Re: [xawtv3] Request: Support for FM RDS

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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



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