Anyone using DAB radio receiver with MP? (1 Viewer)

[knutinh]

http://www.mtech.com.tw/products_new.htm

I am thinking about a product like the one in the link. A usb dongle. Will my radio handle it, and can it handle the radio EPG?

Very few such products out there.

regards
Knut

 

[funkstar]

as far as i know, MP has no knowledge of DAB recievers. If it were to get support written for it, it would probably have to have specific support for each device as there isn't a universal API for it unlike DVB.

What country are you in? In the UK Freeview radio stations have a higher bandwidth than DAB so sound better anyway. Granted this doesn't include any local stations, but it is something to think about.

 

[knutinh]

Ahh. Didnt think of that. Perhaps the best bet is a DAB receiver emulating a DVB-T BDA driver or analog FM-tuner then, posing as something it isnt?

I live in Norway, where DVB-T is still only in trial transmissions. Of course, there are countless web radio services, but they seem to change url every month or so.

regards
Knut

 

[funkstar]

With the new TV engine it is entirely possible to do this as far as i'm aware, it will just take a lot of coding to become compatible with MediaPortals radio system.

Just has a thought though. Trinloc do a USB DAB tuner (http://www.trinloc.de/cms/trinloc/index.php?lang=5&idcatside=7) that works with a piece of software called DAB Bar. It takes control of the DAB tuner and lets you stream the MP2/3 audio over HTTP. So you can connect to it like you would any other internet radio stream, even though the streams can be coming from the same PC as MediaPortal.

 

[Spragleknas]

Any updates about MP and DAB?

 

[knutinh]

Terratec has released a new product, the piranha:
http://tven.terratec.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=263

review:
http://www.itweek.co.uk/computeractive/hardware/2199864/review-terratec-cinergy-piranha

Primarily a DVB-T receiver, it also supports :
DAB
T-DMB

Any idea if this is available to other applications, and if there are standardised APIs that MP could hook onto?

-k

 

[Spragleknas]

... and: It supports FTA DVB-T in Norway with latest SE
DAB would really be a nice touch.