Thread: Wanted: Programmer who wants to play with DAB+ option

There seems to be a few members who have obtained the SDK so I hope you can have a look, I am a bit pessimistic though there has been at least 2 peaks in this thread each of which has culminated in various people working with it but then it goes quiet so I am assuming this is a very difficult nut to crack, anyway good luck with the quest.

Any news how far the awesome proggers got ?
Did any one get it working with radiator or as a single plugin for centrafuse ?

Can anyone send me the SDK for the FMPLAYER please ?

I would like to try to write a plugin for Centrafuse.

Greetings

Originally Posted by listener

I am a bit pessimistic though there has been at least 2 peaks in this thread each of which has culminated in various people working with it but then it goes quiet so I am assuming this is a very difficult nut to crack

The SDK I received is a few PDF documents and doesn't come with any kind of reference drivers or sample code. Using the drivers I found on this thread I've managed to create a C# library which implements all of the documented API for FM radio (using the DirectShow.Net library for the DirectShow audio bits). I'm currently putting together a test application to demonstrate the use of this C# library and then hope to write a plugin to integrate it with something. If Realtek are happy with the idea then I'll stick it on CodePlex so that others can use the code.

The next stage is DAB/DAB+. MY DAB reception is pretty poor but once I get an aerial I should be able to write a library to do that too. DAB+ may be trickier since I can't get that but I'm hoping that it's just a slight change to the DirectShow filters.

As I said, I'd like to get something up on CodePlex (or other open source hosting) so that others can write plugins against a library and not have to worry about the implementation details. There are definitely some 'inconsistencies' between the documentation and drivers I have so it'd be nice to think that we all don't have to solve the same problems.

Sorry guys I've been quite busy with work. I'm trying to convince one of my workmates to build a skin-friendly app for this, as all I was given was C# which I'm not so familiar with.

Also, I was given the DAB SDK stuff only - and was told that once I get DAB working, then FM is quite easy from there.

Summarizing this all doesn't really sound bad, does it ?

So if anybody needs a beta-tester, here I am
If there is anything I can do to help, just let me know, I really want to get this working !!

So far, yours OEKL ;-)

Originally Posted by alnicol

The SDK I received is a few PDF documents and doesn't come with any kind of reference drivers or sample code. Using the drivers I found on this thread I've managed to create a C# library which implements all of the documented API for FM radio (using the DirectShow.Net library for the DirectShow audio bits). I'm currently putting together a test application to demonstrate the use of this C# library and then hope to write a plugin to integrate it with something. If Realtek are happy with the idea then I'll stick it on CodePlex so that others can use the code.

The next stage is DAB/DAB+. MY DAB reception is pretty poor but once I get an aerial I should be able to write a library to do that too. DAB+ may be trickier since I can't get that but I'm hoping that it's just a slight change to the DirectShow filters.

As I said, I'd like to get something up on CodePlex (or other open source hosting) so that others can write plugins against a library and not have to worry about the implementation details. There are definitely some 'inconsistencies' between the documentation and drivers I have so it'd be nice to think that we all don't have to solve the same problems.

alnicol your other options for code hosting are Bitbucket and GitHub. If you want me to, I can start the repository for you somewhere. Are you already using source control locally? I am in a DAB+ area so I'm very interested in working on this with you!

Hey alnicol, can I take a look at the code you have? I also got the SDK - however my copy came with a VC6 (yes, 6) sample app for DVB, but no FM.

Hey guys,

I put a few PMs out to those saying they have the SDK. I've fired off an email to Realtek Taiwan a little while ago and so far have only had read receipts (about 6 or 7 though) which all happened quite fast.

Also, it seems there are a couple of different "versions" of the so-called SDK.

I'm mostly interested in DAB for my car PC (BMW CarMedia) but DVB and FM might be nice to integrate particularly if RDS etc is supported

Can anyone help me out with a copy of the SDK?

Thanks

pm sent :-)