[mythtv-users] Podcasting Idea

[Brad Templeton]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 10:14:08AM -0500, Dan Littlejohn wrote:
> Had this idea and thought I would float it out there for anyone who is
> ambitious.  I would like to work on it, but do not know when I might
> have time.
> 
> Anyway, I read an article the other day about how people with ipods
> are recording radio station  and other types of broadcasts and then
> loading them into their ipod to listen to later.  I have a large cd
> collection, etc, but I also have an hour commute each way and it is
> hard to keep new stuff in the deck.  What I was thinking is that you
> could use myth to record a local fm station broadcast, then skip the
> commercials before loading it into an ipod. (Maybe Chris Pinkham's
> code has an audio component?).  One of the stations I listen to has
> literally, 10 minutes of programing and 5 minutes of commercials for
> each 15 minute block.
> 
> Don't own an ipod yet, but would if I could do that.  Just an idea.

Unless you absolutely insist on having your local station, there are
a number of stations out there that stream directly in mp3 format, even
a few that stream in vorbis (which my player handles) and so you may
find it better just to record those with a stream recorder and then
sync them into your mp3 player.

And of course there are lots of amateur stations that stream in mp3
and these don't even have commercials for you to remove.