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On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 03:22:40PM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
>
> What about Miro?
>
Somelike like miro is a start, but may need a special or
different kind of interface. Say that you KNOW you want to hear
a show on the BBC every week. [Sure, just set it up on Google,
right...?] Have the same podcast-storing//link caching deal on
miro. Or say that you missing a broadcast of NOVA on a few
days,weeks back. You don't knoe if the show is webcast, it's
name, it's date(s).
Miro is one of the few streams that always just-works. Be great
to have just-one-program whose stream never failed. If it were
available for d/load, or if I could intercept/capture the stream
somehow for when I had TIME to watch/listen... Outstanding.
Feedback, anybody??
gary
> > > > Guys,
> > > >
> > > > I've going to give away what I think could be at least a
> > > > multi-thousand dollar idea, something we nearly have already.
> > > > And a wish-list for a program that does not, AFAIK, exist.
> > >
> > > Its called iTunes.
> > >
> > > > First, the wish-for:: given all the kinds of video and audio
> > > > programs that are now on the web, how difficult would it be
> > > > to have a GUI [interface] program pop up a screen with date of
> > > > airing, and/or date of podcast? Not to exceed several hours
> > > > worth of recorded podcasts... or live recording.
> > >
> > > iTunes will suck them down and has settings for when (if ever) to delete
> > > old podcasts.
> > >
> > > > I can only give examples of thing I watch, but this will give
> > > > you some idea. And bear in mind that at least FreeBSD cannot
> > > > capture some programs. Like "FRONTLINE" on PBS.
> > > >
> > > > But for the sake of argument, let's say that firefox or
> > > > whatever browser or kmplayer or another player did have the
> > > > proper codecs.
> > > >
> > > > This GUI app would find, fetch, and store in /usr/local/tmp
> > > > FRONTLINE, NOVA, "In Our Time" and "Everyday Ethics" [BBC],
> > > > and "Marketplace", Weekend, 10jan09.
> > >
> > > iTunes stores in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Podcasts/
> >
> >
> > Music/audio only, or video too?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > When these programs were safely in /usr/local/tmp/Pods, the
> > > > program would send mail or otherwise inform the user.
> > >
> > > Script from cron to detect presence of a new file in the above, send
> > > notification.
> > >
> > > There are FreeBSD ports for subscribing to podcasts that could do the
> > > same thing.
> > >
> > > > How doable is this...? and, yes, i know that many of these
> > > > audio files can be subscribed to as podcasts. I have several
> > > > on my Google page.
> > >
> > > Get A Mac!
> > >
> >
> > Ha! Well, I stand to inherit my daughter's MacBook in a
> > few years. Okay, so if Apple has this, can I use it? I
> > mean for-free, not having to sub to some monthly deal or
> > whatever?
> >
> > This is an idea I thought up a couple years ago when all
> > the audio podcasts began appearing. At any rate, seems to
> > me that the open-* community could do at least as well as
> > our brother hackers at Apple.
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > Come Monday, OZ-time, I'll let everybody know my major
> > idea.
> >
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