Settings to record a radio programme

[simoncn]

(24-02-2015 13:58)davids Wrote:  [Seven months later but I thought it would be a better to make this useful thread current, rather than starting a new one]

Having set up a MinimRadio (Naim variation) to play the new BBC streams on my mu-so, I thought I'd try recording Bach Before 7 on R3 Breakfast in case I'm not up early enough :roll eyes: and it worked like a charm. Hint: on Mac OS X Yosemite, the log and recordings are hidden away in /Users/yourusername/Library/MinimServer/rec. You can find this from the Finder by holding down Alt in the Go menu and choosing Library, then opening the MinimServer folder. The recordings are in the /rec/ folder. I've added this to my contentDir list which makes it appear in [folder view] in the Naim app. So now (12:40pm) I'm happily listening to R3 Breakfast...

As Simon points out in this thread, a MinimServer rescan (which I used to make this morning's recording visible) clears the stream.record setting, making the ability to record the same programme every day by appending * less useful (e.g. R3+0630-0730*).

Maybe too nerdy for some ;-) but having a personal "listen again" system seems rather attractive.

Am I imagining it or do the new HLS streams sound better?

Thanks for this feedback. I will investigate whether it is possible to make the stream.record setting survive a MinimServer restart.

I haven't noticed any difference between the Radio 3 320 kbps HLS stream and the 320 kbps AAC stream. For the other stations, I would expect some improvement from HLS 320 kbps.