Thread: [Announce] Friendly FM
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percy is offline percy
2011-03-03 , 16:46
Posts: 172 | Thanked: 193 times | Joined on Nov 2009 @ Germany
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Hello and welcome to Friendly FM

What is it?

Friendly FM is a widget that allows to switch the FM transmitter of the N900 on or off. It can also be used to quickly change the current frequency of the transmitter and to switch the Bluetooth radio. (Bluetooth is switched by clicking on the Bluetooth icon.)

How does it differ from other widgets with the same functionality?

Friendly FM uses the background graphics for the media player widget from the current theme for itself. Thus not locking like an 'alien' widget on the desktop but rather being friendly and looking like a native widget.

Friendly FM is no replacement for programs like FM Radio.

Huh? Show me a screenshot!



That's cool, where can I get it?

From extras-devel or Maemo package interface.

I don't like the icons. Can I change them?

Friendly FM loads its icons from

Code:
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps (ffm_inc.png ffm_dec.png)
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/40x40/apps (ffm_on.png ffm_off.png)
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps (ffm_bt_on.png ffm_bt.png ffm_tm_on.png ffm_tm.png)
Transmitter and bluetooth icon were taken from Faenza icon theme.

What about support for FM Boost?

I am not using FM Boost myself but instead use a patched version of fmtxd which can be found here. This patched version allows a wider range of frequencies and automatically boosts the power to 120.

I will anyway see if I can integrate FM Boost into FFM.

That's all? I want more features!

If my rare spare time allows it I will work on
  • FM Boost integration (available since 0.2.1 in widget settings)
  • Presets for frequencies (available since 0.2.2, use transmitter icon to toggle presets)
  • RDS features
  • Connect to a certain bluetooth device when activated (for example to my headset!)

You suck!

Yeah, I know.
Last edited by percy; 2011-04-04 at 14:32. Reason: update to 0.2.2
 

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