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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.

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  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. Damned limitations on AM! by Martin+Blank · · Score: 3, Informative

    I understand why they're there, but much of what I listen to is on AM, and carrying around a Radio Shark just isn't always convenient.

    Still, I'd be able to listen to/record Car Talk and Fresh Air from NPR, and maybe the occasional show from Pacifica, so it's not entirely bad.

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    1. Re:Damned limitations on AM! by Phat_Tony · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I'm glad I looked at your review, I was thinking of getting one, but probably won't.

      However, I thought I'd comment on this:
      "on the Mac systems you can record in AAC and AIFF. Why was this feature REMOVED from the PC version of the software?"

      I think they probably offer these features utilizing Quicktime API's, so I doubt it was "removed" on the PC version, I think it was just a piece of cake to implement on the Mac, letting Quicktime do the actual transcoding, where they'd have actually had to program something to keep this feature on the PC version.

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  3. 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!