From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-qt0-f180.google.com ([209.85.216.180]:33946 "EHLO mail-qt0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751022AbdBOR2e (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:28:34 -0500 Received: by mail-qt0-f180.google.com with SMTP id w20so142533708qtb.1 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:28:34 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Markus Rechberger Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 18:28:32 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [xawtv3] Request: Support for FM RDS To: Devin Heitmueller Cc: George Pojar , linux-media Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Devin Heitmueller 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 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