RTL DAB Streamer

Turns your Realtek RTL2832 based DVB dongle into a DAB radio receiver.

Description

RTL DAB Streamer is a small tool to stream DAB radio by using a DVB-T dongle to a client e.g. KODI, VLC or mplayer.

The DVB-T dongle has to be based on the Realtek RTL2832U. See http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr for more RTL SDR details.

This tool uses RTKDAB_Interface (https://github.com/AlbrechtL/RTKDAB_Interface) as backend.

Usage

At the moment this program is under heavy development. Don't expect a super working application. Start "RTKDAB_Interface" first.

Default port to connect to it is 2346.

$ ./rtl_dab_streamer

Streaming

To connect to the server you can use KODI, VLC or mplayer. Just connect to the URL

http://IPAddress:Port/Channel/SID

e.g. for "WDR 2" in NRW/Germany:

http://localhost:2346/11D/0xD392

To get the channels and the SIDs information for your location you can use http://www.fmlist.org.

To use this tool in KODI simply create a *.strm file e.g. "WDR_2.strm"

http://localhost:2346/11D/0xD392

Limitations

• Server accepts only one client
• Only DAB+ support

References

• Uses parts of DABlin: https://github.com/Opendigitalradio/dablin
• DAB Specification: https://www.worlddab.org/technology-rollout/standards/technical-specifications-list
  • EN 300 401 "Radio Broadcasting Systems; Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) to mobile, portable and fixed receivers"
  • TS 102 563 "Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); Transport of Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio"