[Announce] QML Radio for Harmattan
 

After the QWidget version (QRadio), it was time for the qml one.

A big thanks goes to Javispedro who has written the fmrx daemon and qt plugin to allow developers to use QRadioTuner. And it even works better than the N900 QRadioTuner class!

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You must have developer mode active and install Javispedro's debs from here.

You must install all the three debs Javispedro provided. Use the terminal to do so with dpkg. If you have no clue what dpkg is this is what to do:
Put all the 3files in the MyDocs folder (it's the first one you get when putting the device in mass memory mode).
Open terminal:
press enter than type which is default root password. Press enter.
and press enter.

Than install app from here.

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gionni88 You'll make it for n900?

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Yes I'll make it for N900 aswell. But will require CSSU and QtComponents.

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GREAT :) with it's not the problem. I use Your Internetradioplayerqml on n900

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So this is native app for N9, nice one. :)

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will the usage require developer mode after installation?

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is it internet radio or fm radio?

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This is FM radio

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Works pretty good, minor issues I noticed:

a) It would be much better to show controls on favorites screen on portait mode.

b) UI is not self explanatory.

c) It doesn't give any sound sometimes, I had to stop/start radio to get it working again.

Thank you :)

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Version 0.0.4, download it here.

Changed stations list edit mode to toggle button.
Added shake to control option.

@laren0: alpher than alpha N900 version here.

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Great App!! Thank you!


Noticed that too. It happens to me almost every time I scan up/down. It finds the next station, prints the name, but sound stops, and I have to go to settings-> stop radio, and then start it again. I also get the following in dmesg:
EDIT: Oddly enough, after I reflashed the device and upgraded to PR 1.2, and then reinstalled the radio app, I no longer have this problem. Maybe it was a firmware bug?

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installed it, but it doesn't work... N9, PR1.2, dev mode on... latest fmrx 0.2.0 downloaded from the link in the first post even can't be installed - getting "can't install - invalid installation package"... installed fmrx 0.1.3 with success, then installed QML Radio 0.0.4, app started, but it just doesn't work for me... can't scan, can't hear even a white noise... any idea?

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You must install all the three debs Javispedro provided. Use the terminal to do so with dpkg. If you have no clue what dpkg is this is what to do:
Put all the 3files in the MyDocs folder (it's the first one you get when putting the device in mass memory mode).
Open terminal
Type "devel-su", press enter than type "rootme".
Type "dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/fmrx*" and press enter.

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thanks, mate - it works now... just a suggestion - include these tips into the first post, just to avoid these kind of questions I've been asking...

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Thanks for this awesome app! Some of feature requests though.

1. Implement automatic stations scan and save to stations list with rds station name.

2. When manually adding stations to list, suggest current rds station name instead of empty/last input.

3. Add more quick station slots. And show station name instead of frequency.

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Version 0.0.6:

• Signal strenght is now shown.
• Added AutoScan feature (will spam your stations list, be aware).
• Adding a station will set the RDS name in the text field.

Options to come: exporting/importing stations lists, to create presets for different places/to suit everyone's tastes.

Download it here.

EDIT: forgot the download link...

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it may be better to start putting the updated versions in the original post...rather than having to go through all the pages to find the newest
version....

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I agree, it's too hard to check the last post having the updated deb there.

Anyway the first post has the link to the latest version, I have to post something to bump the thread.

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Wow this is becoming quite slick, nice job gionni & especially jpedro ;)

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Sweet! Thanks a bunch!

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gionni88 version for maemo5 was stop on 0.0.3? Or You will make new version?

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I can't find the way to turn loudspeaker on when headphones are plugged in to act as an antenna?! is it possible?

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I have not added loudspeaker support yet.

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oh, so... well, there's a little "workaround" for that - with no headphones, and usb cable plugged in, the reception is more than enough, and loudspeaker is on ;)

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Version 0.0.7. Added menu option to switch on the loudspeaker.
Download link.

@laren0: I'm waiting new inean QtComponents for fremantle, since I'm using same code both for the harmattan and the fremantle version. Anyway not all the updates from 0.0.4 and up will work on fremantle, due to bugged QtMobility (ex: if you try to use the autoscan feature, radio hangs on N900).

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Thx you Gionni. Your app is way better in term of features that the FM radio one by Kozhanov (now avalaible on store but not free). Keep up the good work and thank you again !

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The free version is still available. The paid for version is, as far as I can tell, more-or-less just a reskin.

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Im having troubles with radio playback while using Sports Tracker and bluetooth heart rate belt. Radio playback stops randomly. I can start radio from menu, but after a random time playback stops. If i wait playback starts automaticly, but stops again after a while. Any ideas? could it be that the bt hr belt is intefering fm reciever?

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I may be completely wrong but I suspect this is largely to do with how the radio daemon's implemented.
It may never be a good as originally hoped, thanks to Nokia withdrawing their help approx. 6wks ago :mad: :(

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@Z3tor: blueooth and radio fm are physically on the same chip, but I'm able to use bluetooth headset to listen radio without any trouble.
I think SportsTracker has some sorts of audio notifications which requires audio policies (so the audio playback right of QMLRadio is revoked). When you hit "Start Radio" the application asks for audio playback privilegies, so it takes those back. Try to disable any audio notifications, if possible.

@jalyst: radio fm on the n9 works wonderfully now: there is no hangups, microphone works good and resource policies do their duties very well and RDS infos are retrieved very fast. If you wanna ruin your weekend try to implement the radio on N900 and you'll struggle not to smash it with an hammer. Tested myself :P

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Really? Zero issues/limitations now? I'm quite surprised by that if true.

If it's all working so well now, why not any shift towards focusing on FMTX?
(Maybe there has been, TBH I haven't been following the main thread for a while)

Last time jpedro was looking closely at it, he felt it was unlikely...
But he also couldn't say with certainty that it's impossible (N950 was ruled-out).

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Problem solved. It had nothing to do with Sports Tracker or Bt hr belt. I had shake controls enabled, so that was stopping the radio. Athough I had to restart radio app to disable shake controls.

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@ jalyst: I'm not saying it works 101%, but since everything evolves, right now what we have is more than enought.

Development talking, FM radio support has everything needed to make an application: listening to radio, managing freqs, seeking, retrieving rds, starting/stopping service.

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Has there been any renewed interest in completely ruling-out FMTX?
I haven't been following the main thread in ages, need to catch-up soon.
javispedro wasn't 100% sure last time I saw him look into it...
He needed a N9 before he could be sure that it's impossible/impractical.

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So well that there are a bunch of $2 applications in the Ovi Store that basically repackaged my daemon and are profiting from it.... makes one lose the will....

Glad to hear that the BT problem turned out not to be a problem :)

There might still be a problem with radio and BT handsfree devices, though. AD2P headphones work fine!

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I tought you had some accords with FM Radio since in its homepage you are in the list of the authors. If not, that would be really lame, in my opinion.

I know it isn't so much valuable, but you have my most sincere thanks for the Qt plugin, and this isn't an indirect way to push your updates because I think it already works wonderfully. I lost hours (yes, I know I have written it plenty of times) to make QRadio works decently and to find workarounds for all those QRadioTuner bugs, getting stressed to waste time for something which should have been working by itself. Sadly this tendence to have so many platform bugs which gets fixed slowly (if they get... I have an open bug tracker issue opened in March 2011 and still no asnwer...) is still up in Harmattan context, so having a QRadioTuner plugin working as it should is really a pleasure, so thank you again.

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Hey yeah that's right, they did openly acknowledged javispedro.
So they're not in any sort of partnership with him? Wow that's pretty low :rolleyes:

Surely Nokia Store could do something about that, how was your code licensed?
I can't recall if much of your work was based on existing openly licensed work...
Even if it was, they're also required to return any improvements to that code-base.
If they're not & there's further refinements, then surely you'd have a solid case for NS to remove them?

Have you looked closely at FMTX for the N9 again since you last looked at it 5mth+ ago at FMC?
Last time round you weren't 100% sure till you had a N9, I offered to send a spare but no response.

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No. But I would mostly forget about it -- a lot of people have AFAIK tried the usual things to no avail. The complete lack of antenna probably means it would need a (potentially trivial) hardware mod.

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I don't suppose you can point to where these other have analyzed it & presented their conclusive findings?

*EDIT*
Oh I thought the need for a hw mod was itself still not entirely certain?

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None. At least one of them did share the source... then stopped updating it. But my rants about the world are best put in another thread :(