[mythtv] [PATCH] Beginning radio pvr support

J. Donavan Stanley jdonavan at jdonavan.net
Mon Jan 12 23:07:09 EST 2004


steve at nexusuk.org wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, John Pullan wrote:
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>>Sort answer is, I dunno. I wasn't aware that FM encoded any data but
>>that could just me be ignorant.
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>In the UK we have some data transmitted along side FM radio (don't know if 
>it's an international thing - I suspect it is).  There's RDS which gives 
>you simple stuff like station name, tells you if another station in the 
>area is transmitting traffic information (usually abused by the channels 
>to give you 5 minutes of rubbish after the traffic information finishes), 
>etc.  Then there's RadioText which gives you information about the current 
>program.  But I've got no idea if any TV cards that support radio provide 
>access to that data.
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We have the same thing here in the states, just not many radios that 
support it from what I've seen.  In the area I live in I know of only 
two stations that use it.


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