Recording radio programmes

counterpoint

23-07-2009

Can either the Humax or the Panasonic boxes be used to record radio programmes? I consider Freesat's radio EPG to be a big advantage over Sky.
Thanks
Counterpoint

savvy

23-07-2009

Originally Posted by counterpoint:
“Can either the Humax or the Panasonic boxes be used to record radio programmes? I consider Freesat's radio EPG to be a big advantage over Sky.
Thanks
Counterpoint”

The Humax can. But, I think, not all channels support Series Link.

Rgds.

Les.

GaseousClay

23-07-2009

This post lists Radio channels covering series link capability

savvy

23-07-2009

Originally Posted by GaseousClay:
“This post lists Radio channels covering series link capability”

Oh, that's good, quite a short list

I've only ever recorded a single instance Radio2 prog, and it got it perfectly.

Thanks GC.

Rgds.

Les.

counterpoint

23-07-2009

Thanks for the replies. For anyone who loves radio, and lives in a rural (or poor reception) area, I think this is a massive selling point for Freesat.
Counterpoint

GaseousClay

23-07-2009

Originally Posted by counterpoint:
“Thanks for the replies. For anyone who loves radio, and lives in a rural (or poor reception) area, I think this is a massive selling point for Freesat.
Counterpoint”

another big bonus I find is the recordings can be transfered to a USB device and re-encoded to MP3 format and then played on a portable device whilst partaking in other activities.

JamesBsheppard

23-07-2009

I use my freesat to record radio, it's great for archiving live gigs & music documentaries, it's a shame the BBC don't series link programs.

gemma-the-husky

24-07-2009

but you may find a lot of radio progs (BBC) are on podcast - if you have a PC, you can set them to be automatically downloaded as RSS feeds

eg I have 2 years history of Radio 1 Chart Show, The Archers, Fighting Talking etc

tv-Addict

24-07-2009

Originally Posted by GaseousClay:
“another big bonus I find is the recordings can be transfered to a USB device and re-encoded to MP3 format and then played on a portable device whilst partaking in other activities.”

I just demux the audio to an mp2 file (using tsMuxer), which is much quicker, and no quality loss
MP2 files play without re-encoding on my in-car mp3 player, and on my portable, and my bedroom mini-system.
Some players do require them to be renamed to mp3 to work.

counterpoint

26-07-2009

Originally Posted by gemma-the-husky:
“but you may find a lot of radio progs (BBC) are on podcast - if you have a PC, you can set them to be automatically downloaded as RSS feeds”

True. But not all BBC radio programmes are available as a podcast. Desert Island Disks for example.
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Sandy.1

02-08-2009

Originally Posted by tv-Addict:
“I just demux the audio to an mp2 file (using tsMuxer), which is much quicker, and no quality loss
MP2 files play without re-encoding on my in-car mp3 player, and on my portable, and my bedroom mini-system.
Some players do require them to be renamed to mp3 to work.”

Thank you for the tip about tsMuxer which works fine.

What I would like now is some way to do a bit of trimming on the resultant files.

I tried some of the programs that I found with Google but they didn't want to recognise the tsMuxer output files.

All help greatly appreciated

tv-Addict

03-08-2009

I use mp3directcut to trim the files...
http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html

see my very similar post on AVforums:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/frees...ml#post9873925

tellyman55

03-08-2009

You could try Audacity tho you'll need the mp3 codecs.

Graham.