2006-12-22, 18:38
Hello,
One thing I would find handy is the ability to access a USB connected FM tuner. DLink made a number of these. The USB handles the channel selection, and audio is provided over a standard analog feed, which can be mixed (AFAIK). There may be some that hand off audio in a PCM stream or something, but who cares.
I haven't looked at the linux driver, but with any luck the line level output volume could also be controlled, so it would be possible to control volume via xbox.
A python accessable handoff to set frequency should be straight forward.
I'm using my Xbox in a car, and FM reception is the only reason to keep the standard car stereo. I'm going to dump mine anyways, putting the composite fed LCD in the dash.
There is linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD support for the dlink USB FM tuner and perhaps others. I don't use or own the dlink, I'm just aware they are cheap.
I'm not sure how many others use their xboxes as their car stereos, though.
One thing I would find handy is the ability to access a USB connected FM tuner. DLink made a number of these. The USB handles the channel selection, and audio is provided over a standard analog feed, which can be mixed (AFAIK). There may be some that hand off audio in a PCM stream or something, but who cares.
I haven't looked at the linux driver, but with any luck the line level output volume could also be controlled, so it would be possible to control volume via xbox.
A python accessable handoff to set frequency should be straight forward.
I'm using my Xbox in a car, and FM reception is the only reason to keep the standard car stereo. I'm going to dump mine anyways, putting the composite fed LCD in the dash.
There is linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD support for the dlink USB FM tuner and perhaps others. I don't use or own the dlink, I'm just aware they are cheap.
I'm not sure how many others use their xboxes as their car stereos, though.