phatcat 0 #1 December 27, 2002 Let's say a person wanted to record a certain radio program, three hours long every day during the week. Let's also say this person wanted to have this saved in mp3 format on his/her computer. Lastly, let's say this person wasn't at home during the day in which to do this himself, and so needed it done automatically. How would a person, hypothetically, accomplish this task? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #2 December 27, 2002 see if the radio program is onlineMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonic 0 #3 December 27, 2002 Use musicmatch. You can set it to start / stop recording from any source whenever you want.----------------------------------- It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #4 December 27, 2002 QuoteYou can set it to start / stop recording from any source whenever you want. Okay, but how do I get my computer to recieve radio? I know you can get TV cards, but do they make that kind of thing for radio? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #5 December 27, 2002 Here's another one: My stereo has headphone output, my SoundBlaster has a mic input. Could I put 2 and 2 together somehow? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dex 0 #6 December 27, 2002 Easiest way would be to get a decient TV/radio tuner card for your pc that has a good software package with it and let it rip... Ideally it has a mechanism to schedule recordings built in... If your a GNU/Linux user there seems to be alot of free software out there prebuilt for the task this software is easily found by searching for tivo emulation software. The software that records tv shows at specified times can also be used to record radio shows.. Google for a Radio/tv tuner card and call the vendor about how to schedule recordings with it. The other option is to get a audio cable to string from your radio that you leave on all day and rig up your computer to record from line in on a schedule.. again if you use windows ya'd have to monkey around with a task scheduler of some kind to tell it to record and stop when you wanted em to... download.com has some programs to automate any application task: http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=Automate+programs&tg=dl-2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dex 0 #7 December 27, 2002 musicmatch and a audio cable to your sound card would work fine.. I've never used musicmatch so I don't know how easy it is to tell it to fire off at X time but you should be able to get it to work by kluding in another task scheduler program.. When hooking your Stereo to your sound blasters "line in" make sure you are using a "line out" jack you don't want to throw amplified sound at a jack that is expecting unamped sound and vice versa. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #8 December 27, 2002 QuoteIf your a GNU/Linux user there seems to be alot of free software out there prebuilt for the task this software is easily found by searching for tivo emulation software. The software that records tv shows at specified times can also be used to record radio shows.. As a matter of fact I am a new Linux user. I'm kind of stumbling along right now but getting more familiar daily. I'll check into that - thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dex 0 #9 December 27, 2002 There is a bunch of linux PVR and radio recording software on this site.. Happy Stumbling! http://www.exploits.org/v4l/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #10 December 27, 2002 Groovy! Bookmarked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
