PC TV/Radio tuner card advice
 

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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In , "Rev Norle Enturbulata, DTS,
COD, SPx" wrote:
"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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In , Petert
wrote:

On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:52:48 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

I assume the many radio streaming sites and a card and software are not
what
you are after then?
Brian

Could be - as long as it achieves what I want to do which is to be
able to record radio programmes using some sort of EPG, initially from
the BBC, and convert them in order that they can be listened to on an
MP3 player - effectively all I'm trying to do is timeshift some
programmes and not have to use a PC/Radio etc to listen to them

Cheap and simple would be fine!

Even better - how about free, using get_iplayer and its PVR front-end.
It's still in development but it's excellent.

Yes, let's all bring the Internet to a crawl by vacating a
perfectly-useable
broadcast bandwidth.

Peter is paying his ISP for bandwidth. He expects to get what he pays for.
You seem to be suggesting that he pays for the internet, but not use it.

I don't seem to be suggesting anything of the sort. That's not the argument
at all but nearly a straw man. iplayer and for that matter any
internet-based player at this time isn't a complete or pause-free
substitute, at least in this version of the Internet. Did Peter get on the
Internet to watch TV?


If you've already got a dish and cabling why not get a
dual-tuner PCI card?

Yes, but is that cheaper than using get_iplayer? He wanted a cheap
solution.

iplayer is hardly a solution unless all one wants is the Beeb.

PC TV/Radio tuner card advice
 

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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In , "Rev Norle Enturbulata, DTS,
COD, SPx" wrote:


"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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In , "Rev Norle Enturbulata,
DTS,
COD, SPx" wrote:
"Mike Henry" wrote in message
m...
In , Petert
wrote:

On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:52:48 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

I assume the many radio streaming sites and a card and software are
not
what
you are after then?
Brian

Could be - as long as it achieves what I want to do which is to be
able to record radio programmes using some sort of EPG, initially from
the BBC, and convert them in order that they can be listened to on an
MP3 player - effectively all I'm trying to do is timeshift some
programmes and not have to use a PC/Radio etc to listen to them

Cheap and simple would be fine!

Even better - how about free, using get_iplayer and its PVR front-end.
It's still in development but it's excellent.

Yes, let's all bring the Internet to a crawl by vacating a
perfectly-useable
broadcast bandwidth.

Peter is paying his ISP for bandwidth. He expects to get what he pays
for.
You seem to be suggesting that he pays for the internet, but not use it.

I don't seem to be suggesting anything of the sort.

Your comment suggested that his usage would be selfish, but in fact he's
paying for the bandwidth so it's not.

No, my comment heavily implied that use of BBC's iPlayer or Sky's for that
matter is a waste of the UK's already limited broadband capability, and a
stupidly-redundant technology at best. Has the 'government' decided to sell
off all air broadcasting then?

iplayer and for that matter any
internet-based player at this time isn't a complete or pause-free
substitute, at least in this version of the Internet.

It is in my version of the internet. Anyway, get_iplayer doesn't stream,
it downloads the whole file if you've selected it, and then you're free to
play it back afterwards however you like. Hence the "get" part :-)

Your version must be in a big city near the exchange, hm? Downloading is
better than streaming bandwidth wise, but

If you've already got a dish and cabling why not get a
dual-tuner PCI card?

Yes, but is that cheaper than using get_iplayer? He wanted a cheap
solution.

iplayer is hardly a solution unless all one wants is the Beeb.

Non sequitur.

Latin pretense.