On 12/26/2015 05:10 PM, John Stoffel wrote:
>>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> writes:
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> Andy> Hi gang,
>
> Andy> I think I need something like the Virtual audio cable, but I'd like to
> Andy> know if there are other possibilities.
>
> Andy> I have two audio programs that I want to talk to each other: gqrx and
> Andy> Dream.
>
> Andy> gqrx is a software defined radio receiver that can save its audio as a
> Andy> WAV file, or it can stream audio via a UDP port.
>
> Andy> Dream is a digital radio mondiale (DRM) decoder. Digital radio mondiale
> Andy> is a shortwave radio broadcast in a digital format. Dream can read a
> Andy> WAV file, or it can read audio information from the microphone. It
> Andy> outputs a rather nicely sounding radio broadcast (mono or stereo
> Andy> depending on the broadcaster) with no static and no fading.
>
> Andy> I have succeeded in recording gqrx audio to a WAV file, and later having
> Andy> Dream decode it.
>
> Andy> What I want to do is listen to the DRM broadcast in real time. I was
> Andy> unsuccessful in getting Dream to read the WAV file while it was being
> Andy> written.
>
> Andy> Does anybody have any suggestions as to how this could be done?
>
> Have you tried setting up a FIFO that each program opens and treats as
> a WAV file? That might be the way to have them talk to each other.
>
>> mkfifo /var/tmp/radio
>> gqrx --output /var/tmp/radio
>> mondiale --input /var/tmp/radio
>
> though I havent' a clue what the two programs do at the commmand
> level.
Hi John,
That is an interesting idea but gqrx doesn't let the user pick a file
name for saving the WAV audio. It creates a file name by an internal
algorithm. All I can do is pick the directory in which that file is saved.
Is there a way that I can tie a file to a UDP port? gqrx will output an
audio stream on a UDP port. If I can make that look like a file,
perhaps "mondiale" will consume it.
Andy
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Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ)
Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group
Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group
President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)
