On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 11:42 +0530, AlgoMantra wrote: > Thanks Mr. Pandit! But my question was slightly different than what > you > answered. Let me rephrase it in smaller parts: > > 1. Do Laptops normally contain an FM tuner card (eg. Compaq Presario > C500) > or does it have to be bought separately and installed externally?
Um, go look at the laptop specs, or do a lspci. I am not aware of laptops that come with a tuner card. > 2. Is it the same as a TV tuner card? Or is it separate from that? Most (all?) tuner cards do both FM radio, and TV, as the frequencies are quite close. > 3. What does the above have to do with the link www.lirc.org? A > cursory glance > shows that its a site about infra red remote control. Am I missing > some connection? With LIRC, you can control your laptop TV/radio application with an ordinary infra-red remote control. Not sure if Gnome radio supports this. Regards, Gora -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
