App / protocol to tune into live audio and video based on schedule or subscription

Question

Many of us have embraced the podcasting revolution enabled by rss feeds and podcatchers.

Alot of sites now broadcast live streams of what is eventually edited into a podcast. In most cases listening to the live stream gets you the info several days sooner then the podcast.

So I was wondering if anybody knows of a notification protocol / app that allows me to auto tune into certain streams when they go live, or based on a schedule. I imagine twitter could be used for the notification but It'd be better not to be tied to a proprietary service.

Example podcasts / live streams

• noagenda.squarespace.com
• jupiterbroadcasting.com
• twit.tv

Answer 1

I haven't used it before, but it looks like Hidownload 7 can do this. I see a Live Stream Manager that includes a scheduler. Give it a look?

Answer 2

I used to have a Perl wrapper for mplayer that switched streams according to a scheduling file; it was timezone aware so I could specify times in the broadcaster's local time and it would adapt to DST changes in either time zone.