pasodoble Wrote: > Is there such a thing in terms of functionality? I'd love to pause > internet radio streams and record them for later listening.
You can't do this with the Squeezebox SlimServer software. And I don't know of any software that will automatically start recording when you hit pause, and then play from the recording when you unpause. (Great idea though. See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=9932) What you can do is use other software to automatically record sound files that the Squeezebox will find and make available through its menus. Then you can listen to the recordings and pause and resume at will. There are two approaches to this. The older VCR-style way is to use a program that records streaming Internet audio based on a schedule you set up. You have to figure out which time blocks you want to record and from what radio station feeds, and enter that into the program. Do an Internet search for terms like "streaming audio recorder VCR timer". The advantage of this approach is you can record whatever content you want, though this happens in real time. (It takes one hour to record a one hour show.) The newer Tivo-like way is to use podcasting. A podcast is like a radio show with episodes that can be downloaded at any time for later playback. Podcasting software automatically determines when new episodes are ready and downloads them. Do an Internet search for "podcasting". Podcasting is presumably easier to manage, but because it is new there aren't that many shows available. It also doesn't work well for continuously playing radio stations. I just started using iPodder to download talk programs from public radio, which are automatically put into iTunes under a playlist. (http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/index.php, http://www.publicradiofan.com/podcasts.html) -- madcat _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
