Support and General Use > Recording
Scheduled FM Recording Possible?
l8nighter:
I was just wondering if there is any way to set Rockbox to record a certain FM station daily at a certain time given that mine is always powered on and running? Thanks
bluebrother:
No. (Unless you change the source code yourself and add this functionality of course).
l8nighter:
Any idea if this will ever be added? I noticed someone else on the forums was going to code something back in 2006 but nothing was ever said more.
tomers:
> No. (Unless you change the source code yourself and add this functionality of course).
It sounds like a feature which has a very limited demand, thus there's a poor probability of a developer investing his time and energy to implement it (IMHO).
For the scheduled FM recording to work, the player has to be turned-on when the time comes.
How does this requirement can be implemented?
What mechanism portable players have that wakes them up on a scheduled time? Maybe there is already an implementation of an alarm clock which can be modified for this purpose?
Also, what happens when the scheduled recording begins? Does the player stops playing whatever it plays, and switches to that FM station?
bluebrother:
--- Quote from: tomers on August 16, 2008, 12:00:49 AM ---For the scheduled FM recording to work, the player has to be turned-on when the time comes.
How does this requirement can be implemented?
--- End quote ---
Several players have a RTC chip, and IIRC all those players already have a RTC alarm that can wake up the player. You can then use the "Startup Screen" setting to go directly to the recording screen or FM screen.
You're out of luck on this if your player doesn't have a RTC chip (like the iriver h100 series). In that case you'd need to power your player from AC to prevent it shutting down and need a time counter.
--- Quote ---Also, what happens when the scheduled recording begins? Does the player stops playing whatever it plays, and switches to that FM station?
--- End quote ---
If the player is started by an alarm there isn't anything running, so that's not that of an issue. But when is the player supposed to stop? I.e. you'd also need to limit the recording to a certain time frame or similar, and AFAIK such a feature isn't implemented yet.
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