Hi, On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi George, > > The big problem is that almost none of the hardware tuners out there > which support FM have support for RDS. You generally need an extra > chip, and very few devices have it (IIRC, none of the ones that are > supported in Linux have been available in retail for a number of > years). > Sundtek MediaTV Pro has support for RDS and we also manufacture dedicated radio units from time to time. Best Regards, Markus Rechberger > Don't get me wrong - I would like to see RDS supported as well - but I > couldn't find a single tuner product shipping in retail that supports > it. > > In short, it's a hardware limitation, not a problem with the > linux-media driver stack. > > Devin > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 11:07 AM, George Pojar <geoubuntu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> FM RDS would be a great feature in radio console application. It would >> be nice to see what the name of the song is that is playing (that is, >> if the station supports RDS). > > > > -- > Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs > http://www.kernellabs.com
