From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 13:08:54 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 2A926106566B for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:08:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-multimedia@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EDFE8FC17 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:08:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail.unitedinsong.com.au (abracadabra.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.80]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3B7A5C29; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:22:31 +1000 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: AtMail Atmail Open 1.04 Message-ID: <35960.1335360151@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: "Luigi Rizzo" , X-Origin: 192.168.0.166 X-Atmail-Account: freebsd-multimedia@herveybayaustralia.com.au Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:22:31 +1100 From: freebsd-multimedia@herveybayaustralia.com.au Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New driver opportunity - rtl2832u X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-multimedia@herveybayaustralia.com.au List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:08:54 -0000 =20 On Thu 26/04/12 12:02 AM , Luigi Rizzo wrote:On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:47:03PM +1100, freebsd-multimedia@herveybayaustralia.com.au wrote: > ... > I happen to have a usb dvb card which uses a rtl2832u chipset (MyGica T803 > - manufacturer says so happily says that they support linux - yeah right!). > The drivers are a bit all over the place, and apparently they wont add them > to the v4l tree due to a lack of key criteria. I have a version of these just curious, what is the exact reason for keeping it out (or you have a pointer to the discussion) ? I believe that the code hasn't been split into modules required by the v4l compatibility. Too monolithic? Found that on the linuxtv site. It was written by the manufacturer originally, after all. Also the licensing and authoring is questionable. 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 [1]" target=3D"_blank">http://op25.osmocom.org/wiki http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/osmocom-sdr/2012-March/000041.html [2]" target=3D"_blank">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]" target=3D"_blank">http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr and it builds and runs fine on FreeBSD (once you ignore the auto* stuff and build your 2-line makefile) That sounds really cool, but how would I get at least a transport stream doing that? That looks like I'd get more raw stream than anything, I'm not sure I'd be able to get at least mplayer to read it even. The really funny part would be using it as a police scanner and other less than legal activities... :) Seems funny that it would be on the market given where I'm from. cheers luigi ------------------------- Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/ Links: ------ [1] http://op25.osmocom.org/wiki [2] http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/osmocom-sdr/2012-March/000041.html [3] http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr