Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:41:43 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: freebsd-multimedia@herveybayaustralia.com.au Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New driver opportunity - rtl2832u Message-ID: <20120425144143.GA69128@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <35960.1335360151@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <35960.1335360151@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:22:31AM +1100, freebsd-multimedia@herveybayaustralia.com.au wrote: > ... > On Thu 26/04/12 12:02 AM , Luigi Rizzo wrote:On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at > > 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="_blank">http://op25.osmocom.org/wiki > http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/osmocom-sdr/2012-March/000041.html [2]" > target="_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="_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. i said it was off-topic :) I think that the transport stream needs the on-board decoder and probably the firmware as well. The op25 link was the first match that came up on google, but what i really meant to point at was the rtl-sdr, and the usage i am envisioning is just a spectrum analyser. cheers luigi
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