R820T DAB/FM/TV dongle??

[redhawk]

I've been looking primarily for a DAB radio adapter something to stream mp2 audio via the PI - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R820T-ISDB-T- ... 0868189288

Does anyone know if such a device is supported on the PI and whether the DAB or FM radio is fully functional from within Linux??

Richard S.

[michele.x]

I've been looking primarily for a DAB radio adapter something to stream mp2 audio via the PI - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R820T-ISDB-T- ... 0868189288

Does anyone know if such a device is supported on the PI and whether the DAB or FM radio is fully functional from within Linux??

Richard S.

The RTL2832U chipset is supported in Linux 3.6.8 for DVB-T. I've teste on a Desktop PC and not on the Pi.

I've used one of these dongles as a SDR system with the suite gnuradio and gnuradio-companion, always on the desktop PC. I've tried to use gnuradio to decode DAB signals without sucess.

The dongle decodes dab radio with its windows 7 program.

[azbest_hu]

For a working dongle is not enought the rtl2832u chip support, but also required for the other (rf tuner) chip inside.

I used rtl2832u+e4000 tuner with this driver:
https://github.com/ambrosa/DVB-Realtek- ... rnel-3.0.0

The new r820t - as i know - currently is not supported under linux. There is no driver for r820t radio chip in the current media tree:
http://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/t ... dia/tuners

update:
i found a post with new driver sources, that contains r820t driver, too:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/u ... pqSRnYud4J

[ekkithump]

Hi,
From linux 3.10, kernels now include the r820t driver. You need a really recent one for it to work though. Not tested it on a Pi, but just trying it on a laptop. Ubuntu "mainline" kernel 3.10.1-031001-generic, for instance, has a Hz vs kHz error in the tuner code, but the latest linuxtv bundle fixed it for me.
I've had DVB-T working. just investigating DAB signals.

For just FM / ADS-B (planeplotter) stuff, you don't need kernel drivers (they need removing!).
I'd personally recommend "dump1090" if you want to do Mode-S / ADS-B stuff - it just seems to work.

David