Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:16:23 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ganael LAPLANCHE" <ganael.laplanche@martymac.org> To: rizzo@iet.unipi.it , freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: rtl-sdr port (was: New driver opportunity - rtl2832u) Message-ID: <20120824120445.M89236@martymac.org>
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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 <ganael.laplanche@martymac.org> http://www.martymac.org | http://contribs.martymac.org FreeBSD: martymac <martymac@FreeBSD.org>, http://www.FreeBSD.org
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