From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-oi0-f45.google.com ([209.85.218.45]:34605 "EHLO mail-oi0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751317AbdBOQ2g (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:28:36 -0500 Received: by mail-oi0-f45.google.com with SMTP id s203so89082353oie.1 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:28:36 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Devin Heitmueller Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:28:35 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [xawtv3] Request: Support for FM RDS To: George Pojar Cc: linux-media Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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). 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