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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. Wow, Adam Curry by krog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good to see he's still in the music business. Does he still have that outrageous hair? And the acid-washed jeans?

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    1. Re:Wow, Adam Curry by AssFace · · Score: 5, Informative

      Not sure about the jeans, but his hair is still relatively long and still blonde. He has been living in the Netherlands although I think is moving (to England I think) soon.

      I have his blog in my RSS feed - he occasionally posts up photos of him and various people.

      He has been doing radio shows (even wen to Iraq and did some coverage there), has owned a series of tech start ups that apparently did fairly well (at least for him), and he also flies planes/helicopters.

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  2. What a load of garbage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I constantly timeshift radio using Audiohijack Pro. Every morning, NPR's Morning Edition is recorded and waiting for iTunes to transfer it to my iPod for my morning commute.

    1. Re:What a load of garbage by Colazar · · Score: 5, Informative
      Just a guess, but:

      Morning Edition begins broadcasting at ~5AM Pacific time, and repeats its programming several times during its timeslot. (At least here in Seattle.)

      Many people's morning commute does not involve a car. The radio reception I got on the bus was always really crappy, so I've given up listening to a lot of radio. This might be a solution.

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  3. 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.

    1. Re:Trademarks and copyrights by BizidyDizidy · · Score: 5, Funny

      You probably raise some good points in this post, but it's impossible for me to know because everytime I try to read it, an avalanche of vomit destroys my computer upon reading the phrase "female dog about it"

      (posting without reading from my third computer)

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  4. Re:huh? by garcia · · Score: 5, Informative

    It downloads Internet Radio streams and lets you play them back as MP3s later. Just like Tivo does for TV (allowing you to skip commercials with a slider bar) you can now do that with your favorite MP3 player (including the ever so popularly advertised iPod).

  5. a whoosawhats it now? by Delphix · · Score: 5, Funny

    time-shifted Internet audio application

    So basically, using an RSS and MP3 wrapper, they've created the 21st century equivalent of a tape recorder hooked up to a radio...

  6. "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.

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    -Randy
  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. What about Replay Radio by chrisspurgeon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not taking anything away from iPodder, but I've been using a great little app called Replay Radio for a year or so to grab my favorite web radio programs and save them as MP3s, which I then dump into my iPod. Product details here

  10. Yes.. TimeShifting! by scrubmuffin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another fricking buzzword. Gotta love 'em.

    My website is now rendering multi tiered aggregate content to strategize user-centric metrics while orchestrating scalable synergies utilizing virtual timeshifted content.

    Somebody buy me..
    Please?