[pvrusb2] Xawtv4 Radio and pvrusb2

[Roger]

Xawtv-4's radio application seems to work fine for pvrusb2 29xxx devices.

An example session:

1) In one terminal, run a player on /dev/radio0 device.

$ mpeg2desc -a0 < /dev/radio0 | madplay -

Or

$ mpeg2desc -a0 < /dev/radio0 | mpg123 -

Or

$ mpeg2desc -a0 < /dev/radio0 | mpg321 -

Or

$ mpeg2desc -a0 < /dev/radio0 | mplayer -


2) In another terminal, run Xawtv-4's radio binary.

$ xawtv-4-install/bin/radio  (-c /dev/radio0)


There is a hiccup or stumbling block when generating the initial radio 
configuration file ($HOME/.radio.

1)  First create the mapping file or file recording the strong signals for your 
area.

$ xawtv-4-install/bin/radio -i > $HOME/.radio

2)  The xawtv4 forgets to write a [Buttons] section within the .radio config 
file, which makes the .radio useful for users using 'radio'!

A final file might look something like this:

$ cat ~/.radio
[Buttons]
1=95900000
2=96900000
3=103900000
[Stations]
95900000=scan-14
96900000=scan-15
100290000=scan-17

(The [Stations] section contains all your local areas hot/strong frequencies, 
while the [Buttons] section contains hot keys or presets which will display the 
frequencies/button within the radio application.)

One other concern for the bin/radio program, The color red for the preset 
ncurses widget seems to blind us!

-- 
Roger
http://rogerx.freeshell.org/