fm (1)

fm [ -h ] [ -o ] [ -q ] [ -d device ] [ -t tuner ] [ -T none | forever | time ] on | off | + | - | freq [ volume ]

fm is a program to control the frequency, volume, and mute/unmute state of an FM radio card, using the video4linux interface introduced in 2.1.x series Linux kernels.

OPTIONS

-h

Print a usage message to standard output, and exit.

-o

Ignore frequency range limits of card. Use if you suspect that the card supports a wider frequency range than its driver believes.

-q

Quiet mode. Keeps information on station and volume from being printed on standard output.

-d device

Sets device as the device to tune. The default is /dev/radio0.

-t tuner

Sets tuner as the tuner on the selected device to adjust. The default is tuner 0. Most radio devices have only a single tuner.

-T none | forever | time

After tuning, sleep for the time specified or forever. Time is specified in seconds by default. A suffix of m indicates minutes, h indicates hours, or d indicates days.

• The -T option is useful with radio card drivers that only maintain the tuner settings while the tuner's file descriptor remains open. Try using this option if running fm ordinarily produces only a single "pop" from your speakers.

freq

Frequency to tune the radio to, in MHz. For instance, 88.9 specifies a frequency of 88.9 MHz. AM tuner values are also specified in MHz; for instance, 530 kHz would be specified as .530.

on

Turn the radio on (unmute).

off

Turn the radio off (mute).

volume

Specify the desired volume, in percent. Not all radio devices support volume control.

+

Increase the current volume.

-

Decrease the current volume.

fm reads $HOME/.fmrc, if it exists, to obtain default settings. Each line may take one of the following forms:

VOLpercent

Specifies default volume (default: 12.5%).

INCRpercent

Volume increment used for + and - options (default: 10%).

TIME

Default sleep time (default: none).

All other lines are ignored.

Additional documentation:

/usr/share/doc/fmtools/README

The fmtools homepage:

http://benpfaff.org/fmtools

Russell Kroll <[email protected]>, now maintained by Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>. Sleep time feature contributed by Dave Ulrick <[email protected]>. This manpage written by Ben Pfaff.