Using a PC to record Radio Broadcasts
Posted by: colin thomas on 11 September 2002
I want to be able to record some of the Jazz or Rock 'live' performances that the Beeb occasionally output. In the past I've recorded them onto my cassette deck but would like to use my PC in order to get better quality and more convenience. My aims are:
1) avoid loss of quality when I edit
2) overcome the time constraints of a 45 min tape
3) have the convenience of letting the software start and stop the recording session at predetermined times.
Steve Catterall has kindly passed on his experience and suggested that rather than buy a DAB card I should acquire a digital TV card. Steve points out that the radio signal is broadcast at 192kb as opposed to the 128kb signal now used for DAB.
Likely card is a Happauge WinTV. Does anyone have any experience of using the card, or similar, for this purpose. On the other hand is there a better method.
Colin
1) avoid loss of quality when I edit
2) overcome the time constraints of a 45 min tape
3) have the convenience of letting the software start and stop the recording session at predetermined times.
Steve Catterall has kindly passed on his experience and suggested that rather than buy a DAB card I should acquire a digital TV card. Steve points out that the radio signal is broadcast at 192kb as opposed to the 128kb signal now used for DAB.
Likely card is a Happauge WinTV. Does anyone have any experience of using the card, or similar, for this purpose. On the other hand is there a better method.
Colin