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News Release from: Analog Devices | Subject: Ripper integrated FM radio
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 September 2007
Radio edits out advertising
Users select a station and the Ripper automatically saves only the music as MP3 files to internal memory or a docked iPod or other USB connected MP3 player.
PopCatcher has released the Ripper integrated FM radio The system allows a user to record programming from any broadcast source and automatically extract the music as a series of MP3 files, leaving out the talk and advertising
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The result is a radio that plays only the music.
The resulting files are compatible with all devices that support MP3 playback.
PopCatcher is making this technology available to manufacturers of radios, portable music players, home entertainment centres and other consumer audio equipment in the form of software licenses, hardware modules and reference designs.
The Ripper reference design is a complete FM radio with music capture capability.
Users select a station and the Ripper automatically saves only the music as MP3 files to internal memory or a docked iPod or other USB-connected MP3 player.
PopCatcher has selected the Blackfin processor from Analog Devices, enabling a single processor to efficiently handle tasks such as filtering the broadcast stream to identify the music content and handling the MP3 file storage interface to the supported media.
"We are excited to bring these new music capture capabilities to the consumer electronics marketplace".
"We expect that automated music capture will greatly increase the attractiveness of MP3 music players for home, automobile and portable use".
"This expands what is already a very large global market for music players by greatly increasing ease of use and eliminating the need for a computer or internet connection to access music files", says Jakob Berg, CEO, PopCatcher.
"We see enormous global potential for the PopCatcher technology".
"With the technology available as a software module, hardware module or complete reference design, consumer electronics manufacturers have their choice of approaches to integrate this capability on a proven Blackfin solution", says Mike Haidar, General Manager, SST Product Line, Analog Devices.
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