cable into the BLUE line in jack. Bring the other end around to the front of the computer. You will need it soon.
Plug the male end of the Y-cable into the jack in the front of the computer. (The same one that you use to plug in your headphones into.)
Now take the other male end from 2 sided, three foot long audio cable and put it into one of the female ends of the Y-cable.
Finally, now you have one more female end of the Y-cable that you can plug your headphones into.
For those of you who need a picture, I have a drawing that I have posted to my website that I made to help illustrate for the right brains in cyberspace. http://www.rltphotoartist.com/Livestream_fix_for_Dell_Disabled_feature_for_Roxio.pdf
Disclaimer: I am a photographer not an engineer so this is the best I could come up with. I am so annoyed with Dell for disabling this feature that I wanted to help others who think they have lost their mind trying to make this work. There were a couple of ideas that were offered from other frustrated customers on the Dell site. But they didn't work. After a couple of hours, I found this solution that works. Hope it works for you.
