3 fm \- control frequency, volume, mute/unmute of FM radio card
41 is a program to control the frequency, volume, and mute/unmute state
42 of an FM radio card, using the video4linux interface introduced in
43 2.1.x series Linux kernels.
48 Print a usage message to standard output, and exit.
51 Ignore frequency range limits of card. Use if you suspect that the
52 card supports a wider frequency range than its driver believes.
55 Quiet mode. Keeps information on station and volume from being
56 printed on standard output.
59 Sets \fIdevice\fR as the device to tune. The default is
63 Sets \fItuner\fR as the tuner on the selected device to adjust. The
64 default is tuner 0. Most radio devices have only a single tuner.
66 \fB\-T none \fR| \fBforever \fR| \fItime
67 After tuning, sleep for the time specified or forever. Time is
68 specified in seconds by default. A suffix of
78 option is useful with radio card drivers that only maintain the tuner
79 settings while the tuner's file descriptor remains open. Try using
80 this option if running
82 ordinarily produces only a single "pop" from your speakers.
85 Frequency to tune the radio to, in MHz. For instance, \fB88.9\fR
86 specifies a frequency of 88.9 MHz. AM tuner values are also specified
87 in MHz; for instance, 530 kHz would be specified as \fB.530\fR.
90 Turn the radio on (unmute).
93 Turn the radio off (mute).
96 Specify the desired volume, in percent. Not all radio devices support
100 Increase the current volume.
103 Decrease the current volume.
106 reads \fI$HOME\fB/.fmrc\fR, if it exists, to obtain default settings.
107 Each line may take one of the following forms:
110 Specifies default volume (default: 12.5%).
113 Volume increment used for
117 options (default: 10%).
120 Default sleep time (default:
123 All other lines are ignored.
126 Additional documentation:
127 .B /usr/share/doc/fmtools/README
129 The fmtools homepage:
130 .B http://benpfaff.org/fmtools
132 The video4linux webpage:
133 .B http://www.exploits.org/v4l/
135 Russell Kroll <rkroll@exploits.org>, now maintained by Ben Pfaff
136 <blp@cs.stanford.edu>. Sleep time feature contributed by Dave Ulrick
137 <d-ulrick@insightbb.com>. This manpage written by Ben Pfaff.