<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Enabling The FM Radio for Radio-Equipped Cards</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="The BTTV HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Recording Video and Sound with Bttv" HREF="recording.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Gnu Free Documentation License" HREF="appendix.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="APPENDIX" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >The BTTV HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="recording.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="appendix.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="APPENDIX" ><H1 CLASS="APPENDIX" ><A NAME="FM" ></A >E. Enabling The FM Radio for Radio-Equipped Cards</H1 ><P >FM radio tuners are easily enabled when inserting modules. Simply <TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" > $ modprobe bttv radio=1</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > ...or add a similar option to your <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/modules.conf</TT > and you should be set the next time you restart or load the module. You will also need an application to access the radio. I suggest the console based <B CLASS="COMMAND" >radio</B >, available with the <A HREF="http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/" TARGET="_top" >Xawtv suite</A >, or <A HREF="http://www.stanford.edu/~blp/fmtools/" TARGET="_top" >fmtools</A >. For graphical programs, try <A HREF="http://mfcn.ilo.de/gnomeradio/" TARGET="_top" >gnomeradio</A > or <A HREF="http://foobazco.org/projects/gradio/" TARGET="_top" >gradio</A > or <A HREF="http://www.xmms.org/" TARGET="_top" >xmms</A > with the <A HREF="http://silicone.free.fr/xmms-FMRadio/" TARGET="_top" >FMRadio plug-in</A >.</P ><P >Also, you can't listen to radio at the same time as watching TV with your Bttv card (unless you have more than one card, that is).</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="recording.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="appendix.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Recording Video and Sound with Bttv</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Gnu Free Documentation License</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >