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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1235035" data-attributes="member: 82144">HelloTV Server doesn't support RDS for the simple reason that there's no standard interface (&quot;API&quot;) to enable acquisition of RDS data from tuners on Windows. So, if you want EPG data for FM radio channels, you'll have to acquire the data some other way.I've been associated with the PC tuner scene for 10 years now, and I've never come across any tuners that supported either of those standards. There's probably good reasons for this. At a guess:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">AM radio's modulation scheme isn't particularly robust. My understanding is that it doesn't work very well in combination with the noisy electrical environment that is the modern PC.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">HD radio's market appears to be too small to justify creating tuners for PC.</li>
</ul>You're unlikely to find FM-only tuners for PC. FM radio support was often tacked onto analog (NTSC or PAL) tuners because analog TV used FM for the sound component, so you may have better luck if you search with that in mind.Generally speaking there are often better options than using radio tuners unless the content of the radio station(s) you want to access literally isn't available any other way. For example, a lot of radio stations have internet streams and/or audio archives (ie. downloadable/streamable MP3s or whatever) these days.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1235035, member: 82144"] Hello TV Server doesn't support RDS for the simple reason that there's no standard interface ("API") to enable acquisition of RDS data from tuners on Windows. So, if you want EPG data for FM radio channels, you'll have to acquire the data some other way. I've been associated with the PC tuner scene for 10 years now, and I've never come across any tuners that supported either of those standards. There's probably good reasons for this. At a guess: [LIST] [*]AM radio's modulation scheme isn't particularly robust. My understanding is that it doesn't work very well in combination with the noisy electrical environment that is the modern PC. [*]HD radio's market appears to be too small to justify creating tuners for PC. [/LIST] You're unlikely to find FM-only tuners for PC. FM radio support was often tacked onto analog (NTSC or PAL) tuners because analog TV used FM for the sound component, so you may have better luck if you search with that in mind. Generally speaking there are often better options than using radio tuners unless the content of the radio station(s) you want to access literally isn't available any other way. For example, a lot of radio stations have internet streams and/or audio archives (ie. downloadable/streamable MP3s or whatever) these days. [/QUOTE]

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