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	pycage	2009-12-15 , 18:19
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Originally Posted by mpjb

now im confused to quote u from an earlier discussion 'N900 and FMradio' dated 11/11/2009

"The next version will send the output directly to the headphones because this is safe. But the receiver output must not be sent directly to the speakers, because very low frequencies are dangerous for them and have tio be filtered out.

To sum it up: you can save battery in the next version if using headphones for listening."

Maybe I was too quick saying this. Technically, there are bypass switches in the mixer that would allow this. But this is a totally different audio route than with speaker output. It might become feasible once the Maemo OS becomes more aware of the fmradio. But right now, choosing this audio route calls for too much trouble.
Anyway, headphones output is better for battery life, no matter if bypassing pulseaudio alltogether or just bypassing the HP filtering in pulseaudio.
And eventually you want to be able to record radio streams in a future version. Recording wouldn't work with bypassing.

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