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USB Dongle Records Web, FM Radio

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-thats-a-clever-idea dept.

rah1420 writes "Gizmag just wrote about "Instant FM Music," a USB dongle that plugs into your computer's USB Port and records FM and Web Radio stations. You can record the playlist, tag the songs for easy playback, all without that nasty DRM." Nice and cheap, although who knows if the software is any good. That would be a neat device to see hacked for things like MythTV.

3 of 148 comments (clear)

  1. Re:FM Radio... huh? by celardore · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why would I want a vacuum tube hanging out of my USB port?

    Porn.
  2. Re:Useless for me, but almost the right direction? by hackstraw · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only FM radio station I listen to is 88.7FM because that's the station that my iPod FM transmitter is set to.

    Wow! Mystery finally solved.

    I would surf the FM channels and land on 88.7 sometimes and I thought it was cool because it had no commercials, but I was puzzled why it always played sucky music and sometimes the songs would skip to a new track.

    Now I know!

  3. forget .mp3 by grant420 · · Score: 1, Funny

    So it only saves as .mp3 (or .mp3 quality)?

    come on people, enough with .mp3 junk.

    .wav quality only, please.

    move along...