Other Content For Your Pocket PC - What Do You Listen To?

[Ed Hansberry]

I regularly listen to music as well as <a href="http://www.audible.com">"The Wall Street Journal" from Audible</a> on my Pocket PC. I'm not a huge fan of audio books though. I'd rather read them, in ebook format of course. :wink: There are times though when I'd like to listen to something for hours and for now, I've found something pretty good. <a href="http://www.reasons.org">Reasons.org</a> has a weekly radio show that is broadcast over the internet.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2003/20030814-audiocontent.gif" /><br />Of course, that means you have to be near your computer, which is no good. Fortunately, they convert the show to MP3 format. They strip the ads out, which is nice, but a 1.5 hr show is $3 per download, a bit too much for my taste. I found where they offer a <a href="http://store.reasons.org/cgi-bin/webc.exe/st_main.html?catid=36&sid=2IG5-0m9A1M3OU">full quarter on a CD in MP3 format</a> for $25, which breaks down to around $1.80 per show on the CD. The files are pretty large, ranging from 39-45MB per 90 minute episode, but I can convert them to WMA format and get them down to a slightly more manageable 29-31MB per episode. Good thing I have a 512MB SD card. :D We listened to 4 shows (6 hrs) during our trip to Mid-Ohio last weekend.<br /><br />I know CNet Radio has a 30 minute download in the form of a 9MB MP3 file, but they require a proprietary delivery system instead of just letting you get the MP3 file, so that got whacked quick. Manually I might add as the uninstaller did little more than remove the shortcut from the desktop. :evil: <br /><br />What else is out there?

[Wuss912]

www.audible.com
has been there for years 8) :ppclove:

[wardseward]

I just read about a program in the November issuse of PPC magazine called Replay Radio.

http://www.replay-radio.com

"Replay Radio is an incredibly easy way to record radio broadcasts. Just pick your favorite radio show, or select a station and a time range, and Replay Radio records it for you. It's like a VCR for the radio. Now you can listen to your favorite radio shows whenever and wherever you like!

Once your show is recorded, Replay Radio makes MP3 files for listening with an MP3 player or your PC. Or, you can have Replay Radio automatically make an audio CD for playback on a home or car CD Player. Everything happens automatically!"

So you could record interenet radio shows or regular over the air radio shows to listen to on your PPC. I downloaded the trial version today and plan on giving it a try this weekend. There a few NPR show I'd love to listen to on the train.

I only wish it would rip to ogg or wma, but oh well. I guess i can always convert them.

Now I'll have to get that CF card i've been holding off on. =)

[dean_shan]

Hey thanks for pointing me to reasons.org. That show looks great I'll have to try it out when I get home. I like to listen to Digitally Imported (http://www.di.fm) in bed using the WiFi on my e740.

[manywhere]

I like to listen to Virgin Radio London (UK) (http://www.virginradio.co.uk). It works great using Windows Media Player on my PPC and streamed via Bluetooth from my Nokia 6310i. And their site is even Pocket Internet Explorer friendly!! 8)

Too bad that my :twak: operator (http://www.dnafinland.fi) stopped with the flat-fee GPRS in July. :evil:
Oh well, at least our Consumer Agency & Ombudsman (http://www.kuluttajavirasto.fi/user_nf/default.asp?site=36) is going to show them! :twisted:

[heyday]

All you have to do to get the CNET Radio .mp3 file is to install the Mozilla web browser and then go to the site. Thier download manager can't work with it so it takes you to a direct link to download.

Another good program is Total Recorder. You can set it up to record any show that streams on the net.

I subscribe to Rushlimbaugh.com and record them every day to .mp3.....

heyday

[Paul]

KenRadio (http://www.kenradio.com/) I get it through Plus Sync & Go
Ken and Andy are a great source for tech news.

[QYV]

Hey thanks for pointing me to reasons.org. That show looks great I'll have to try it out when I get home. I like to listen to Digitally Imported in bed using the WiFi on my e740.

Digitally Imported rocks! :rock on dude!: I wonder if I could convince my wife that we should get a WiFi setup for the reason you describe...

[Perry Reed]

I love CNET Radio enough to put up with the downloader. My only real complaint is that often the files are delivered late. They're supposed to be ready by 6pm EDT, which for me would be perfect since I leave work at 6:30, but often they're late and and so I don't get to listen to them until the next day.

But it makes for great drive-time listening.

[randyhoutx]

I've got my home computer connected to my satellite receiver through the AIW 8500 DV and Snapstream. Every morning Snapstream captures CNN Headline News and ESPN Sportscenter, converts it into a flawless Pocket PC formatted WMV and writes it to my SD card. Nothing beats battling morning traffic while watching last night's highlights on my Samsung i700. When I get to work, I swap out my high-capacity battery for my slimmer lighter "work" battery and slip the other into the charger.

I think Snapstream is the best thing going for Pocket PC content. Now I am burning DVDs opf my favorite movies. It's awesome!

Randy in Houston

Professional driver on a closed course. Watching television while driving is not recommended for anyone with a serious heart condition. ESPN, CNN and Samsung are registered trademarks. Void in Alaska and Utah and where prohibited by law. Not vaild with any other offers.

[Varrus]

KenRadio (http://www.kenradio.com/) I get it through Plus Sync & Go
Ken and Andy are a great source for tech news.

If you don't have the MS Plus Digital Media Edition, you can always go to their site and download MP3's of each of the last week's worth of shows. That's more than enough content for me. The cool thing about their show is that they are very much interested in the same things we are interested here in this forum - Mobile Computing / Connectivity.

[wardseward]

can someone post a link to cnet radio? I looked on the site and could not find it.

[Perry Reed]

can someone post a link to cnet radio? I looked on the site and could not find it.
cnetradio.com (http://cnetradio.com)

*** URL fixed by moderator KC 14-Aug-03

[Wiseblood]

I bought Replay Radio last week and I am VERY happy with it! It allows me to carry my beloved NPR programs with me when I workout. Well worth it!

[rubberdemon]

Cartalk is great, and I believe can be recorded with replay radio. This American Life on NPR has complete archives of all their fabulous episodes in Real Audio format on their website. Streaming, but since they're doing a simple stream, easy enough to create a little web page locally with a link to their file and then right click and download the RA file. Great for on the bus listening!

[bwa999]

I almost this this is too nerdy, but I listen to .net rocks from www.franklins.com. I am still getting caught up. They have all of the espisodes since it started archived in mp3's for free download.

Its all about .net programming. It's not a bad listen, with some great guests. Once I'm caught up, though, I think i'll have to check some of these out. Thanks

[Brad Adrian]

I bought Replay Radio last week and I am VERY happy with it!
I love the idea of Replay Radio, too, but for the life of me cannot get it to record a scheduled program. I've spent several frustrating hours trying to figure out the problem, but whenever it comes to the scheduled time, I get an error saying it can't record because the registration code is invalid (even though the registration process went just fine).

So, IF I can ever figure it out, I think it'll be a great tool.

[Don't Panic!]

I listen to Old Time Radio entertainment from back in the days when families would gather to "watch" the radio. My favorites are The Shadow, X minus 1, Dimension X and just about any detective series; Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a standout in that genre.

For some slighty more up to date stuff look for The Goon Show, CBS Radio Theater and of course The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. MP3's of 3 to 6Mb hold a half hour show. Real Media downloads are not as common but can be found.

Don't Panic!
Bobby

[SteveClawson]

If your a sports fan.....I handle the web stremaing for our sports radio station here in Columbus, OH (WBNS), and, while the site layout itself isn't very PPC freindly (we're working on that), we do have a "Listen Live" selection that is designed for PPC listeners. If you have WiFi for your PPC it works great.

http://www.wbnsam.com/tf.php?story=radiohio/1460thefan/liveplayer.php

Scroll to the center of the page for the PPC "Listen Live" link

I'm starting to make programming available on demand, but I'm using standard asx for player control - which makes it streaming, but not downloadable. Great for the coffee shop, but not the car.....

Is this what you're looking for ? Would you listen to a downloadable WM @ say 32kb/44kHz of:
Ohio State games? (they average about 6 hours)
Blue Jackets Games? (they averagel 4.5 hours)
The Chris Speilman Show?
The Kirk Herbstreit Show?

I'm also working on the video streaming for our TV station (WBNS 10TV). While we plan on offering a PPC freindly version of the live streaming of our newscasts and sports programming. Is downloadable video of this something you want? What speed (say 120kb? 185kb?).

Just trying to get some feedback from users...

[rmasinag]

Just a quick question to the Replay Radio gurus here.

Once you have recoded the programs you want, do you need their MP3 player or I can just use WMP9 in the PPC???

[Brad Adrian]

Once you have recoded the programs you want, do you need their MP3 player or I can just use WMP9 in the PPC???
I believe any MP3 player will work, but the Replay Player does have one nice feature: you can jump forward or backward in increments of one minute, two minutes, etc.

[heyday]

KenRadio (http://www.kenradio.com/) I get it through Plus Sync & Go
Ken and Andy are a great source for tech news.

Thanks for the info on KenRadio. I used to listen to these guys when they were techtalk.com but then they vanashed..... anyone know what happend?

Joel

[Jordan Rosenwald]

I listen to Old Time Radio entertainment from back in the days when families would gather to "watch" the radio. My favorites are The Shadow, X minus 1, Dimension X and just about any detective series; Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a standout in that genre.

For some slighty more up to date stuff look for The Goon Show, CBS Radio Theater and of course The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. MP3's of 3 to 6Mb hold a half hour show. Real Media downloads are not as common but can be found.


Couldn't agree more! I love Old Time Radio, have for years. As MP3s they're the best. Can fit several an absurd amount on my 256MB SD card and still have plenty of room for other files.
If you like detective series, I recommend The Falcon. X Minus One is fantastic!

[kagayaki1]

I've got my home computer connected to my satellite receiver through the AIW 8500 DV and Snapstream. Every morning Snapstream captures CNN Headline News and ESPN Sportscenter, converts it into a flawless Pocket PC formatted WMV and writes it to my SD card. Nothing beats battling morning traffic while watching last night's highlights on my Samsung i700. When I get to work, I swap out my high-capacity battery for my slimmer lighter "work" battery and slip the other into the charger.

I think Snapstream is the best thing going for Pocket PC content. Now I am burning DVDs opf my favorite movies. It's awesome!

Randy in Houston


8O That's just so cool. Maybe now we can convince a couple more thousand people to do the very same thing and never address a traffic congestion problem ever again! Sounds like Seattle's Sound Transit...

Seriously, though. Sweet setup! :drool: