XM is a great place to get ammo for your MP3 player.
Just record the data stream from the web cast, chop it up with a sound
editor and rip it to MP3.
It is where I get some of the old stuff they play on "Bluesville" that
you really can't find at Wal-Mart

Hehe, that's exactly what I do. I don't even bother to chop it up. I'll just
grab the stream from DirecTV and record a huge mp3 to a cd-rw, and play it
in my truck. When I get to the ends, I do it again (on the same CD). I only
have XM in my boat.

--Mike

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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:12:29 -0700, "Mike" wrote:

Paying for XM is just stupid.....

To each his own I guess. With XM, I don't have to worry about "using some
hobbled up, record company approved, filtering software that
makes you do them one-at-a-time," or copying "the files onto a massive
portable hard drive you can plug into your
laptop on the boat in MP3 format." I especially don't need to worry about
carrying a condom and making sure the open end is down in my pocket, to
keep
things dry. g I just turn it on and listen.

Plus, I don't care how fancy an mp3 player you can buy, it just cannot get
live "out of market" baseball broadcasts. This last point is the real
reason
I got XM in the first place... for the Red Sox. All the music is just an
extra as far as I'm concerned.;-)

Just my point of view. Like I said, to each his own.

--Mike
XM is a great place to get ammo for your MP3 player.
Just record the data stream from the web cast, chop it up with a sound
editor and rip it to MP3.
It is where I get some of the old stuff they play on "Bluesville" that
you really can't find at Wal-Mart.