Timeshifting: Cram More Into Life

jimharris writes "The VCR started it - and then the DVR improved it, so now I want to apply the concept of timeshifting in other ways. I've always wanted an audio cassette player that worked like a VCR so I could listen to more radio talk shows. This morning's NY Times stirred my interest with After TiVo, Radio Rewound about a MP3 device that does just that. Better yet, is Replay Radio - software that is more flexible and you can download the results to a portable player. I already use Audible.com to squeeze in more books in my life, by listening, rather than reading. I've completed 8 unabridged books in two months just by carrying around my Otis player when I get dressed in the morning, driving to and from work, doing housework, or when I exercise. Now I'm wondering how I can timeshift even more."

Comments

Tivo2

[l810c]

Tivo2 is supposed to add support for XM Radio in the 2nd half of 2004. Digital quality radio recording sounds like a great combination.

Re:Tivo2

[mgs1000]

That doesnt mean Tivo will allow you to record XM radio. The Directv Tivo cannot record(or even buffer) Directv's music channels.

Re:Tivo2

[Goth Biker Babe]

I'm sitting here smiling.

Here in the UK we have DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) which, with the appropriate PC card or USB dongle can be recorded and MP3'ed at any time. Compact DAB radios are available to carry where we like. Car DAB radios allow us to hear it on the move.

Advertisments, what advertisments? We have the joys of a comprehensive advert free broadcasting system.

Digital radio is also available via digital terrestrial television, digital satelite and digital cable. The digital PVRs which record direct from the digital broadcasts record it in all it's glory.

And it's all free!

Re:Tivo2

[babyrat]

The Directv Tivo cannot record(or even buffer) Directv's music channels.

There's a difference between can't and won't. Won't can be changed to will.

http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/archive/index. ph p/t-30881

Re:Tivo2

[Albanach]

There's no radio license in the UK. The BBC channels are funded by the Television License. As the name suggests, You only need one of those if you own a TV.

Re:Tivo2

[deacon]

We have the joys of a comprehensive advert free broadcasting....And it's all free!

Maybe you have not heard of the 121 (In April) pound

BBC Television License fee .

I will educate you: This fee is collected by the force of the State and given to the BBC. Even people who never watch the BBC have to pay this money if they posess a television.

Or maybe you are confusing "Free" as in free with "Free" as in "The State gave me this using my and other people's money, no matter if I like it or not."..

In any case, here is a website where you can pay up your "Free"

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk

Speed Up The Audio!

[evilmuffins]

I have a Creative Nomad Jukebox 3. One of the things I like about it is it has an effect to change the speed of the audio/mp3 you are listning to, up to 1.5x. I think it works by playing it faster, but it also lowers the pitch at the same time, so you don't get chipmunk voices. I also had a winamp plugin that did this awhile ago.

howard stern listener

[Anonymous Coward]

if you're a howard stern listener just use newsgroups.

alt.binaries.howard-stern has commercial free shows everyday. you can also find other popular radio talk shows on newsgroups daily. just have to look.

Mac users, shift!

[tribguru]

Mac users have a new timeshift option (if Griffin ever ships it); check out RadioShark. It records AM, FM, and Internet broadcasts into AIFF format. Upload to your MP3 player and away you go!

(Now just SHIP the darned thing, Griffin.)

And now you can time-shift to the no-reg page..

[Anonymous Coward]

After TiVo, Radio Rewound

Re:College students: timeshifting lectures

[frooddude]

That's a scene in Real Genius.

Re:College students: timeshifting lectures

[infofreako]

Actually, if you have a newer iPod there is a microphone option available;

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects /A ppleStore?productLearnMore=T7419LL/A

Re:Question about Otis player

[abiggerhammer]

Get a tape-to-headphone-jack adapter, the kind people used to use with portable CD players before everyone just got in-dash CD players. (If you can't find one in a store, surely someone you know will have one they're not using.) I use one with my Creative Nomad MuVo all the time, and the sound quality is excellent.

ATI ALL-IN-WONDER

[BagOBones]

I just picked up an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 Pro it has both a built in TV tuner and an FM Radio tuner. You can time shift both TV and RADIO programs with the included ATI software.

BBC already timeshifts and streams for you!

[evilandi]

The BBC already provides on-demand streams of the last episodes of all Radio 4 programmes, with highlights also available for the World Service and Five Live. Four, Five & WS are speech-based stations; there are also highlights available for the music stations. Sadly there is as yet no archive streaming for their new audio station BBC 7, which broadcasts comedy & drama repeats.

It's RealAudio, not Shoutcast, but hey, you can't have everything.

This kind of power gives you interesting abilities. For instance, on my friends mailing list we were joking around pinpointing the exact second at which ex-minister Clare Short realised quite what she'd done by exposing UK spying activity against the UN on the Radio 4 interview this morning.

Faster MP3s

[Noksagt]

I find that for spoken word (such as audiobooks), I can increase the playback rate to as much as 150% and can understand and enjoy the material for an extended amount of time. If I am really paying attention, I can play back at 200% for shorter lengths of time & if I'm feeling "distracted," I may have only a ver small increasae in the rate.

I don't know what hardware currently has this feature (I'm sure other /.ers will know & hope they post it, as I'm in the market for a player), but the winamp plugin pacemaker works quite well in winamp or Xaudio.

Other ways to timeshift - low tech

[saskboy]

Pick out your clothes the night before.
Do your homework the night before it is due, instead of the morning it is due.

And use a VCR to record the radio, it is possible, just leave the radio tuned to the right station and on, and program the VCR to record the Line in if possible.