[peel] Re: Desert Island Discs

[Alan Ford]

Because I use Linux, Radio Downloader is yet another program I can't use.
Could it be used to download cricket commentary from last summer?
Or more specifically the between-innings break of the one-day international
on 3rd July, when Stephen Stills was the guest.

Alan

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:22 AM, John Gray <jt.gray@...> wrote:

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> Thanks for the offer Steve - it is not that I am trying to build up any
> sort of collection.  I am spending a bit of time in the gym at the moment,
> nit so much getting fit as rehab after a shoulder injury, and I listen on my
> ipod.  I just downloaded randomly any names that looked interesting to me -
> Raymond Briggs, Jon Snow, Timothy Spall, etc. and then was frustrated when
> the music was so truncated.  Still some great chat from the guests of
> course.  I will investigate Radio Downloader though, thanks.
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> John Gray
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> On 12 Jun 2011, at 11:11, So It Goes 2512 wrote:
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> Hi John
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> I too was frustrated by this 30 minute podcast tendency. The answer is to
> download them using Radio Downloader: as a test, I grabbed a show I knew had
> been shortened (Michael Caine) and lo and behold, I'm listening to the full
> version now.
> BTW, I know I've said this before, but if you are lacking anything in
> particular, my collection stretches from January 2006 back to January 1997
> (plus one or two earlier ones).
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> All the best
> Steve (TK)
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> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "JT GRAY" <jt.gray@...> wrote:
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> > Downloaded quite a few episodes now. I was sure that the first ones I
> downloaded were complete shows, but the latest batch are 'podcasts' -
> whereby, 'for rights reasons' the music is shortened, to no more than an
> intro for each selection. What are these 'rights reasons'? - mostly the full
> tracks were not played on the programme anyway, certainly not any classical
> pieces. Very frustrating!
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> > John Gray
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