A cool feature in Windows 7 Media Center is the ability to listen to local FM radio. But what if you don’t have a tuner card that supports a connected radio antenna? The RadioTime plugin solves the problem by allowing access to thousands of online radio stations.

Windows 7 Media Center的一項很酷的功能是可以收聽本地FM廣播。 但是，如果您沒有支持連接的無線電天線的調諧卡呢？ RadioTime插件允許訪問數千個在線廣播電臺，從而解決了該問題。

With the RadioTime plugin for Windows Media Center, you’ll have access to over 100,000 online radio stations from around the world. Their guide is broken down into different categories such as Talk Radio, Music Radio, Sports Radio and more. It’s completely free, but does require registration to save preset stations.

使用Windows Media Center的RadioTime插件，您可以訪問來自世界各地的100,000多個在線廣播電臺。 他們的指南分為不同類別，例如談話廣播，音樂廣播，體育廣播等等。 它是完全免費的，但需要注冊才能保存預設電臺。

RadioTime

廣播時間

It works with Media Center in XP, Vista, and Windows 7 (which we’re demonstrating here). When installing it for Windows 7, make sure to click the Installer link below the “Get It Now – Free” button as the installer works best for the new OS.

它可與XP，Vista和Windows 7 (我們在此處演示)中的Media Center一起使用。 在Windows 7上安裝它時，請確保單擊“立即獲取-免費”按鈕下方的安裝程序鏈接，因為該安裝程序最適合新操作系統。

Installation is extremely quick and easy…

安裝極其簡便快捷。

Now when you open Windows 7 Media Center you’ll find it located in the Extras category from the main menu.

現在，當您打開Windows 7 Media Center時，您會在主菜單的Extras類別中找到它。

After you launch it, you’re presented with the RadioTime guide where you can browse through the different categories of stations. Your shown various station suggestions each time you start it up.

啟動它之后，會看到RadioTime指南，您可以在其中瀏覽不同類別的電臺。 每次啟動時，都會顯示各種電臺建議。

The main categories are broken down further so you can find the right genre of the music your looking for.

主要類別進一步細分，因此您可以找到想要的音樂的正確流派。

World Radio offers you stations from all over the world categorized into different regions.

世界廣播電臺為您提供來自世界各地的不同地區的電臺。

RadioTime does support local stations via an FM tuner, but if you don’t have one, you can still access local stations provided they broadcast online. One thing about listening to your local stations online is the audio quality may not be as good as if you had a tuner connected.

RadioTime確實通過FM調諧器支持本地電臺，但是如果您沒有本地電臺，則只要本地電臺在線廣播，您仍然可以訪問它們。 關于在線收聽本地電臺的一件事是音頻質量可能不如您連接的調諧器好。

It provides information on most of the online stations. For example here we look at Minnesota Public Radio info and you get a schedule of when certain programs are on.

它提供有關大多數在線站點的信息。 例如，在這里我們查看明尼蘇達州公共廣播電臺的信息，您會獲得某些節目開播的時間表。

Then get even more information about the topics on the shows.

然后，獲得有關演出主題的更多信息。

To use the Presets option you’ll need to log into your RadioTime account, or if you don’t have one just click on the link to create a free one.

要使用“預設”選項，您需要登錄到RadioTime帳戶，或者如果沒有該帳戶，只需單擊鏈接以創建一個免費帳戶。

Creating a free account is simple and basic on their site. You aren’t required to have an account to use the RadioTime plugin, it’s only if you want the additional benefits.

在他們的網站上創建免費帳戶非常簡單和基本。 您不需要擁有帳戶即可使用RadioTime插件，僅當您需要其他好處時。

Conclusion

結論

For this article we only tried it with Windows 7 Media Center, and sometimes the interface felt clunky when moving quickly through menus. Also, there isn’t a search feature from within Media Center, however, you can search stations from their site and add them to your presets.

對于本文，我們僅在Windows 7 Media Center上進行過嘗試，有時在快速瀏覽菜單時界面感覺笨拙。 此外，Media Center中沒有搜索功能，但是，您可以從其站點搜索電臺并將其添加到預設中。

Despite a few shortcomings, this is a very cool way to get access to thousands of online radio stations through Windows Media Center. If you’re looking for a way to access thousands of radio stations through WMC, you might want to give RadioTime a try.

盡管存在一些缺點，但這是通過Windows Media Center訪問數千個在線廣播電臺的一種非常酷的方法。 如果您正在尋找一種通過WMC訪問數千個廣播電臺的方法，則可能需要嘗試RadioTime。

Download RadioTime for Windows Media Center

下載Windows Media Center的RadioTime

翻譯自: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/12752/listen-to-over-100000-radio-stations-in-windows-media-center/