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Offline Mayo

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« on: September 28, 2007, 12:46:12 PM »
Radioshift is a new Internet radio application from the ingenious folks at Rogue Amoeba software.  The $32 program makes it possible to automatically record Internet radio from around the globe.  Its search function is easy to use: you can explore various genres or enable the "world view" to peruse stations by clicking on cities and towns on a world map.

Radioshift is different from other Internet radio programs that I have reviewed because it makes it possible to schedule and automatically record Internet programs in the background while you do other things. If a favorite program streams at 3am local time Radioshift can record it for playback at a more convenient time. Perhaps NPR's "Fresh Air" is on when you are at work and cannot listen; Radioshift will automatically record the program and you can enjoy it when you get home from work.

Adding a program to the schedule is as basic as it gets on a Mac: just click the "subscribe" button and the stream is added to your list of subcriptions.  Radioshift can also be used to listen to a program that is currently streaming online.

Rogue Amoeba software and support is top-notch; their best-known program is probably Audio Hijack Pro, which allows the recording of any audio source on a Mac.   I have found (and reported) one Radioshift bug that I discovered within five minutes of starting up the program: when Amsterdam, The Netherlands is selected on the world map, stations from Amsterdam, New York are among the options. Oops...

Radioshift can be used in demo mode for up to twenty minutes without any restrictions. After that the sound quality is degraded.

I am a huge fan of Internet radio... Gawd Knows U.S. broadcast radio is a mere shadow of its former glory days. (A couple of days ago while perusing the classical section of iTunes radio I stumbled upon Iranianradio.com, which only broadcasts uninterrupted traditional Persian music (Sonati). Imagine East Indian music with Appalachian mountain and hammer dulcimer overtones... Like a lot of countries Iranian politics may suck but the indigenous music is mesmerizing even if you don't understand the language.) I haven't decided yet whether I am going to register Radioshift as I have just begun subscribing to some stations, but if it performs as promised I doubt that I will pass it up...
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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2007, 02:24:39 PM »
Thanks Mayo, that's interesting. I get Mosaic on Satellite and various radio channels on XM. I don't have a lot of free time for ads, which I find a lot on webRadio. I'd be interested in some of it's features, and if you post the channels you find I can better hear what your saying.  rolleyes.gif I'm a big fan of the dulcimer and a lot of the sounds generated from that region.
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2007, 06:13:31 PM »
The channels I tend to listen to have few or no ads... Since I have begun listening to Iranianradio.com I haven't heard a single ad, nor anything else for that matter except music.  The other stations I listen to the most are "Technicolor Web of Sound" (psychedelic music from the 60s and 70s), "Roots Reggae" om Sky.fm and "Realms of Spirit Radio," which is primarily Native American music from a station in Great Britain.  All three stations can be found on iTunes radio and ads are either infrequent or non-existent.

You should consider downloading Radioshift and giving it a try; you're bound to find something you like. There is also a lot of interesting stuff available through iTunes. Sorry, no links to dulcimer music!  I was just trying to describe the music that I have been hearing on Iranianradio.com.  (BTW, I learned how to play the dulcimer around thirty years ago after attending a concert by Jean Ritchie at UCSC. I took lessons from and became friends with the late Albert d'Ossche when we were both living in Sanity Cruise, California.  Al was co-author (along with Robert Force) of the classic "In Search of the Wild Dulcimer" which is out-of-print but it is available online for free at the link.
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2007, 07:53:08 PM »
Got the Amoeba newsletter about this (and Fission) today. Downloaded Fission and deleted it since it wasn't what I was looking for. RadioShift looked a little expensive for listening to 'free' radion stations. smile.gif Does it still limit itself to Internet feeds, ala iTunes? I was hoping they somehow got off-air feeds, especially for NPR stations around the country. I really miss some of the 'talk' radio that our local stations dropped a few months ago. For example, "Talk of the Nation" now is available at 7 PM! Obviously a recorded version and not one that is available for 'talking' with the guests! wallbash.gif It should be called "Recordings of the Nation!" rant.gif
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2007, 09:50:17 PM »
Radioshift is only for Internet feeds, but since most if not all NPR programs are available via Internet feeds Radioshift should make it easy to record such programs. The major NPR programs are featured on Radioshift.   The only way you can know if it willl work for you is to download the application and take a look at the thousands of stations available in the radio guide.  Internet stations that do not appear in the guide can be manually added to your subscription list. I think that recorded programs can be handed off to iTunes for transfer to an iPod.
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« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2007, 04:21:31 AM »
Got the same email this morning. Most of my radio is recorded through EyeTV from digital terrestrial broadcasting. I find Audio Hijack useful if I've missed a radio show and can lift it from the BBC's Listen Again feature on the web. Radioshift sounds like it might be even better for that purpose than Audio Hijack, so might download later (the G5 is currently being used by SWMBO wink.gif ) and take it for a road test... smile.gif

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« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2007, 07:13:59 AM »
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I have two of those here, one has four legs! laugh.gif
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« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2007, 08:34:38 AM »
I couldn't get it to do anything at work (where I have a G5 iMac to use) and it ran alright but didn't seem to do anything.  I'm thinking it's the firewall.  I don't know if it's worth it to try here on the G4/400!
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« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2007, 03:10:31 PM »
Radioshift is essentially a "AudioHijackPro for Dummies." Minimal set-up required and a zillion pre-programmed channels. Of course, AHP can record any audio that can be played on a Mac, so it is more versatile...

Radioshift plays nice with my G5 iMac...
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« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2007, 03:28:51 PM »
QUOTE(Mayo @ Oct 1 2007, 04:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Radioshift is essentially a "AudioHijackPro for Dummies." Minimal set-up required and a zillion pre-programmed channels. Of course, AHP can record any audio that can be played on a Mac, so it is more versatile...

Radioshift plays nice with my G5 iMac...


Yup, it lOOks the same to me!
I like AHPro and don't see the need to add Radioshift in OS10.3.9. Maybe in Leopard?
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