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Post by PapaVanTwee on Jan 5, 2014 15:44:35 GMT -5
I record the 80s show on DAR.fm every week. This week, instead of downloading to my Downcast app on my iPod, I was told it is now a premium feature. I tried adding it to my iTunes, to the same effect. I don't see anywhere on the DAR.fm website where they announced this change. Is this just me, or are others seeing this on theirs as well?
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Post by Dale Latimer on Jan 5, 2014 16:04:39 GMT -5
Sadly, only a few folks actually saw the memo from Mr. Robertson about this... and most of the info on the site has NOT changed. Only on the sales page for the pro options do they cryptically mention 'stream(ing) to iPad'. Not that many tech news sites have talked about this... I have seen one, on SoCalTech. I'll have more info on this in the 70s and 80s threads. dL |
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Post by darnall42 on Jan 5, 2014 16:35:53 GMT -5
to be honest i gave up using DAR fm as i was getting too many failed recordings,i prefer recording on my PC myself rather than trust dar fm to do the job  |
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Post by kckc on Jan 5, 2014 18:09:30 GMT -5
Some of us have been advising about using Rarmaradio as an alternative, schedule, stream and record directly to your PC.You can record several streams at a time, you can re-encode on the fly or just record the raw stream for later re-encoding, that gives you flexibility as you can record streams as backup in case your favorite station fails. In other words you don't have to depend on a third party reliability but your own and it works reliably most of the time.
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Post by matt on Jan 5, 2014 23:14:09 GMT -5
Agreed--I would advise anyone struggling with DAR.fm to use the station streams from iheartradio, etc. and loop the audio within the PC to record the stream with an audio recording program (such as Ramaradio, Roxio, Audacity, etc.). I've been doing that for about 3-1/2 years now, and it's served me very well, and the audio (from the good stations at least) sounds great.
Oh, and the best part is: other than the PC (and the audio software if you don't use Audacity), it's free--you don't have to subscribe to anything...
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Post by SFGuy on Jan 6, 2014 2:27:02 GMT -5
I wouldn't be able to do this. I don't have a recording device on my PC. I have to rely on a dar.fm (or others, if there are similar sites).
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Post by PapaVanTwee on Jan 6, 2014 8:46:44 GMT -5
Some of us have been advising about using Rarmaradio as an alternative, schedule, stream and record directly to your PC.You can record several streams at a time, you can re-encode on the fly or just record the raw stream for later re-encoding, that gives you flexibility as you can record streams as backup in case your favorite station fails. In other words you don't have to depend on a third party reliability but your own and it works reliably most of the time. I could do that. I think I would rather record from TuneIn Radio on my iPod again, though. And I have a RadioShark, I could always get a high quality recording from broadcast radio. I just liked the convenience of having the recording/downloading to my iPod to be easy. |
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Post by secretman on Jan 16, 2014 9:28:48 GMT -5
Official announcement, January 15 2014:
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Post by edhannan on Jan 16, 2014 15:23:44 GMT -5
I just paid it. It means too much to me to worry about the $40 a year. I waste more on that on dumb things like junk food, fast food, etc.
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Post by SFGuy on Jan 16, 2014 19:54:04 GMT -5
It should be noted that if anyone listens via the player on their site, you have to disable any ad blockers to listen or the player will not work.
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Post by dougbroda on Jan 16, 2014 23:07:29 GMT -5
It should be noted that if anyone listens via the player on their site, you have to disable any ad blockers to listen or the player will not work. Not true for me -- though I am paying for the service; don't know if that differs for free users. |
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Post by SFGuy on Jan 17, 2014 6:38:45 GMT -5
It should be noted that if anyone listens via the player on their site, you have to disable any ad blockers to listen or the player will not work. Not true for me -- though I am paying for the service; don't know if that differs for free users. Sorry. That is what I meant, for free users. It says to upgrade to pro to get rid of ads. |
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Post by ecio on Sept 21, 2024 9:13:40 GMT -5
If anyone still uses this, has your Dar.fm been down since yesterday? I e-mailed them about this but don't know if/when they'll respond.
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