[mythtv-users] using WinTV PVR-350 to play AM/FM radio? (slightly OT)

[Joel Ostheller]

yes... and thanks for the tips. why? cause we can, and tivo cant.

On 4/2/06, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 2, 2006, at 1:24 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>
> On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:45 AM, Steven C. Liu wrote:
>
> Sorry, folks, if this question is too OT for this list...
>
> I was wondering if it's possible to use my PVR-350 to play regular FM/AM
> radio?  I believe it has the capability, and I imagine I could do so easily
> enough on a WinXP box.  Surely I can do this in Linux/Myth - can't I?  FYI -
> I use FC4.
>
> TIA,
>
> Steve
>
>
> There's this plugin that adds FM support, but I don't know if anyone's
> gotten it to work in 0.19. I never got it working in 0.18, but I honestly
> didn't try that hard.
>
> http://mythextra.napsi.net/mythFM.html
>
> Also, I see this:
>
> [mythtv at mythtv ~]$ ls -l /dev | grep radio
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root   root          6 Mar 31 18:45 radio -> radio0
> crw-------  1 mythtv root    81,  64 Mar 31 18:45 radio0
>
> So I assume it's just a matter of tuning to the frequency you want and
> playing it through to your audio device. But again.. there doesn't appear to
> be enough interest to get it working and certainly hasn't been enough to
> include it in the standard mythtv packages.
>
>
> Just an update.. I'm able to get FM playing through my MythTV box with
> # ivtv-radio -f 90.3 so I guess it's a matter of adding stations to the TV
> lineup and issuing the right channel change command when it hits
> radio-specific "channels". Then making it play back with a nice screen
> showing the station recorded instead of the green screen that plays when you
> record it now. Of course everyone will want MP3 compression built in as
> well.
>
> Is anyone interested enough in pursuing this?
>
>
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