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的一项很酷的功能是可以收听本地FM广播。 但是，如果您没有支持连接的无线电天线的调谐卡呢？ RadioTime插件允许访问数千个在线广播电台，从而解决了该问题。

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，您可以访问来自世界各地的100,000多个在线广播电台。 他们的指南分为不同类别，例如谈话广播，音乐广播，体育广播等等。 它是完全免费的，但需要注册才能保存预设电台。

RadioTime

广播时间

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.

它可与XP，Vista和Windows 7 (我们在此处演示)中的Media Center一起使用。 在Windows 7上安装它时，请确保单击“立即获取-免费”按钮下方的安装程序链接，因为该安装程序最适合新操作系统。

Installation is extremely quick and easy…

安装极其简便快捷。

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

现在，当您打开Windows 7 Media Center时，您会在主菜单的Extras类别中找到它。

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.

启动它之后，会看到RadioTime指南，您可以在其中浏览不同类别的电台。 每次启动时，都会显示各种电台建议。

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

主要类别进一步细分，因此您可以找到想要的音乐的正确流派。

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

世界广播电台为您提供来自世界各地的不同地区的电台。

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确实通过FM调谐器支持本地电台，但是如果您没有本地电台，则只要本地电台在线广播，您仍然可以访问它们。 关于在线收听本地电台的一件事是音频质量可能不如您连接的调谐器好。

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.

它提供有关大多数在线站点的信息。 例如，在这里我们查看明尼苏达州公共广播电台的信息，您会获得某些节目开播的时间表。

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

然后，获得有关演出主题的更多信息。

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“预设”选项，您需要登录到RadioTime帐户，或者如果没有该帐户，只需单击链接以创建一个免费帐户。

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.

在他们的网站上创建免费帐户非常简单和基本。 您不需要拥有帐户即可使用RadioTime插件，仅当您需要其他好处时。

Conclusion

结论

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.

对于本文，我们仅在Windows 7 Media Center上进行过尝试，有时在快速浏览菜单时界面感觉笨拙。 此外，Media Center中没有搜索功能，但是，您可以从其站点搜索电台并将其添加到预设中。

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.

尽管存在一些缺点，但这是通过Windows Media Center访问数千个在线广播电台的一种非常酷的方法。 如果您正在寻找一种通过WMC访问数千个广播电台的方法，则可能需要尝试RadioTime。

Download RadioTime for Windows Media Center

下载Windows Media Center的RadioTime

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