From Manchester Way

This project came about when I noticed an App in the AppStore called “RadioTimes” by tvCompass. This has the facility to send an email to someone with the details of a program. There is an API for creating scheduled recordings in Media Center, using “c2r” (“click to record”) XML files and so it began. By choice I would write in C++ or Perl, but the Media Center API is .NET so I had to knuckle down and get to grips with C# – well, it’s been something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. And you can only really learn a language if you have a real need.

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Windows Media Center allows me to record BBC Radio broadcasts (DVB-T) as well as TV broadcasts, but I don’t want to listen to them from a PC, I want to listen to them from my iPod/iPhone when it suits me.

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