TUNER(1)

NAME
tuner - A motif-based tuner for ethernet radio stations

SYNOPSIS
tuner [Xt-options]
tuner [-l] [-c] [-P] [-C]
tuner station

DESCRIPTION
Tuner is used in conjunction with radio(1) and transmitter(1), the CWI ethernet radio software. It accepts command line arguments to allow you to change stations, or it will come up with a motif user interface that allows you to browse through the available radio stations and their playlists and to select one to listen to.

In non-interactive mode, if you pass a station name your radio is tuned to that station. The -l option causes tuner to list all available stations, the -c option prints information about the currently tuned station, -P temporarily asks radio to stop producing audio (mute) and -C undoes the effect of -P.

In interactive mode, the window shows the name of the station you are currently listening to, what it is playing and since when, a list of stations that are currently on the air and the playlist of the current station (i.e. the most recent 100 records played), if available. If you select a new station in the station browser the playlist browser will tune your radio to the selected station. This also updates the playlist display. When new stations come on the air or when the currently tuned station changes records the display is updated accordingly.

The `mute' toggle sends a message to the radio program asking it to shut up (or, if it is already muted, to continue playing).

The `revert' button sets the station back to what it originally was.

The `OK' button exits tuner.

The `radio' button attempts to start a radio program or kill all radio programs running on the current machine.

If stored newsbulletins are available on your system the `anp' button will play the most recent news bulletin.

On some machines you will also get a volume slider so you can adjust the speaker output level.

The program uses an X resource file to control many aspects of its appearance and behaviour, so you can change quite a few things to suit your needs. This might especially be useful for monochrome displays, since the default resources are tuned for color machines.

BUGS
Under Motif 1.0 updating the playlist looks weird.
It takes a while for tuner to notice that you have started a radio program, so do not press the 'radio' button in rapid succession.

SEE ALSO
radio(1), newcd(1), broadcast(1)

AUTHOR
Jack Jansen, CWI, Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl