And what kind of recording software would I use for telling it to record for 3 hours and then quit? Will three hours, or however many hours always take the same amount of disk space that I could use quota to terminate recording? At 02:38 PM 12/15/01 -0500, you wrote: >Well, if you really want to go way out for all kinds of goodies, you might >want to think in terms of something external to the computer that can >still be controlled from your computer. I haven't done this myself, but >have it on pretty good authority that the radios from Icom can be driven >from linux. Look at http://www.icomamerica.com. > On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Brent >Harding wrote: > >> Oh, anything that's linux compatible? I pretty much want AM and FM, but >> would take the TV feature too, what would I use that would cause recording >> to stop automatically? For the TV stuff, was going to use the vcr program >> from the linuxdoc vcr howto, and it's able to be set to record a certain >> time length. My machine happens to have two physical com ports anyways, so >> that can work. >> At 12:06 AM 12/15/01 -0800, you wrote: >> >On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 12:08:36AM -0600, Brent Harding wrote: >> >> Does it have AM radio? Is there a compatible card that does, or a software >> > >> >No, just FM. Can't expect everything on one card. Radio, TV and whatever >> >else has to do with radio waves is difficult to design for PC with so much >> >noise inside a typical PC. >> > >> >> controllable a/b switch so I can use a separate radio only card, and >> >> schedule switching as the beginning of record script? Like for sample >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> switch a >> >> whatever program with arguments to do recording here >> > >> >You would be better off if you buy a good scanner or a receiver that >> >covers wide range of frequencies with option for computer control over >> >RS-232 and setup recording with generic sound card. >> > >> >> >> >> The trouble with two devices is the need for two inputs. >> > >> >-- >> >Rafael >> > >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> > >> >Blinux-list@redhat.com >> >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > >-- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > >Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > >Chair, Accessibility SIG >Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) >http://www.openebook.org > >Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, >Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > >Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther >King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at >http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > >Learn how to make accessible software at >http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >