Time-Shifting For The iPod 173
depechemodem writes "This story at ExtremeiPod talks about a new piece of software from Adam Curry called iPodder (now at Sourceforge) which uses RSS feeds with MP3 enclosures to stream audio to iTunes. The best part is that those streams can be saved as clips automatically on to your iPod or other MP3 player for later listening making this the first portable time-shifted Internet audio application. The code is alse being ported to Windows."
Trademarks and copyrights (Score:5, Insightful)
Won't Apple get upset about the use of the "iPod" trademark in the product's name?
And won't the NMPA and RIAA start to female-dog about it being a copyright infringement tool? No, sharing your own songs may not be a substantial non-infringing use under Betamax because what you call "your own songs" could likely be either covers or subconscious infringements.
I smell cease and desist.
"Timeshifted" (Score:5, Insightful)
So basically, if I understand this right, it's an app that records audio from the internet then automagically siphons it off to an iPod. Clever....even without the jargon and catchphrases.
Re:Firefix extension (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:huh? (Score:5, Insightful)
Anything with iPod in the description apparently bypasses the submission queue.
What can't the iPod do? (Score:4, Insightful)
CB*(#$@@!@
Correct me if I'm wrong ... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:What can't the iPod do? (Score:3, Insightful)
Give me pitch control.... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Firefix extension (Score:1, Insightful)
Non-revolutionary? (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah, I know, it's nothing new, the whole automating the pulling down of content. What's really important is that a framework is being established. RSS is getting more and more popular by the day, and if producers of audio content get it together, and produce RSS feeds with enclosures pointing to the audio files, it becomes *extremely easy* for developers to write apps to handle that content, and *extremely easy* for users to get that content - automatically!
Adam knows he's not a brilliant programmer. He's a frustrated developer, who is really trying to kickstart this whole thing by enticing others to write better code than his, which is happening. It made me release my crappy perl code, and prompted others to start similar projects.
Heck, this is the Apple section of
Re:"Timeshifted" (Score:1, Insightful)