fm radio player problem

[emiliofab1]

hi guys ...
not much writin cause i have a problem with the fm player on n900
a feature i love i installed it but when tryin to run it; it just doesnt run it starts and loads but exits i dont know wtf?
thanks ...
(sorry4 my english)

[Mentalist Traceur]

I had a similar problem for a while. What I found was that FMRadio.py was supposed to have a sym-link pointing to it from /usr/bin/.

Basically, open x-term, type:

ls /usr/bin/FM*

Among those, one of the results should be "FMRadio". This step isn't necessary if this is the same problem I had. If it isn't, then this step will make it possible for you to know if this is the same problem or not.

Anyway, if there ISN'T an FMRadio among the results, then you become root (there's plenty of tutorials/explanations on this forum if you don't know how), and type:

ln -s /opt/fmradio-wide/FMRadio.py /usr/bin/FMRadio

I believe this issue is only present in the latest versions of FMRadio, that let you listen in on all of the frequencies the hardware supports. Earlier version, I am pretty sure, had no such issue. As far as I know, this isn't a common issue either, but I may be wrong.

(After you do the above command, it should work. You may have to reboot, but I'm pretty sure when I did this I didn't need to.)

[nicholes]

i want fm radio player without plugin the headphone?

[marktiz]

For me, the problem appears to be a bug somewhere between the radio apps (fm radio, qradio, C FM Radio, etc.) and those apps that shutdown the Bluetooth service to save power (longpress, savepress, Advanced Interface Switcher, etc.). FM Radio gets confused when the state of the bluetooth service changes while it is active.

Check if you can start the FM Radio immediately after a reboot. then check again after you have stopped and started the bluetooth service (say with Advanced Interface Switcher).

I can get the radio working again if I:

turn off the bluetooth service with Advanced Interface Switcher and wait 2 seconds
turn on the bluetooth service with Advanced Interface Switcher and wait 2 seconds
start FM Radio (or whichever app you are using)


There also seems to be a problem with the 2010.03.60 build so I am using the earlier 2010.03.20 build.

[slender]

i want fm radio player without plugin the headphone?
Radio without proper antenna?

[marktiz]

Try using the earlier build 2010.03.20 rather than 2010.03.60

[funkmunk]

Try QRadio it works more better than the FMRadio from the repository...