Wimpus Radio : Support : Frequently Asked Questions : General

Frequently Asked Questions : General

How does Wimpus get its music?

Wimpus is what we like to call a Personal Audio Recorder (PAR). Similar to a TiVo* or Replay TV* and other Personal Video Recorders (PVR), Wimpus "time shifts" content for your convenience. In particular, Wimpus uses internet radio as it's content source, and attempts to shift blocks of music for you to review at a later time.

(*) TiVo and Replay TV are trademarks/copyright of their respective owners.

What open-source software does Wimpus use?

Wimpus takes great advantage of the open-source movement. Being (almost) pure Java, we primarily work with Java open-source information. We have a list of all products used, their website, and their user licenses. All products are used without modification, except for SWT on the Win32 platform. Source is available for applicable modifications, as well as products used in the past.