Re: [lexo] my agenda

[Hask...@aol.com]

Hi folks: I am nicely connected to the internet at home.  I am hoping to use this, my first ever laptop, for podcasts and the audio part of streaming whatever.

I am an NPR talk radio junkie (On Point, Terry Gross, etc.)and want to be able to move around the house with my XO as if it were a portable radio. I want to pick  archived podcasts and play them at my convenience, timewise and placewise. This is not about music, it is about news and "talking heads".

On my XO I went to WBUR and clicked  "Listen live" and nothing happened. When one of you has time please suggest how I should proceed. Many thanks.

Mary Haskell

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[Hask...@aol.com]

Take your time and thank you.

Mary

[Harry Forsdick]

Mary,

At the risk of disappointing you, I think you are going to have a lot of trouble doing this with the XO -- not because you couldn't find a set of programs that you might be able to download and see it working, but because this machine is not the right platform.  It is really, really, really intended for kids doing projects where they learn by doing. 

A much better approach to doing what you want to do would be to buy an inexpensive iPod (you could buy an iPod nano for $149 (http://tinyurl.com/2hsn7k )) -- an iPod is a device meant to do what you want to do, and it will do far better job than an XO for this task.  If you want to listen to NPR in real time, also buy yourself a $39 sony am/fm/tv/weather portable ( http://tinyurl.com/ynpnyq).  This dual approach what I do for the same kind of need.

-- Harry

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[daveno...@comcast.net]

Hi folks: I am nicely connected to the internet at home.  I am hoping to use this, my first ever laptop, for podcasts and the audio part of streaming whatever.

I am an NPR talk radio junkie (On Point, Terry Gross, etc.)and want to be able to move around the house with my XO as if it were a portable radio. I want to pick  archived podcasts and play them at my convenience, timewise and placewise. This is not about music, it is about news and "talking heads".

On my XO I went to WBUR and clicked  "Listen live" and nothing happened. When one of you has time please suggest how I should proceed. Many thanks.

Mary Haskell

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Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

[Dave Novelline]

Mary,

It works!

Here is what you need to do...

1. Install the Opera browser. (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Opera) and
launch it.

Once Opera has been installed, you need to configure the streaming
audio player.

2. Click the O in the upper-left hand corner of the screen.

3. Go to Tools\Preferences\

4. Click the "Advanced" Tab

5. Click "Downloads"

6. Click the "Add..." button.

7. Enter "audio/x-pn-realaudio" under MIME type (do not enter the
quotes)

8. Enter "ram,ra" under "File extension(s)"

9. Click the radio button to the left of "Open with other application"

10. Enter the following data in the text box beneath "Open with other
application"

11. Enter "/usr/bin/totem" in the text box. (totem is a media player
that should have come installed on your machine)

12. Click the check box next to "Pass web address directly to
application".

13. Click OK.

14. Click OK.

That's it.

Please feel free to email me directly if you need any additional help.

Dave


On Jan 10, 11:07 am, davenovell...@comcast.net wrote:
> Mary,
>
> There is an open bug for this issue (http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5423- Browse Codec detection for Real Streams fails).
>
> I am currently trying the Opera browser which seems to work much better than Browse. It also gives you the ability to configure your browser preferences. This might work.
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Opera
>
> I'll let you know.
>
> Dave

>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Haske...@aol.com
> > Hi folks: I am nicely connected to the internet at home. I am hoping to use
> > this, my first ever laptop, for podcasts and the audio part of streaming
> > whatever.
> > I am an NPR talk radio junkie (On Point, Terry Gross, etc.)and want to be
> > able to move around the house with my XO as if it were a portable radio. I want
> > to pick archived podcasts and play them at my convenience, timewise and
> > placewise. This is not about music, it is about news and "talking heads".
> > On my XO I went to WBUR and clicked "Listen live" and nothing happened.
> > When one of you has time please suggest how I should proceed. Many thanks.
> > Mary Haskell
>

> > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.
> >http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
>
>
>
>
>
> [ Attached Message ]From:Haske...@aol.comTo:le...@googlegroups.comDate:Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:42:29 +0000Local:Wed, Jan 9 2008 1:42 pmSubject:[lexo] Re: my agenda

>
> Hi folks: I am nicely connected to the internet at home. I am hoping to use this, my first ever laptop, for podcasts and the audio part of streaming whatever.
>
> I am an NPR talk radio junkie (On Point, Terry Gross, etc.)and want to be able to move around the house with my XO as if it were a portable radio. I want to pick archived podcasts and play them at my convenience, timewise and placewise. This is not about music, it is about news and "talking heads".
>
> On my XO I went to WBUR and clicked "Listen live" and nothing happened. When one of you has time please suggest how I should proceed. Many thanks.
>

> Mary HaskellStart the year off right.Easy ways to stay in shapein the new year.
>

[Hask...@aol.com]

This is so exciting.

I'm just leaving the house to go to a long meeting. I will have to do it quite slowly and carefully but I am so delighted by  this opportunity and I am very grateful to you for working it out.

Mary