Antenna Finds and Records Internet Radio Streams in Windows
Last Updated on Friday, 9 March 2012 11:26 Written by Alan Sunday, 8 April 2012 06:00
Online radio has become one of the most popular media applications on the internet. There is no shortage of ways to tune in and listen to stations from all around the world, but recording streaming media usually requires a separate application. Now thanks to Antenna, an Adobe Air application, there is a way to find, tune in, and record internet radio all in one app.
To install Antenna, you’ll first need to have the Adobe Air framework installed. Think of this as similar to Microsoft apps that first require Silverlight or .NET installed. Download Adobe Air and then Antenna to get started.
The Antenna app comes with a unique user interface that integrates a world map to display the location of stations from all around the globe. If the map is problematic, you can locate stations by country flag as well. You can locate channels by country or genre, and double click a channel name to begin streaming it.
Once you locate an internet radio station you like you can begin streaming it. Once streaming click the “Record” button and it will go from white to red to indicate that recording has begun. Click it again to stop recording. From here you can also rate internet radio stations.
Antenna is an easy to install app that that doesn’t take up a lot of space. There are alternatives available, but none are as feature-rich as the Antenna internet radio app. It’s compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and 7. You can download it, along with Adobe Air, from this website.
Plex Now Available for Windows Phone
Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 April 2012 10:52 Written by Alan Wednesday, 4 April 2012 10:52
Plex, the popular media center and media server software, has been available for some time on Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, and Android, but now they have finally released their Windows Phone app. The app became available in the Marketplace on March 30th and is selling for $4.99, but users can try it for free.
Plex can stream your personal collection of movies, videos, music, and pictures to your device over WiFi or the cell network. It also handles a wide range of file formats.
“The Plex application allows you to use your Windows Phone to browse and play your media (video, photos and music) using the Plex Media Server installed on your PC, Mac or Linux system. You can also view online media from a variety of sources.”
The mobile app requires that you have Plex Media Server running on one of your computers in order to stream your personal media to your Windows Phone handset. You can download Plex from the Marketplace.
Easy CD/DVD Burner Version 5.1 Out and Free
Last Updated on Thursday, 9 February 2012 07:25 Written by Alan Sunday, 26 February 2012 07:00
These days everyone has need for a program to allow our computers to easily burn CD’s and DVD’s. Of course, Windows has this ability built right into it, but it can be done in easier ways with other software. While most of us are looking for an easy way to burn a DVD these days, CD’s also are still in use in the tech world, and Easy CD/DVD Burner can handle both easily and quickly.
With Easy CD/DVD Burner you can burn audio CD’s, burn movies to DVD, and even work with .ISO files. .ISO files are image files of software and movies that have been ripped to a computer hard drive. Other features of Easy CD/DVD Burner include:
- User friendly and simple interface
- Drag and drop files and folders
- ISO 9660 standard, Joliet buffer underRun protection and multi-session support
- Supports dual-layer DVD formats, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, Blu Ray Discs
- Supports many audio formats, including: WAV, WMA, MP3, OGG, FLAC and more
- Easy installation
- 100% Safe to use
- Windows compatible
Just recently they updated to version 5.1. While it’s a minor update, users and those looking for burner software will want to make the jump to the latest version. Easy CD/DVD Burner is a free program that can be downloaded from Koyote.
