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Use iCal to schedule recording of WMA radio streams
Authored by: leenoble_uk on Sep 02, '05 10:46:12AM

Thanks for the VLC tip. I never realised it could record streams. I've been capping radio shows for years using iCal, Windows Media Player and WireTap (not WireTap Pro, the old version is more scriptable).

I have 2 scripts though and set two alarms per show, one for starting and one for stopping. Your script will save me a ton of drive space as I'm having to record to AIFF at the moment. I'll incorporate the VLC bit it into my existing scripts instead though.

I never bothered to make my scripts public because of the necessity of getting hold of WireTap and UI scripting WMP to make it work. As your can be done without UI Scripting it should be more reliable.

I do have a bunch of scripts though which I may make use of to edit the resultant files because the new QT interface is horrible. It's not possible for example to stop the playhead and then move the selection sliders to the playhead position using the GUI. I've tried all sorts of key combinations to get the sliders to move without the playhead following but none work. Now with AppleScript and Salling Clicker I can edit files very easily just tapping phone keys.

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