Thread: N800 and FM Radio
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2008-08-07 , 09:30
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Originally Posted by pycage View Post
Btw:
The FM radio is a standard V4L device (V4L=Video for Linux, a kernel interface for controlling TV and FM radio boards) on the N800 and I really wonder why there exist only 2 applications for controlling it.
There's even a Python module available for controlling the FM radio.
I tried the xmms v4l plugin and pointed it to /dev/radio0 and could never get it to work.

The Nokia fmradio app messes up connections to bluetooth headsets so I just install the nokia fmradio, use it to download my channel lists for the UK and then edit the prerm in /var/lib/dpkg/info/fmradio.prerm and remove the gconftool line. Then I remove fmradio and install mediabox. And then I can use the radio brilliantly through mediabox with the channel lists.

fmradio is in the diablo repos:
http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com...ser/f/fmradio/