why not do both and look at your options... john plemons Jason Pyeron wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org >> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Ken Key >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:00 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] AM/FM tuner for centos 4 or 5? >> >> Jason Pyeron wrote: >> >>> Looking for a radio tuner for my audio server. >>> >>> Needs to do AM. >>> >>> Any hardware reccomendations? >>> >> I hooked up an original Griffin RadioShark to my CentOS 5.1 >> server for a lark last month, streaming with DarkIce. >> Unfortunately, that machine is dark and 2500 miles away - I >> won't be there for >> 2 more months. Off the top of my head, google for "shark.c", >> look for dependency RPMs on RPMforge (thanks Dag!!). I think >> I had to manually install a recent version of "libhid" >> >> > > Ok. > > >> Griffin stopped selling the RS and now has RadioShark2. I >> found a version of shark.c for it named shark2.c, so I don't >> think the hardware is backwards compatible, but there is an >> update version of the control program. My notes are all on >> the dark machine, but IIRC this blog is was my jumping off >> point for what I figured out. >> >> http://javier.rodriguez.org.mx/index.php/2006/06/10/griffin-ra >> > dio-shark-icecast2-on-debian-gnulinux > >> Obviously, since it is for Debian, you'll have to deal with >> the distro impedance mismatch in the instructions and adjust >> for CentOS. >> > > Not afraid of that. > > >> Also, since it is USB, you can get nice separation between >> receiver and the computer. The RadioShark has a lousy >> internal antenna but does have an antenna jack. I only >> played with the FM tuner. It does have an AM tuner but I >> have no idea how good it is. >> >> > > > In summary, should I risk the cost of a radio shark2 or ebay a radio shark? > > > > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > - - > - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - > - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - > - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - > - - > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you > have received it in error, purge the message from your system and > notify the sender immediately. Any other use of the email by you > is prohibited. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1516 - Release Date: 6/24/2008 7:53 AM > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080624/638da5fb/attachment-0005.html>