05-13-2003, 09:02 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
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"It's Like TiVo For Your Radio"
Do you have a favorite radio station or show you like to listen to, but aren't always near a radio when it airs? If so, Applian Technologies has got a product for you: Replay Radio.
This program, which the developer calls "TiVo-like," uses your PC to record any kind of Internet streaming audio, like that from an Internet radio site. It then converts the audio to MP3 format, which can be downloaded to your Pocket PC or burned to a CD.
Here are some details:
� Schedule days to record, and start and end times, just like a VCR.
� Record ANYTHING that plays on your PC speakers.
� Record directly from a radio or other audio source by connecting it to your PC's sound card.
� Compression technology requires as little as 7Mb/hour.
� Automatically burn Audio CDs.
� Eliminate Dead Air option removes shows/sources with frequent periods of silence.
I know that Replay Radio has been around for a while, but I'm excited about giving this a try. There are several radio shows that I never get to listen to because of the times they air. So, with a little luck, by this time next week I'll be using my Pocket PC to listen to the weekend airings of:
� Car Talk
� Prairie Home Companion
� Rick Dee's Top 40
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05-13-2003, 11:31 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 7
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Radio on the go!
Neat idea. 8) Anyone know if it lives up to the promise :?:
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05-13-2003, 01:01 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 634
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I use it every day. It works great, and it doesn't chew up a lot of memory in operation, so I can play a game and listen to my shows at the same time on my iPAQ 5455. In fact, I'm listening right now to a show that I taped yesterday.
Some drawbacks:
1. One hour of radio recorded at the "FM" quality level will use about 24MB, so you have to use it with a CF or SD card. You can record at the "AM" quality level, but the quality of the recording really suffers--everything sounds like it's in an echo chamber. I use a 256 MB SD card to record three hours of radio shows per day, and still have plenty of room left for about 30 MP3 songs, some photos of my pets and my iPAQ Back Up file.
2. The program ain't cheap because you have to buy two programs in order to listen to the recorded shows on your PDA--You have to buy Replay Radio for your desktop to record the shows (about $20), then you have to buy Replay Player for your PDA to listen to the shows (about $20). This put a crimp in my wallet, BUT I have to say that it ends up being a bargain, because I use the program every day, unlike some of the $20 games that I've bought that are too complicated to play and end up never being played.
3. It takes about 45 minutes to transfer each hour of radio show via serial port to my iPAQ. It doesn't take nearly that long using the USB connection; but unfortunately for me, the USB port on my computer at work is not working right now. :cry:
Overall, however, I really recommend Replay Radio/Replay Player for radio addicts like me. It's great for long commutes, etc, and you never have to miss your favorite radio shows! :rock on dude!:
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05-13-2003, 01:30 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 333
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Originally Posted by piperpilot
2. The program ain't cheap because you have to buy two programs in order to listen to the recorded shows on your PDA--You have to buy Replay Radio for your desktop to record the shows (about $20), then you have to buy Replay Player for your PDA to listen to the shows (about $20). This put a crimp in my wallet, BUT I have to say that it ends up being a bargain, because I use the program every day, unlike some of the $20 games that I've bought that are too complicated to play and end up never being played.
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Are the MP3s that it makes DRM encrypted or something? Why couldn't you just play them in your MP3 player of choice?
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05-13-2003, 01:34 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 634
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Originally Posted by rlobrecht
Are the MP3s that it makes DRM encrypted or something? Why couldn't you just play them in your MP3 player of choice?
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You can listen to them through WMP, but the ReplayPlayer has a feature that allows you to skip through commercials. I like to be as efficient as possible with my time and the skip through function allows me to cut out the ads quickly and easily, which is a big plus when you're listening in the car with your iPAQ in your lap.
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05-13-2003, 02:25 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,041
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I've been wanting something like this for a while. I'm there!
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05-13-2003, 02:37 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 77
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This looks like it will work with XM radio as well. Sound interesting.
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05-13-2003, 03:30 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 63
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Re: "It's Like TiVo For Your Radio"
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
� Rick Dee's Top 40
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*Hurls* WTF? You gotta be kidding me that anyone in their right mind listens to that P.O.S. radio show? Thier are only two radio shows I listen to. Loveline (With Adam Corrola & Dr. Drew) and HardDriveRadio
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05-13-2003, 03:43 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 54
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How about a link to the program?
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05-13-2003, 03:46 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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Originally Posted by Lday
How about a link to the program?
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Minor technicality! 
(It's there now.)
--janak
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