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Time-Shifting For The iPod

Posted by timothy on from the tivo-needs-no-separate-pc dept.

depechemodem writes "This story at ExtremeiPod talks about a new piece of software from Adam Curry called iPodder (now at Sourceforge) which uses RSS feeds with MP3 enclosures to stream audio to iTunes. The best part is that those streams can be saved as clips automatically on to your iPod or other MP3 player for later listening making this the first portable time-shifted Internet audio application. The code is alse being ported to Windows."

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  1. Trademarks and copyrights by tepples · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Won't Apple get upset about the use of the "iPod" trademark in the product's name?

    And won't the NMPA and RIAA start to female-dog about it being a copyright infringement tool? No, sharing your own songs may not be a substantial non-infringing use under Betamax because what you call "your own songs" could likely be either covers or subconscious infringements.

    I smell cease and desist.

  2. "Timeshifted" by ARRRLovin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Timeshifted" is the new "previously recorded".

    So basically, if I understand this right, it's an app that records audio from the internet then automagically siphons it off to an iPod. Clever....even without the jargon and catchphrases.

    --
    -Randy
  3. Re:huh? by jargoone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's transferring a file. From an RSS feed to another folder (iPod). It downloads the RSS file (WOW!), extracts the content (Double WOW!), and moves it. Pure genius.

    Anything with iPod in the description apparently bypasses the submission queue.

  4. Correct me if I'm wrong ... by e1en0r · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... and I'm sure you all will, but I was under the impression that iPodder was a fancy automatic way of downloading MP3s, not converting streaming radio to MP3s and then storing on your iPod which is what this story seems to imply. It is not " the first portable time-shifted Internet audio application", it just "raises the prospect of truly portable time-shifted audio programming on the Internet". I believe Audio Hijack Pro will let you record streaming music, but iPodder looks like it just downloads MP3s.