13.09.2011 23:28, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: > On Tue, 2011-09-13 at 21:27 +0600, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: >> 13.09.2011 18:58, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I suggest a new media role to be added to the official list of roles: >>> "fmradio". It would be primarily useful for capture streams - I don't >>> know if it makes any sense for playback streams. The routing policy >>> could then route FM radio capture streams automatically to an FM radio >>> source. >>> >>> Any objections? >>> >> >> I object to the name. This would be the same device as used for analog >> TV sound capture, so we need to invent some name that suits both uses. > > Do you mean that there are tuner cards that provide both fm radio audio > as well as analog tv audio, and therefore the recording applications > should use a role that covers both? If so, then I don't buy the > argument. The media role describes the application's intent, not the > device. The routing policy is free to route both "fmradio" and > "analogtv" streams to the same source. My card (Pinnacle PCTV 310i) supports both FM radio and analog TV with audio. If "analogtv" is also added, I have no objection to adding "fmradio" as a stream role. -- Alexander E. Patrakov
