• Registered: 2009-12-25
  • Posts: 8

Topic: Widget Access Radio

Do the Widgets have access to the chumby one radio.  I'd like to make something that can record off the radio.

  • From: Austin, TX
  • Registered: 2009-05-07
  • Posts: 471

Re: Widget Access Radio

Not directly from Flash, but you might be able to do something from the Linux shell level by playing with the DAC output in ALSA.

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  • Registered: 2008-06-27
  • Posts: 518

Re: Widget Access Radio

Actually, that's not entirely true for the radio.

Because the API for the FM radio is a webpage, a side effect is that widgets also have access to controlling it.  The API is published on the wiki, and is exactly the same API that the controlpanel uses for all control of the radio.

One thing to note is that there is a provision for locking the API to prevent controlling the radio.  The controlpanel doesn't currently set this, which means that widgets actually do have the ability to adjust the FM radio.  If it gets used in the future, widgets will only have read-only access to radio data.

  • From: Austin, TX
  • Registered: 2009-05-07
  • Posts: 471

Re: Widget Access Radio

Ah, I was thinking about the audio output, not controlling the radio receiver.  You'd need both parts to build a FM radio timeshifter.

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