From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 12:16:23 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19148106566B for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:16:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganael.laplanche@martymac.org) Received: from lmtp.galacsys.net (webmail.galacsys.net [IPv6:2001:1b78:0:1:d918:51d7:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE5798FC0C for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:16:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from martymac.org (webmail.galacsys.net [217.24.81.215]) by lmtp.galacsys.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 450101FA5D46; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:16:21 +0200 (CEST) From: "Ganael LAPLANCHE" To: rizzo@iet.unipi.it , freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org X-Openwebmail-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:16:21 +0200 Message-Id: <20120824120445.M89236@martymac.org> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.01 20030425 X-OriginatingIP: 88.163.147.236 (ganael.laplanche@martymac.org) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:16:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Subject: Re: rtl-sdr port (was: New driver opportunity - rtl2832u) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:16:23 -0000 Hi Luigi, hi list, > [...] > Slightly off-topic: > > The 2832-based sticks have become very popular recently because > the stick can be used as a programmable spectrum analyzer, see e.g. > > http://op25.osmocom.org/wiki > http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/osmocom-sdr/2012-March/000041.html > > I have tried the code at http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr [3] > and it builds and runs fine on FreeBSD (once you ignore the > auto* stuff and build your 2-line makefile) Off topic... but interesting :) I have made a preliminary port for rtl_sdr : http://contribs.martymac.org/FreeBSD-ports/sandbox/rtl-sdr-20120823-port.tgz If you want to try it : # cd /usr/ports/comms && tar xvzf rtl-sdr-20120823-port.tgz # cd rtl-sdr && make install clean It builds and (seem to) run fine ; unfortunately, I have not been able to listen to FM radio using rtl_fm and my Noxon DAB stick : I can only hear noise. Can someone report any success/failure story ? -- Ganael LAPLANCHE http://www.martymac.org | http://contribs.martymac.org FreeBSD: martymac , http://www.FreeBSD.org