I've done this with
VLC too. Recording Radio 4 goes like this:
- Start VLC.
- Select menu Media, Convert/Save
- Select the Network tab.
- You will be asked for a "Network URL". For BBC, you can find the URL on
BBC Radio iPhone Streams e.g. the Radio 4 URL is
BBC Radio 4
- hit Convert/Save:
- under "Profile", select the output type. If you're going to edit the results, I recommend "Audio/CD", which saves an uncompressed (i.e. large) WAV file. If you're going to just play it back, you can just choose "Audio/MP3".
- choose the Destination file location and name e.g. Desktop then "radio4.mp3".
NB: if you're going to use Audacity to edit the audio, note that it can't export MP3 files unless you add an extra component:
Audacity: How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder?