Archive for May 17th, 2005
Recording Streaming Audio for later listening
Posted on May 17, 2005, by Conor, under Uncategorized.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to record streaming audio so I can listen to it later (and start/stop when I like). Actually it’s specifically for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Quandary Phase. I didn’t really enjoy the last radio series and the repeats of the TV series aren’t that great either. But it became a technical challenge that I wanted to get to the bottom of. I finally cracked it today. Note that the solution below will not work behind some corporate firewalls but seems to work fine on my NATed setup on a Linksys Wireless Router at home.
Download MPlayer for Windows and all the codecs.
http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/MPlayer-mingw32-1.0pre7.zip
http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/windows-all-20050412.zip
Unzip MPlayer and unzip the codecs.Copy the unzipped codecs to the codecs sub-dir of the mplayer dir.
Open a command prompt in the Mplayer dir and type:
mplayer -dumpfile hitchhikers.ra -dumpstream rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/hitchhikers.ra
It streams in realtime so it’ll take 30 mins to download.
Listen to ram file later at your leisure using realplayer (or the nifty stripped down, bloat-free Real Alternative)
Do that once a week to get each new episode.
Don’t try this with VLC. I spent ages trying to get it to work before I realised it doesn’t support realaudio!
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MMMmmmmmmmmmmmm
Posted on May 17, 2005, by Conor, under Food.
The top 50 things every foodie should do.
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Mock-Tudor Edwardian Georgian Castle with Irish Bar
Posted on May 17, 2005, by Conor, under Uncategorized.
Ah yes, those Sheraton folks in Massachusetts really know their architecture. Our hotel was only bettered by the one we drove under which straddled the Massachusetts Turnpike. I’ve always wanted a room with cars whizzing past 20 feet under my floor.
Shopping disaster - only had time for Toys R Us. Kids happy even if I’m still without a new keyboard and mouse.
On the other hand, we had some very successful meals. If you are ever in Framingham, check out “Legal Seafood” - great food, good buzz and grumpy waitresses; “are you finished with that or do you want to pick some more?” (that’s an exact quote). Arturo’s Italian was more downmarket but incredibly friendly and not bad food - better than 99.99% of Italian joints in Ireland. Having said that, my risotto is better. And finally “The Naked Fish” - another top class fish restaurant, really tasty food and impressive considering it seems to be a chain. How the hell did I not get a burger in the entire week?
Our “Summit” was a major success. It’s nice to know that the work you do, beavering away in Cork, is actually appreciated coast to coast in the US. Came away with tons to do which is always a good sign. And a week after I first heard the phrase, someone else said: “we suck less”. Amen brother.
Oh, and I gotta get me one of these for the Bandon-Ballincollig commute: Lincoln Navigator
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