At present I go to bed and put on Radio 4 and fall asleep, it turns into the world service and if I wake up, I listen for a bit then fall asleep again, without the radio there is less sleep. Paradoxically the more interesting the program the more likely I am to fall back asleep. I have a spare Android tablet and if I could program it to play me Radio 4 factual programs through the night I would sleep better.
Any ideas how can I build a playlist from the iplayer?
ta

misterroy wrote:

I have a spare Android tablet and if I could program it to play me
Radio 4 factual programs through the night I would sleep better.

Use the iPlayer radio app to download a selection of Radio4/WorldService
podcasts and set to play for a set amount of time on the sleep timer?

On Saturday, 14 May 2016 22:56:40 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
misterroy wrote:

I have a spare Android tablet and if I could program it to play me
Radio 4 factual programs through the night I would sleep better.

Use the iPlayer radio app to download a selection of Radio4/WorldService
podcasts and set to play for a set amount of time on the sleep timer?

From my experience of the iPlayer radio app you can't queue programmes you've downloaded so you'd only be able to have one on via the timer

On 14/05/2016 22:43, misterroy wrote:
At present I go to bed and put on Radio 4 and fall asleep, it turns
into the world service and if I wake up, I listen for a bit then fall
asleep again, without the radio there is less sleep. Paradoxically
the more interesting the program the more likely I am to fall back
asleep. I have a spare Android tablet and if I could program it to
play me Radio 4 factual programs through the night I would sleep
better. Any ideas how can I build a playlist from the iplayer? ta

I find speech radio immensely helpful for distracting me from tinnitus.
Music, mostly, doesn't work for me. Try Radio 4 Extra.

I completely agree with the paradox related to interestingness.

--
Rod

On 5/15/2016 7:11 PM, Murmansk wrote:
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 22:56:40 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
misterroy wrote:

I have a spare Android tablet and if I could program it to play me
Radio 4 factual programs through the night I would sleep better.

Use the iPlayer radio app to download a selection of Radio4/WorldService
podcasts and set to play for a set amount of time on the sleep timer?

From my experience of the iPlayer radio app you can't queue programmes you've downloaded so you'd only be able to have one on via the timer

Agreed, I just have a bunch of downloads and play them as required. If I
have fallen asleep in the middle of one, I replay it if it was
interesting. If one finishes before I fall asleep, I just play the next
one. I don't really feel the need for a timer.

Don't like the latest update of the Android iPlayer app though, with the
2 column format (on 7 inch tablet). Until then, I thought it was more or
less perfect. The other thing I find mildly irritating is when you
listen to an iPlayer download and the audio tells you an extended
version is available on podcast. You then have to search through the
convoluted and non-intuitive web pages, set up a podcast app, and
generally faff around. Why can't they just add a link to the extended
file in iPlayer?

On 15/05/16 19:27, polygonum wrote:
On 14/05/2016 22:43, misterroy wrote:
At present I go to bed and put on Radio 4 and fall asleep, it turns
into the world service and if I wake up, I listen for a bit then fall
asleep again, without the radio there is less sleep. Paradoxically
the more interesting the program the more likely I am to fall back
asleep. I have a spare Android tablet and if I could program it to
play me Radio 4 factual programs through the night I would sleep
better. Any ideas how can I build a playlist from the iplayer? ta

I find speech radio immensely helpful for distracting me from tinnitus.
Music, mostly, doesn't work for me. Try Radio 4 Extra.

Watch the volume though. Install some sort of limiter?

One of the family has her tiny clock radio on full blast to distract her
night time tinnitus, and apart from disturbing the rest of the house and
subliminally installing strange right wing ideas via LBC's callers, I
suspect it's progressively done her some additional hearing damage of
its own.

--
Adrian C

On 16/05/16 12:55, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 15/05/16 19:27, polygonum wrote:
On 14/05/2016 22:43, misterroy wrote:
At present I go to bed and put on Radio 4 and fall asleep, it turns
into the world service and if I wake up, I listen for a bit then fall
asleep again, without the radio there is less sleep. Paradoxically
the more interesting the program the more likely I am to fall back
asleep. I have a spare Android tablet and if I could program it to
play me Radio 4 factual programs through the night I would sleep
better. Any ideas how can I build a playlist from the iplayer? ta

I find speech radio immensely helpful for distracting me from tinnitus.
Music, mostly, doesn't work for me. Try Radio 4 Extra.

Watch the volume though. Install some sort of limiter?

One of the family has her tiny clock radio on full blast to distract her
night time tinnitus, and apart from disturbing the rest of the house and
subliminally installing strange right wing ideas via LBC's callers, I
suspect it's progressively done her some additional hearing damage of
its own.

Why not download some of the excellent free audiobooks available on say
Gutenberg, and listen to those instead?


--
New Socialism consists essentially in being seen to have your heart in
the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in
someone else's pocket.

On 15/05/2016 19:11, Murmansk wrote:
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 22:56:40 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
misterroy wrote:

I have a spare Android tablet and if I could program it to play me
Radio 4 factual programs through the night I would sleep better.

Use the iPlayer radio app to download a selection of Radio4/WorldService
podcasts and set to play for a set amount of time on the sleep timer?

From my experience of the iPlayer radio app you can't queue programmes you've downloaded so you'd only be able to have one on via the timer

If you cant queue programmes on the iplayer radio app I can thoroughly
recommend podkicker, (its free)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...podka&hl=en_GB

(there are doubtless dozens of others and each will have their own
favourite) all BBC programmes seen to be available and downloaded
podcasts can easily be added to a playlist. (Also gives scope for Non
BBC speech radio - I find quite a bit on NPR)

--
Chris B (News)