The following are instructions and an example of using the TuneIn Radio task with the 'On Demand' radio feature.
It is assumed that you have read the previous pages relating to the TuneIn Radio task, registered a username and password with the TuneIn Radio website and have specified these to SpeakOn.
'Shows', known also as programmes in the UK, can be broadcast either simultaneously or at different times. After you have found 'On Demand' shows, a convenient way is to preset these shows.
The most convenient way to find a show is to obtain a list for 'On Demand' shows for main stations which supply this information to Tunein Radio, from the Main menu when the focus is on the Player. Under the Radio sub-menu, navigate to 'On Demand shows for the playing station'.
Similarily, you can also find a list of 'On Demand' shows when the focus is on a particular station in the Library.
You can also get this list by pressing:
* 'Custom' [Ctrl + F9] key.
The 'On Demand' list is displayed in the Library where you can find all the shows available. (In cases where a station does not contain any 'On Demand' shows, the list is empty). You can preset a show when the focus is on a particular show and you can navigate Right to either listen to the show if it is currently broadcasted live or find previous episodes in both Podcast and BBC 'Listen again' formats if available.
In addition, shows are represented in the Library under some of the categories including Browse music, talk, sports and language in the Index view. If you navigate Right into a show in the Library, you may find a number of entries which include:
The stations that currently broadcast the show. If the show is currently broadcasting, you may get the time remaining for the show or if it is not currently being broadcasted, the time remaining until the show starts somewhere.
Recent episodes; these may include Podcasts or BBC 'Listen again'. Note that presently you cannot distinguish easily between the two. 'Listen again' is only available for BBC radio stations and at the time of writing, you can identify it by the fact that episode names also include the length of the program.
You can preset the show and you can find it then directly under
Index > Favourites > Shows
If you wish, you can search for shows in the same way you search for stations. Another powerful way to locate shows is from a schedule. A schedule presents a list of shows. When the focus is on a particular show, you can preset it in the usual way. If you navigate Right, you will find (if available) the usual entries described for a show. You can listen to this show if broadcasting or listen to previous episodes if available.
Let's take an example; BBC Radio 4 broadcasts most days a chapter of a book in a show called 'Book of the week'. To search for this show bring up the search task either from the Main menu: Radio > Search for stations or shows, or by pressing the * Find [Ctrl + F3] or [Ctrl + f] key.
In the Edit control, type Book of the week. Find the show and navigate Right into the show. Under 'Recent Episodes' you will find the episodes for the last seven days.
You can navigate (skip) content within a stream using the usual Player method; move right or left to select the navigation unit required and then move up or down to skip. Skipping ability depends on whether the media is a podcast or a BBC 'Listen again' show.
A streamed podcast is essentially a file downloaded to a temporary location. Consequently, you can navigate the portion of the podcast file that has been already downloaded at a particular point in time. You will find that if your internet connection is fast and the podcast server is delivering the podcast file quickly, skipping is fine moving forward in small chunks; if an insufficient portion of the file exists, skipping will be restricted. Navigation backwards has no restrictions.
When you stream a BBC iPlayer show formerly known as a 'Listen again' show, you can navigate anywhere in a stream without any restrictions. When you navigate Up or Down to skip the media, you will notice a few seconds' delay which is the time taken for the server to respond. You can skip further with any navigation unit pressing Up or Down quickly. For example, with the navigation unit of 5 minutes, pressing the Down key twice quickly will produce a skip forward of ten minutes and pressing the Up key four times, skips backwards by twenty minutes.
In both types of streams, ten seconds before the stream's end, you will be notified. You can either navigate quickly backwards if you wish or start to stream from the beginning using the usual player key for this purpose; # Select [Shift + Enter].
A podcast is in MP3 format and BBC 'Listen again' is in WMA format. You can always find information on the format by pressing
*# Info [Ctrl + Shift + F2] (F: Info > Down 2).
When listening to either a BBC 'Listen again' show or a steamed podcast, you can find how far into the programme you have listened and the length of a programme using the usual SpeakOn way by pressing:
* Info [Ctrl + F2] (F: Info > Left 4)
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