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  1. Re:one valid point by fragzilla · · Score: 0 · on Sirius in Negotiations With Apple

    TimeTrax lets you record XM and SIRIUS broadcasts including music, talk, news, sports, comedy and more. Content is stored on your hard drive as individual MP3s.

    http://www.timetraxtech.com/

  2. Re:Napster's value by gordguide · · Score: 1 · on Napster To Campaign Aggressively Against iPod

    Napster has value for you. Certainly I wouldn't suggest it had value for no one. Clearly there is a market for what they're doing.

    Personally, in your case, I would be subscribing to XM or Sirius, having music in my car, my boat, and at home.

    Maybe that doesn't offer any advantages to you; maybe you bike to work. But, since you don't mind being limited to your home PC for that, then for $50 worth of hardware and $30 worth of software from TimeTrax, you can record sat radio streams at home (including scheduled, unattended programming), get the same value you get, plus more. 4 months later you're at even money. http://www.timetraxtech.com/

    I think Napster had a decent idea, but decent doesn't translate to sustainable or profitable. They had to split from Roxio, because of the losses they were sustaining. In fact, they had to sell Roxio to get cash to keep Napster up.

    Perhaps I don't get it, but to me it sounds like MS selling Office to keep XBox alive. Microsoft is OK with XBox, but a smaller company might have had to make that choice, and Roxio was a small company.

    If it has value for you, fine. They need thousands, perhaps millions of people like you, and I just don't see it.

    Some people mention that you can still buy music on Napster. But for their business model to work, it's not 88c per song, it's $15.88 for one song, and $ 40.40 for 20 songs (in one month (the least expensive model; it's more $ if you buy less). I don't see the value, personally, no matter how I thrash it around.

  3. Re:Hackers? by GSITPilot · · Score: 1 · on XM Radio Hacked by Car Computer Hobbyists
    Actually, the protocol used by the XMDirect is slightly different than that used by the PCR, different enough that existing applications will not work with it.

    We (TimeTrax) have released our own interface to the XMDirect, along with a version of TimeTrax that works with both the XMPCR and the XM Direct. Our interface is less than half the cost of other interfaces, so you might want to check ours out first. http://www.timetraxtech.com

  4. Re:More info and some questions by Dare+nMc · · Score: 1 · on XM Radio Hacked by Car Computer Hobbyists

    ya, it doesn't interface with the Roady.
    They will sell you a XMDIRECT box, that you will have to subscribe as a second reciever, and keep connected to your pc.
    http://www.timetraxtech.com/tt_wizard_timetraxcomp lete.asp
    or if you have broadband, you can just pay $3 a month instead of $9, and get a streamripper on your PC. not sure if how you will get the filenameing/etc though.

  5. Some Facts by diagnosis · · Score: 5, Informative · on XM Radio Hacked by Car Computer Hobbyists

    XMPCR: Time-shifting software for PC-based XM radio receiveers.

    The new replacement: XmDirect Tuner Interface Cable. From the manufacturer:

    With this cable and our software you will once again be able listen to XM satellite radio in your home or in your car using the included Hybrid eXeM interface along with the xmDirect...The SDK is available for developers that want to continue using xm radio within their applications.

    The email address to request the SDK (by the way, serious points for offering AND publicizing the SDK) is sdk at hybrid-mobile dot com.

    A cool picture: This picture shows the adapter plugged into what looks like the butt of a Dell laptop.

    What is going to happen: Someone is going to get the crap sued out of them.

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    (Flat screens and Desktop PCs too)

  6. TimeTrax... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative · on XM Radio Hacked by Car Computer Hobbyists

    Seems they don't need any help from these guys. They have made their own device to replace the pulled XMPCR...